Tag Archives: psychotherapist-patient privilege
Reminders and Information to Avoid Liability
Advertisements by licensed mental health practitioners must not be false, fraudulent, misleading or deceptive. Care should therefore be [...]
HIPAA’s PRIVACY RULE and STATE PRIVACY/CONFIDENTIALITY LAWS – CONFLICTS
Mental health practitioners and health care entities must determine whether or not they are “covered providers” or “covered entities” [...]
Potpourri
Advocate – Health care practitioners do not typically think of themselves as advocates for their patients. They are treatment [...]
Conflicts – Treating Multiple Members of a Family
Many mental health practitioners treat more than one member of a family, either concurrently or consecutively. This occurs most [...]
A Brief Review of Some Duties and Requirements
What are the various duties or obligations of a licensed mental health practitioner? Are there both legal duties and ethical duties, [...]
Treating Children – Selected Legal Issues
Therapists and counselors treat children both with and without the consent of one or both parents. It is not uncommon for practitioners [...]
Privileged Communications
It is critical for counselors and therapists to know whether or not they are covered by the psychotherapist-patient privilege (or a [...]
Privileged Communications
Assuming that the psychotherapist-patient privilege (or similarly titled privilege) exists in your state for your license or [...]
Privileged Communications
… If you are covered by the psychotherapist-patient privilege or a similarly titled privilege, be sure to find out if the privilege [...]
Privilege and Confidentiality
… It is important to know the difference between confidentiality and privilege. If you do, you will be less likely to get into trouble. [...]
Waiver
… Typically, the holder of the privilege is the patient and not the therapist or counselor. Thus, the privilege can be claimed [...]
Joint Holders of the Privilege – Meaning and Implications
There are many circumstances where more than one person will be seen in therapy or counseling, such as in couple counseling or family [...]