Confidentiality and record keeping in counselling and psychotherapy [electronic resource] / Tim Bond and Barbara Mitchels.
Series: Legal resources for counsellors and psychotherapists ; 2Publication details: Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; London : SAGE, 2008.Description: [viii], 158 pISBN:- 9781446204115 (e-book)
- Confidential communications -- Psychiatrists
- Confidential communications -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain
- Counselors -- Professional ethics
- Psychotherapists -- Professional ethics
- Confidential communications -- Family therapists
- Mental health services -- Great Britain -- Medical records -- Management
- Psychiatric records -- Access control -- Great Britain
- Law
- Legal ethics & professional conduct
- Social counselling & advice services
- England
- Wales
- Mental health law
- Mental health services
- Medicolegal issues
- Psychotherapy
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- BF637.C6
- Also available in printed form ISBN 9781412912709
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-148) and index.
Confidentiality is an essential condition of counselling and psychotherapy that enables clients to talk honestly and openly about their situation. This book gives guidance on why and how records should be kept, how to balance therapeutic benefits from keeping records with potential legal ramifications, and more. 'This is an excellent book...Those involved in writing agency policy as well as therapists working within these structures and independently should view this as a mainstay of their reference library. Trainers and supervisors will also find it invaluable' - Therapy Today Journal, December 2008 `This book is an original, insightful, comprehensive and practical guide for all working in the field...a must read for any counsellor or psychotherapist or anybody else working in the field of psychological therapies' - Professor Cary L. Cooper, CBE, President of BACP `There are few legal issues as important to clients and their therapists as confidentiality and record keeping. This book is essential reading for all counsellors and psychotherapists' - Esther Rantzen, Chair & Founder of Childline and Vice President of BACP Confidentiality is an essential condition of counselling and psychotherapy that enables clients to talk honestly and openly about their situation. As a core aspect of everyday practice, therapists need to understand both the legal and ethical implications of providing confidentiality and of keeping records concerning their clients. Confidentiality and Record Keeping in Counselling and Psychotherapy provides a practical introduction to the topic, containing guidance on: - why and how records should be kept - how to balance therapeutic benefits from keeping records with potential legal ramifications - confidentiality agreements with clients in a variety of therapeutic settings - confidentiality in training and supervision.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9781412912709
Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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