Good points raised by LT. This is what is so blurry - T should not even have approached parents without a release / disclosure agreement from the client, signed. And proper consultation with client prior to the meet-up.
And if parents were to call (if no disclosure agreement signed previously), T could not even confirm SK was her client. In terms of emergency contact T would still not be allowed to disclose what is going on with SK unless SK were in imminent danger - and even then with caution and confidentiality measures. Otherwise, nada.
Now the situation is murky because there was no agreement to disclose to a 3rd party yet parents were reeled into the T-client dynamic. It doesn't sit comfortably seeing how T proceeded as it feels like the client has been 'outed' by T. This was not done as per ethical standards because SK was not in immediate danger to self or others. (A client would have grounds for complaint on this basis alone for myriad reasons)
Anyway, I will shut up now.
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