Confidentiality Flashcards
Ensures that people may choose what others know about them
Privacy
Conflicting feels
Need support + worry for being judged negatively bc of thoughts and feels
PROFESSIONAL REAPONSIBILITY to R and L access to client’s records
Confidentiality. Respect and Limit
Privileged communication only applies to
Those testifying in court or law
Issues with privacy and children
Wants u to intervene, reasoning capacity limits them.
Conf and lim must be explained during and must be done
First and subsequent meetings. Orally and writing
Limits of conf
Malpractice lawsuit Court mandated release of files Mental state used as defense in court Professional in-court ordered role Client is minor/victim of crime Client is danger to self or others
Violation of confidence means
Professional rep
License
Job
Scope of conf
Words
Records
Identity
Presence in office
Kant’s universalization principle
If the roles were reversed, the counselor’s the client, would the co feel the disclosure was necessary and app?
Achilles heel of profession
Nowhere in code of ethics suggest an exception for family of friends
Solve?
Regular supervision or consultation relationship w another professional.
Keep a journ
Exceptions
Client request for release of info
Court orders for conf info
Dangerous clients (duty to warn and prot)
Risk assessment
History of violent beh
Current social cond
Current psych func
Primary oblig if suicide sets in
Protect client from self-destructive impulse
