Ethics was not my favourite course during my counselling program, but it is the one which taught me the most. I learned that if a seriously ill, depressed client tells me he or she is considering committing suicide, I have to work around my tendency to be overwhelmingly supportive and empathetic. Fear, anxiety, anger and professional impotence are among the emotions counselors commonly experience when faced with a client who is considering suicide (Reeves, Mintz 2006), but the empathy that I will experience is less common. As a counselor who lives with an incurable, debilitating disease and who has suffered long-term depression, I will empathize with the client who is considering ending their struggle. A counselor faced with this issue should identify the key ethical issues here and together with the client, should examine the moral and ethical principles of the situation. Working with the client, the counselor can generate alternatives and examine the risks and benefits of each of them, while examining the probable outcomes of the various courses of action (Martin, Shepard and Lehr, ed, 2015). I am also, and this is important, OBLIGATED to report the client’s intention to commit suicide to the appropriate authorities. This is true for all counsellors working in Canada.