I am wondering about the legal stipulations for patient confidentiality when it comes to being a therapy patient. My inquiry centers around the idea that I am in therapy to, among other things I suppose, control anxiety, especially in terms of school and succeeding at it. I am plenty smart enough for it but I have a hard time keeping my focus and concentration on it. Point being, I am in a jam w/ my school. I would like to inform them that the very issues they see w/ my academic performance are the same issues I am in counseling to resolve, but I wanted to know: if I tell them I AM in counseling, in the university counseling center no less, do I forfeit all further rights to confidentiality? Ideally, I would like them to know that I am trying to overcome my anxiety issues w/ conseling, but feel rather uncomfortable w/ a stranger knowing all the gory details of my treatment.
2007-03-26
06:52:49
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randyken
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