Confidentiality in Counselling

CONFIDENTIALITY IN COUNSELLING

-          1. Client self-disclosure should not be expressed outside a counselling session

-          2. The more the trust of the client toward the counselor is, the easier it would be for the client to discuss his or her problem

A.      Principles of Confidentiality

-          The burden of maintain the confidentiality is not definitive as there are some situations that allow the counselor to repeat/reveal/share the secrets

-          Confidentiality is maintained if it does not threaten other individual’s right or the public

-          The counselor needs to think about the safety of the client and avoid misusing the problems confided to him

B.      The situations in which confidentiality may be violated are as follows:

1.       The client is harming himself, herself or others

2.       The client demands that his or her particulars revealed

3.       The court demands that the client’s particulars be repeated / revealed

4.       The counselor suspects that there has been a child abuse case involved

Group assignment

Give an example of ‘B’, where the confidentiality may be violated.