Informed consent: your therapist, their supervisor, your insurance provider, law enforcement, collection agencies, parents (if youre under 18) ... so pretty much anyone can see your very very personal confessions.
Law enforcement cannot access treatment records. The only exception is by court order if someone is involved in a court proceeding where their records are absolutely necessary to assert the facts of the case which is quite rare unless the client themselves is trying to use their mental status as part of their defense. I have never heard of collections agencies having access to actual session notes. Also most good clinicians will limit the content of their notes to what is absolutely necessary to document clinically relevant material and will generally be relatively vague even when noting those details. It's not perfect, but the protection is actually quite good and has been hard-won by organizations and licensing boards representing clinicians and fighting on behalf of clients' rights to privacy.
thank you for making and posting this, very helpful in my studies this week :D
I've applied online for a pre- counselling consultation so watching these mock interviews will help me to prepare in some way
That’s a lot of information to receive on first visit. I could see how this could be the wrong way to approach a client.
THANK YOU ❤️!this Will help me for my casework and groupwork
Thank you for posting.
It's really useful thank you.
nice info doc
This is helpful
Informed consent: your therapist, their supervisor, your insurance provider, law enforcement, collection agencies, parents (if youre under 18)
... so pretty much anyone can see your very very personal confessions.
Agreed, this should be called a notice of almost no privacy. Further, over 60% of accusations turn out to be false. See the Wenatchee witch hunt.
Law enforcement cannot access treatment records. The only exception is by court order if someone is involved in a court proceeding where their records are absolutely necessary to assert the facts of the case which is quite rare unless the client themselves is trying to use their mental status as part of their defense. I have never heard of collections agencies having access to actual session notes. Also most good clinicians will limit the content of their notes to what is absolutely necessary to document clinically relevant material and will generally be relatively vague even when noting those details. It's not perfect, but the protection is actually quite good and has been hard-won by organizations and licensing boards representing clinicians and fighting on behalf of clients' rights to privacy.
Psychiatrist never practice informed consent