Taina Morales

legally mandated client who receives services under the threat of a court order. Those clients who themselves apply for services are referred to as voluntary clients. Many potential clients fall between the two extremes of legally mandated and voluntary clients, as they are neither legally coerced nor seeking a service themselves (Trotter, 2006). These potential clients, who often experience nonlegal pressures from family members, teachers, and referral sources, are known as nonvoluntary clients (R. H. Rooney, 2009).