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DIASS (Week 2) CONFIDENTIALITY

This document discusses the importance of confidentiality in counseling. It states that counselors must respect their clients' right to privacy and avoid unwanted disclosure of information, unless disclosure is needed to prevent harm or is required by law. It also provides guidelines for maintaining confidentiality when working with groups, families, minors, and when consulting, training or conducting research. Counselors must properly secure any client records and obtain permission before sharing information.

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DIASS (Week 2) CONFIDENTIALITY

This document discusses the importance of confidentiality in counseling. It states that counselors must respect their clients' right to privacy and avoid unwanted disclosure of information, unless disclosure is needed to prevent harm or is required by law. It also provides guidelines for maintaining confidentiality when working with groups, families, minors, and when consulting, training or conducting research. Counselors must properly secure any client records and obtain permission before sharing information.

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B.

CONFIDENTIALITY

Areas Description

Confidentiality

 Counselors respect a client’s right to privacy and avoid illegal and


unwanted disclosures of unwarranted information.
 The right to privacy may be waived by the clients or their legally
recognized representative.
 The general requirement that counselors keep information
confidential does not apply when disclosure is required to prevent
clear and imminent danger to the client or others or when legal
requirements demand that confidential information be revealed.
1. Right to Privacy  Counselors who receive information confirming that a client has a
disease commonly known to be communicable and fatal is
justified in disclosing information to an identifiable third party, who
by his/her relationship with the client is at high risk of contracting
the disease.
 When court orders counselors to release confidential information
without a client’s permission, counselors request to the court that
the disclosure should not be required due to potential harm to
client or counseling relationship.

 In group counseling, counselors clearly define confidentiality and


parameters for the specific group being entered, explain its
2. Group and Families importance, and discuss difficulties related to confidentiality
involved in group counseling.
 In family counseling, information about one family member cannot
be disclosed to another member without permission.

 When counseling clients who are minors or individuals who are


3. Minor Incompetent Clients unable to give voluntary, informed consent, parents or guardians
may be included in the counseling process as appropriate.

 Counselors are required by law, regulations, agency, or institution


procedures to maintain records necessary for rendering
professional services to their clients.
 Counselors are responsible for securing the safety and
confidentiality of any counseling record they create, maintain,
transfer, or destroy.
4. Records  Counselors recognize that counseling records are kept for the
benefit of the clients therefore provide access to record and
copies of record when requested by competent clients unless it
contains information that may be misleading or detrimental to the
clients.
 Counselors obtain written permission from clients to disclose or
transfer records to legitimate third parties unless exception to
confidentiality exists.

 Use of data derived from counseling relationships for purposes of


training, research, or publication is confined to content that is
5. Research and Training disguised to ensure anonymity of the individuals involved.
Identification of the client involved is allowed only when the client
has reviewed the material and has agreed to its presentation or
publication.

 Information obtained in a consulting relationship is discussed for


professional purposes only with persons clearly concerned with
6. Consultation the case.
 Before sharing information, counselors make efforts to ensure that
there are defined policies that effectively protect the confidentiality
of information with other agencies serving the counselors clients.

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