I will treat all information you provide, as highly confidential and will not disclose any information about you, without your prior consent, regardless of who pays for your therapy. (Children aged 12+ years may consent to their own therapy and the content thereof is also treated as confidential and may not be shared with guardians, without the child’s consent.)
However, in certain exceptional circumstances, legal or professional rules may compel me to disclose information about a patient. These circumstances include:
- Emergency situations: where I believe that a patient is a danger/threat to others; to themselves; or to me; I will be compelled to take the necessary steps to prevent such harm, which may include the release of confidential information about them, with or without their consent.
- Statutory duty: A provision in an Act may oblige me to disclose confidential information about a patient.
- Court orders: A court may order me to disclose confidential information about a patient. However, in terms of my own professional rules, I will endeavour to do everything possible to prevent the disclosure of a patient’s private information
