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Malpractice is a type of civil lawsuit that can be filed against counseling professionals for practicing in a manner that leads to

a. injury to a recipient of their services.

b. dissatisfaction with the result of the counseling experience.

c. divorce, when a married couple has sought counseling.

d. the development of new behaviors that are counterproductive to clients, but not injurious.

e. injury to other counselors.

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Answer:

Option A.

Injury to a recipient of their services

Step-by-step explanation:

In various professions, malpractices can be filed, when various professionals do not show a certain amount of skill and professionalism that their position and level of expertise demands.

Malpractices are usually filed when the behavior of those professionals lead to injury to a recipient of their services. This is usually common in the medical field.

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Answer:a. injury to a recipient of their services.

Explanation: Malpractice refers to how the councillor's practice leads to some sort of harm to their clients.

The councillor's advice (practice) has harmed this person. malpractice then means the councillor was negligent in their action or they are guilty of ommission , they didn't do something that might have prevented the injury.

The negligence might be the result of errors in diagnosis or treatments

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