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Please read the contract as we cannot accept you as a client unless you
have done so. Once you contact us, it will be
assumed that you have agreed to the terms and conditions, have read the
disclaimer and agree to the contract below.
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The counselling contract
outlines the confidentiality and boundaries that a counsellor
offers. Confidentiality is absolute and whatever you disclose in a
counselling session is never revealed outside the session in
connection with the client’s name, neither is the identity of the
client ever revealed to anyone. This has certain legal exceptions ie
if you genuinely threaten to kill others or if you tell the
counsellor that you intend to kill someone, have sexually abused a
child or killed someone already. Also, if you state that you intend
to kill yourself and the counsellor believes that you mean to do so,
then the counsellor will need to inform a doctor or emergency
services that you are in danger. The counsellor must inform the
appropriate authorities in all these exceptions to complete
confidentiality and will tell you that he/she is obliged to do so.
This is to protect the counsellor, yourself and others and is a
legal requirement. The contract also specifies that after the
session, confidential notes may be made by the counsellor about the
content and process of the counselling sessions but that you will
not be identified in any way. The notes are to help the counsellor
follow the counselling process and identify patterns etc. Also, the
counsellor will explain that he/she has supervision, either with one
supervisor or within a confidential peer group setting. Supervision
is something that every practising counsellor must have to maintain
client and counsellor safety during counselling. The supervisor will
not be told anything which identifies the client - it is the
counselling issues that are discussed - perhaps there are problems
with client/counsellor transference or the counsellor is having
difficulty dealing with certain issues because they impinge upon
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