Confidentiality in the family system has many different conflicts due to the differences in status and culture among relationships. It is my responsibility to protect the information obtained in a therapy session. During individual assessment sessions with a couple I would determine how to manage secrets or other information that has not been shared within the couple by discussing the limits of confidentiality at the outset of therapy As couple’s therapist I plan to balance the individual’s right to privacy with the relationship’s need for safety, which requires an essential distinction between privacy and secrecy. Secrecy directly affects the relationship and may be kept due to fear, anxiety, or shame. As a therapist I feel it is my job to seek to safeguard the welfare and rights of their clients through considering all the aspects of the “client” when a secret is revealed like: why are they engaging in this behavior and how can I help resolve that
Confidentiality in the family system has many different conflicts due to the differences in status and culture among relationships. It is my responsibility to protect the information obtained in a therapy session. During individual assessment sessions with a couple I would determine how to manage secrets or other information that has not been shared within the couple by discussing the limits of confidentiality at the outset of therapy As couple’s therapist I plan to balance the individual’s right to privacy with the relationship’s need for safety, which requires an essential distinction between privacy and secrecy. Secrecy directly affects the relationship and may be kept due to fear, anxiety, or shame. As a therapist I feel it is my job to seek to safeguard the welfare and rights of their clients through considering all the aspects of the “client” when a secret is revealed like: why are they engaging in this behavior and how can I help resolve that