ConfidentialityÂ
1. Our Commitment to Your Privacy
Trust and safety are the foundation of effective therapy. Everything shared in our sessions—including the fact that you are attending therapy—is strictly confidential. Your personal details, life experiences, and session content will never be disclosed, sold, or shared with third parties for marketing or informal purposes.
2. How Confidentiality Works
What you bring to sessions stays between us. This includes:
- Session Content: Anything discussed verbally, explored creatively, or brought up during our time together.
- Administrative Data: Your contact details, scheduling information, and payment records.
- Attendance: The fact that you are receiving support from Unfiltered Wholeness Counselling.
3. When Confidentiality May Be Broken (Exceptions)
In keeping with professional ethics and UK law, there are rare and specific circumstances where I may be required to share information outside of our sessions:
- Risk of Severe Harm: If I have reasonable grounds to believe that you or another person (especially a child or vulnerable adult) is at imminent risk of serious harm or death. Where safe and appropriate, I will always aim to discuss this with you first.
- Legal Mandates: If legally compelled by a court of law or under specific legislation (such as disclosing information related to terrorism, drug trafficking, or money laundering).
- Medical Emergencies: If you experience a sudden medical emergency during an in-person session, necessary details may be shared with emergency first responders.
4. Professional Clinical Supervision
To maintain high ethical standards and provide you with the best possible care, I regularly discuss my clinical work with a qualified supervisor.
- All case discussions are completely anonymized.
- Your name, identifiable traits, and specific background details are never shared.
- My supervisor is also bound by the same strict professional codes of confidentiality.
5. Communication & Digital Privacy
While I take every precaution to secure digital communications, please keep the following in mind:
- Email & Messaging: Standard email and text messages are best used for administrative tasks (scheduling, rescheduling, or brief updates). Deep therapeutic exploration is kept within our sessions.
- Online Sessions: Video consultations are conducted via encrypted, secure platforms to protect your visual and audio privacy.
- Environment: For online sessions, please ensure you are in a private space where you cannot be overheard to protect your own confidentiality.
6. Questions or Concerns
If you have any questions about how confidentiality works or want to discuss specific boundaries before we begin, we can explore them thoroughly during our initial chat.