Counselling sessions are confidential, however there are some exceptions:
- I will discuss some areas of our sessions with my supervisor to ensure I am practicing ethically and in your best interest.
- As the practice counselling agreement states, I may need to break confidentiality if you disclose a serious risk of harm to yourself or another person but would inform you of this decision.
- It is a legal requirement for me to break confidentiality if you were to disclose involvement with money laundering or terrorism.
- For clients that are covered under the Children’s Act (2004), confidentiality would be broken upon disclosure of serious risk to self or another, but I would aim to inform you of this decision whenever possible. More details about this can be found in the Children’s Act (2004).
I am always happy to answer questions about confidentiality and the counselling agreement at any point in our sessions together.