Confidentiality in Counselling

One of the things that is central to making counselling affective is the opportunity to talk openly in a completely safe and confidential space.

For this reason, things shared are always kept completely confidential except in rare circumstances. These circumstances might include:

Where you as a client give consent for the confidence to be broken.
Where I feel it is appropriate to consult with or involve other professionals such as your GP or other medical/care professional in circumstances where there is a risk of harm to you or to a third party. In such cases I will aim to discuss any action with you first and seek to gain your co-operation.
Where in extreme cases I am legally compelled by a court of law.
Where statutory law requires me to inform the relevant authorities (such as terrorist activities, drug trafficking or abuse of a child or vulnerable adult).