Ethics in Counseling?

Question

I require info desperately on confidentality and privacy as well as exceptions to break clients records together with QUOTES in a multiultural country.What websites can i go to?

Answer 1

Go to the ACA web site
Also go to any search engine and place in
"Codes of Ethics' or "Codes of Ethics in Counseling" or "Codes of Ethics in Psychotherapy"

There is also a book called "Codes of Ethics in Counseling and Psychotherapy"
by Elizabeth Welfel that will cover all your questions

Unless a person is going to hurt themselves or someone else. OR they are being abused or abusing a child or elderly person, what is said in the sessions are NOT to be shared with anyone unless the client signs a release

Answer 2

in addition to the exceptions listed in the previous answer...being court ordered by a judge to release information is another exception.

The exceptions are listed in the ACA code of ethics http://www.counseling.org/Resources/CodeOfEthics/TP/Home/CT2.aspx

and may or may not differ depending on the type of angecy you are working in. Working in a federally funded alcohol treatment center for example has slightly different confidentiality agreements due to stricter federal guidelines.

All facilities release some confidential information to their payer sources (insurances, medicaid) which is typically covered in the intake paperwork. However, once the information is transmitted to the payer confidentiality of that information cannot be guaranteed.