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- My consultations with you are confidential.
- Professional and ethical guidelines require me to have regular clinical supervision to discuss my work with my clients. Consultations with my clinical supervisor are also confidential.
- In the event that we see each other outside of our sessions (in the street, or in a shop, for example), I will not acknowledge you unless you acknowledge me first. This is to maintain your confidentiality.
- The circumstances that require the breach of confidentiality are:
- When you give consent for confidentiality to be broken.
- When I am required to by a Court of Law.
- Where statutory law requires disclosure.
- If I feel that there is a significant risk of harm to either yourself or to others, or if there is sufficient evidence to raise concern for the health, welfare or safety of children or vulnerable adults.
- I abide by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (2018)
- The personal information I hold about you (name, home address, e-mail address, telephone number, medical history, etc.) is stored in a locked filing cabinet. Only I have access to it.
- I do not share any data about you to third parties.
- You have the right to request your personal information to be corrected or erased at any time, in writing. For legal purposes, I have to keep some data about you.
- If I am indisposed and unable to continue to meet with you for any reason, I have a nominated Executor for my Professional Will who will contact you to notify you of my situation and assist in whatever way is appropriate and helpful. To this end, my Executor will have access to your name, email address and telephone number. Executors are bound by the same professional and ethical guidelines of confidentiality.
- I write brief notes about what I discuss with you in sessions. Only I have access to them. I don’t write your name or any other people’s names on my notes to maintain confidentiality. You have the right to request a copy of your notes, in writing. I will meet your request within one month, without charge.
- I keep all the information I hold about you, including notes, for seven years after the end of therapy. After seven years I destroy all data and notes I have about you.
- If you fall ill during a consultation, I will call the emergency services and disclose your name and any medications you take.
- I will use your preferred methods of contact: e-mails, texts or phone calls. Please note that these methods are not secure, therefore we cannot guarantee complete confidentiality. It is best not to discuss or write personal or sensitive information on a text or in an e-mail. If you require me to e-mail clinical notes with sensitive and personal information about you, I will do so in the form of a password-protected document.
- In the event that I need to make a referral to another appropriate professional, you will have the opportunity to opt in to authorise me to do so, or not.
- For more information on the Information Commissioner and the GDPR, please visit the ICO.