Confidentiality

Notes may be made during or after your counselling appointment. These notes are stored securely. You have the right to access these notes should you wish.

All counsellors regularly discuss their work with a supervisor; an experienced practitioner who supports the counsellor and monitors their work. Work is discussed anonymously and your identity is protected.

With the exception of supervision, everything discussed during or after your consultation will remain confidential to both you and your counsellor except in the most extreme circumstances.

The circumstances when your counsellor will need to extend confidentiality are:-

• When you are at risk of serious harm;

• When your behaviour is affecting adversely the legal rights of other people;

• When your counsellor is being placed in a position in which his/her professional integrity is compromised.

• When disclosure is required by law.

Usually in such circumstances your counsellor would try to discuss the situation with you before breaching confidence. If this were not possible, you will be told what information has been disclosed.