# Suicide Malpractice ## Метаданные - **Канал:** Psychology In Seattle - **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDShdx6m38k - **Дата:** 18.05.2026 - **Длительность:** 3:42 - **Просмотры:** 589 - **Источник:** https://ekstraktznaniy.ru/video/51515 ## Описание Dr Kirk Honda reviews a malpractice case brief. (Intro) May 18, 2026 00:00 Intro 03:26 Is it ADHD? 14:41 Case overview 26:06 The ambiguity of mandated reporting 1:03:53 What should be in a suicide risk assessment? 1:36:08 What is informed refusal of care? 1:43:51 Should the counselor have been liable? Support us by... Become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOUZWV1DRtHtpP2H48S7iiw/join Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/PsychologyInSeattle Contact us/more info... Email: https://www.psychologyinseattle.com/contact About Dr. Kirk: https://www.psychologyinseattle.com/about-dr-kirk-honda Website: https://www.psychologyinseattle.com Get stuff... Merch: https://psychologyinseattle-shop.fourthwall.com/ KIRKgram (like Cameo): https://www.psychologyinseattle.com/kirkgram The Psychology In Seattle Podcast ® Trigger Warning: This episode may include topics such as assault, trauma, and discrimination. If necessary, listeners are encouraged to refrain from listening and care ## Транскрипт ### Intro [] Hey, Deserving Listeners. So, I have another ethics case from my malpractice insurance that I want to go over. And this malpractice case is a little different from the others because, you know, usually with these case briefings, I am marveling at just how incompetent the therapist is. You know, usually it's like there's several instances in several domains indicating that the counselor does not know what they're doing and is just either winging it or poorly trained or narcissistic or I don't know, some something's wrong with this counselor. But, in this case, it doesn't look that way to me. In fact, so the counselor was successfully sued for a lot of money, actually. Usually these cases result in pretty low payouts, you know, on the order of 30, 50 thousand dollars, this kind of thing. But, this one is almost a million dollars that the counselor was sued for. And I In this case, there I do see incompetence in the counselor. But, in my anecdotal experience, most, you know, the I would say the vast majority of counselors have this incompetence. And I So, you know, it's different in that way. Usually in these case briefings, the incompetence is rare. It's, you know, something I've seen before and there are signs of it even anecdotally around me. But, not to the degree that I'm hearing in the case. But, in this case, uh the vast majority of counselors around me that I interact with or train or work with, I find even when I'm the supervisor and I'm really trying to get them not to have this incompetence, I find that they still do. So, that's a difference. The other thing is that I don't know if the resolution of this case was fair. I don't know if I were to be hired on a case, you know, I don't know the details cuz they're only giving the summary, but you know, I think if I'm reading between the lines accurately, which I can never know, if I were to be hired, I think that I would have had a more nuanced take. I think I would have defended the counselor a little bit more. Not for the incompetence, but for the liability. You know, there's a difference between a counselor exhibiting incompetence or making the wrong choice and being liable for someone's death, you know? You can make a mistake as a counselor and have that clearly identified, but unless you can directly tie that to the death or the bad result in the client, then it's not necessarily a resolution in the court that would result in successfully suing the counselor, if you know what I mean. Anyway, Um so, I want to review this case. And it has some specifics to it, but it also has some very common situations that a lot of counselors will face, a lot of clients will face, frankly. So, let's get into it. My name is Dr. Kirk Honda. I'm a therapist and a professor. And this episode will be for patrons of the podcast, so if you want to hear this full episode, become a patron. Otherwise, please take care of yourself because you deserve it. You really, really do.