Limits to Confidentiality. The law protects the privacy of all communications between a patient and a mental health provider. In most situations, we can only release information about your treatment or assessment to others if you sign a written Authorization. There are other situations that require only that you provide written, advance consent. Your signature on this agreement provides consent for those activities, as follows: • Clinical information about your case may be shared fully within WCU CMHS by the students enrolled in clinic practicum and staff/faculty for educational, evaluation and therapeutic purposes. If clinical staff present case information at professional conferences, the information will be disguised such that it is impossible to link the information to you or your family. • We employ administrative staff who have access to some of your protected information for both clinical and administrative purposes, such as scheduling, billing and quality assurance. All staff members have been given training about protecting your privacy and have agreed not to release any information outside of WCU CMHS. • On occasion, WCU CMHS may find it helpful to consult with another health or mental health professional. During such a consultation, every effort is made to avoid revealing the identity of the patient. The other professional is legally bound to keep the information confidential. All consultations are noted in the patient record. • If a patient seriously threatens to harm him/herself, we may be obligated to seek hospitalization for him/her, or to contact family members or others who can help provide protection. There are some situations where we are permitted or required to disclose information without your consent or authorization: • If you are involved in a court proceeding and a request is made for information concerning the professional services we provided to you, such information is protected by the psychologist-patient privilege law. We cannot provide any information without your written authorization, or a court order. If you are involved in or contemplating litigation, you should consult with your attorney to determine whether a court would be likely to order us to disclose information. • If a government agency is requesting the information for health oversight activities, we may be required to provide it for them. • If a patient files a complaint or lawsuit against WCU CMHS, we may disclose relevant information regarding that patient as part of our defense. • If we...
Limits to Confidentiality. We will not disclose your information to any third party without consent except where required by law, where failure to do so might result in serious injury or death of self or others, or where there is knowledge or suspicion of child abuse. More details can be found in the Service Agreement for your program.
Limits to Confidentiality. All communications between therapist and client is held in strictest confidence unless:
Limits to Confidentiality. In general, the privacy of all communications between you and me, and even the fact that you are a client, is confidential and protected by state and federal law. Generally, I can only release records or information about our work together to others outside our therapeutic relationship with your written authorization. However, there are some important exceptions to confidentiality, which include the following:
Limits to Confidentiality. The seminar instructor will attempt to ensure a safe and productive learning environment for all participants. Any participants who are behaving in such a manner that threatens a safe and productive environment will be removed from the online session by seminar instructor and/or moderator(s). As a Registered Psychologist and regulated health professional in the province of Alberta, the seminar facilitator is ethically, legally, and professionally mandated to act on information/disclosures that imminently threaten the physical safety of participants.
Limits to Confidentiality. There are situations where your clinician may be required or permitted to disclose information without your authorization. These situations are unusual at TRUE CONNECTIONS COUNSELING, PLLC. These include:
Limits to Confidentiality. Circumstances that may necessitate the disclosure of your personal information without your consent occur when:
Limits to Confidentiality. 4.1 The personal, legal and practical limits of confidentiality need to be discussed and clarified. In making an agreement the Client should be informed of circumstances in which there could be potential breaches in confidentiality. (See COSRT Practice Guideline 5: Confidentiality).
4.2 The Client should also be advised of the circumstances in which their personal data may be shared, either with other professionals (including in a supervision context), payment platforms or as a result of legal requirements such as safeguarding.
Limits to Confidentiality. All information you share with us is strictly confidential and will not be released without your voluntary and written consent. There are limitations to the confidentiality described above and these include:
Limits to Confidentiality. Based on the legal review conducted as part of preparation (Step 1.1), program staff must communicate any limits to confidentiality, such as mandatory reporting requirements, to each client before asking about violence. The staff should tell the client what acts require the staff to report information the client has shared and to whom the report would be made. [Program to include examples of situations that according to local laws must be reported, such as violence with a firearm or harm to minors or the elderly.]
2.1.2.1 If the client shares an experience that requires mandatory reporting, the provider should follow all local procedures and let the client know what those procedures entail.
