Write a 5 pages paper on ethics in psychology. The ethical dilemma is that James is more concerned with the notion of being a known person in the home town rather than making more effort in creating d

Write a 5 pages paper on ethics in psychology. The ethical dilemma is that James is more concerned with the notion of being a known person in the home town rather than making more effort in creating diversity in his relationships with potential clients. Moreover, he is an opportunist as seen in his expectation that his father would assist him to get some referrals since he currently works with a town newspaper and as such would be capable of placing an ad for him as soon as he was back home.

James admits that he does not have any clinical experience and as such is dependent on his ex-girlfriend who he argues that he intends to take her as the clinical supervisor. Moreover, what is more disappointing is he intends to spend the meeting time between him and his ex-girlfriend catching up on their past instead of attending to professional matters. At the same time, James is hopeful that his ex-girlfriend will continue to supervise him before he receives his license. In light of this, the ethical dilemma here is that he is operating a private practice without a license with only an ‘assumed’ supervision once a week. He seems to be less concerned about professional ethics especially with regard to his obligations to his patients. For instance, even though he is nine months from graduation, he intends to use his supervisor’s license to start practicing. Not only has he not yet graduated which means that he is still under instruction, but he has also not been licensed to work and intends to use his ex-girlfriend’s credentials to pass as a licensed practitioner. This is very unethical and unprofessional and should not be something that a person intending to become a psychiatrist should be doing (Madson, 2011).

As soon as James receives his first referral from his supervisor, he is seen to have negligence in writing down the details for the client arguing that he would be late for some function. Additionally, the other two sessions for the client are surrounded by a lack of professionalism from James which is an ethical issue. He is also tempted to give the wrong prescription to the client in the second session without consulting his supervisor. This is very unethical as it not only compromises the whole process of helping the patient to regain her health, but also may make the patient lose faith in the process if the patient identifies that the doctor is not serious with the process.&nbsp.