Confidentiality Flashcards

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What is confidentiality?

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Confidentiality is the protection of personal information.

Confidentiality means keeping a client’s information between you and the client, and not telling others including colleagues, friends, family, etc… Except when it is a must to do so.

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When Confidentiality can be broken?

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if the…
* client expresses intention to harm self;
* client expresses intention to harm another;
* client is being physically or sexually abused; or
* Therapist is summoned by the Court to provide information about the counselling relationship.

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