Privacy Policy

All interactions with Counseling Services, including scheduling of or attendance at appointments, content of your sessions, progress in counseling, and your records are confidential. No record of counseling is contained in any academic, educational, or job placement file. Neither the Therapist nor the Client is entitled to record conversations during the therapy, in the light of confidentiality. Any voice recording thus shall amount to breach of this contract and would not hold good in the court of law by either of the parties. You may request in writing that the counseling staff release specific information about your counseling to persons you designate.

Exceptions to Confidentiality

• The counseling staff works as a team. Your therapist may consult with other counseling staff to provide the best possible care. These consultations are for professional and training purposes.
• If there is evidence of clear and imminent danger of harm to self and/or others, a therapist is legally required to report this information to the authorities responsible for ensuring safety.
• It requires that staff of Counseling Services who learn of, or strongly suspect, physical or sexual abuse or neglect of any person under 18 years of age must report this information to child protection services.
• A court order, issued by a judge, may require the Counseling Services staff to release information contained in records and/or require a therapist to testify in a court hearing.