Psychotherapy and confidentiality.

Confidentiality in end-of-life and after-death situations.

Confidentiality is one of the foundations on which psychotherapy is built. Limitations on confidentiality in the therapeutic process have been explained and explored by many authors and organizations. However, controversy and confusion continue to exist with regard to the limitations on confidentiality in situations where clients are considering their options at the end of life and after a clie...

Medical and psychotherapy privileges and confidentiality: on giving with one hand and removing with the other.

Ethical questions and dilemmas in psychotherapy

BACKGROUND: The authors emphasize the importance of regular questioning of ethical dilemmas in psychotherapy, because of the special status of psychological treatment as a potentially hazardous field in practice, and because of substantial relationship between client and therapist with a thin border and potential use of power or abuse. Although professional codes indicate guidance on highest po...

The Austrian Psychotherapy Act: no legal duty to warn.

The Austrian Psychotherapy Act provides no exceptions to patient confidentiality.' It is the only one of its kind, internationally. 2 The Act runs directly counter to the law in the United States, which provides for numerous exceptions to patient confidentiality In addition, the American "Tarasoff rule"4 creates a duty of therapists to warn potential victims when patients communicate to therapi...

Confidentiality, Secrecy, and Privacy in Psychotherapy : Sociodynamic Considerations

Confiding in others is essential in human interaction. In doctor-patient relationship, its role is crucial. In psychotherapy, it is absolutely indispensible as it is the very foundation on which the process of therapy rests. Privacy, a state of being that involves withdrawal from public gaze and societal intrusion, also has considerable implications for the process and the social context of the...