Confidentiality

Being in therapy offers you the opportunity to overcome and manage your fears and anxieties. It is a platform from which you can find new ways to view your world and begin to feel happy again and therefore feel more hopeful about your future. Many different elements need to be in place in therapy for this to happen but nothing more important than your sense of safety and confidentially.

Therapy is a confidential forum. It is up to you how much private information you discuss with your therapist. I will always protect your business confidentially. I do not provide court reports, assessments or act as witness for court proceedings. This is the job of a counseling psychiatrist. No one has access to your information and any request from any source for information on clients is denied.

The exceptions to this rule include the following:

Where there is a threat to life and/or the safety of children. In such circumstances, before talking to anyone outside the confidentially of the therapy room, I will discuss my concerns and intentions with you first and agree upon a course of action. If both you and I feel it is to your benefit, we can inform your Doctor of the work we are doing together, as this can help your Doctor in his or her duty of care to you. But it is your choice.

Remember, nothing happens without you knowing first.