ABSTRACT

Psyclsychologists, whatever their roles, are increasingly faced with situations in which values conflict. Take the following cases, for example.

Case 1-1: A married man with two small children enters into therapy with a psychologist. In the course of treatment, he reveals that he is bisexual and is HIV positive. He fears he will develop the symptoms of AIDS but does not wish his wife to know of his condition unless he does so. Even after the psychologist reasons with him, he refuses to tell his wife, although he does indicate that most of the time they used condoms as a form of birth control.