I think that we need to have an opening statement regarding the overall committment of our organization to the ethical principles established by the ACA and the APA, something along the lines of:
As an organization, we are committed to assuring the confidentiality of all of your communications with us. We never release information about you unless you expressly request it in writing or unless we are compelled to by a court order.
In order for you to better understand our committment to your right to confidentiality, we provide all clients of our organization with a copy of our confidentiality policies and the laws governing confidentiality in the State of Illinois.
We are committed to providing the highest quality of services to our clients, and believe that our committment to privacy is essential to the success of the therapeutic relationship. Our organization conforms its confidentiality statement to the standards set forth by all applicable state and federal laws, and by the standards adopted by the professional associations that govern our profession: the American Counseling Association and the American Psychological Association.
REFERENCES
Clemson University: Counseling and Psychological Services. Confidentiality Statement.
Retrieved from
http://www.clemson.edu/studentaffairs/redfern/divisions/caps/confidentiality.php
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Hi Rhonda,
Yes I agree we need an opening declaration of our intent and the codes that govern us at the beginning of the entire statement. What you have looks great, I wouldn't add anything other than combining the info into one paragraph with the reference to the APA and ACA ethical codes as you said. Thanks!!
Let me know what you think is lacking or redundant in my post.
Wanda
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