Therapists and counselors are expected to be keenly aware of their duty of confidentiality, but it is often the case that confidential [...]
Advocacy: Do you consider yourself to be an advocate for your clients? Is advocacy a part of your legal or ethical responsibilities or [...]
April is the time to celebrate all counselors. The American Counseling Association (ACA), with more than 50,000 members, takes [...]
… If the termination of treatment process is not properly carried out, the attempt to end the professional relationship can constitute, [...]
With respect to the psychotherapist-patient privilege or similarly named privileges, the general rule is that the patient is the [...]
One of the questions raised by those who do group therapy or counseling is whether or not the psychotherapist-patient privilege is [...]
While I have written several articles in the Avoiding Liability Bulletin dealing with the psychotherapist-patient privilege, I have not [...]
Many therapists and counselors treat more than one member of a family, either concurrently or consecutively. This occurs most commonly [...]
… When a counselor or therapist is working with a group, the duty of confidentiality is of course upon the therapist or counselor. [...]
… When therapists and counselors view the couple as the client, a question arises about the confidentiality obligations of the [...]
… Therapists and counselors often let patients know about confidentiality and the exceptions to confidentiality in a disclosure [...]
… I have previously written about this topic where I addressed the question of the confidentiality duties, if any, of the participants [...]
