Dr. Jamison has joined a group practice of psychologists who have asked her to develop her biography to post with her picture on their social media page. They have asked Dr. Jamison to reach out to her former clients from her last employer to solicit testimonials. Dr. Jamison is very concerned about this request. She was unaware the group practice had a social media page. When she visits the page, she sees several client testimonials for other psychologists in practice, some of which appear to reveal identifying information about the clients.
In 500-750 words:
a. Describe the ethical issues involved in this situation.b. Discuss the steps Dr. Jamison should take with regard to her discovery of potential ethical concerns.
c. Provide recommendations for the group’s advertising needs that would meet ethical standards.

a. According to the APA, also referred as American Psychological Association, there are a few ethical guidelines that are being published and it needs to be followed by various psychologists, therapists, or researcher while conducting any psychological experiment or research. Therefore, confidentiality is one of the different ethical guidelines that state a psychologist or any practitioners must keep a secret record of his or her patients or clients and it shouldn't be shared with anyone else without the client's knowledge.

b. Dr Jamison should report her concerns to the authority figure of the group she has joined, in order to avoid negligence of exploiting the ethical guidelines by its members.

c. It is being suggested that an individual can practice ethical guidelines, specifically- confidentiality over here, by keeping some of the information hidden that are associated with the client, and it includes names, gender, age, etc.