The counseling relationship is a legally privileged relationship.
You can be assured that your privacy will be protected. However, there are certain conditions under which I must report
to the appropriate authorities what you have shared with me as your counselor. These conditions are: your expressed intentions
to harm yourself or someone else; if you reveal a situation in which there is or has been abuse, neglect or endangerment of
children or elderly.
In the unlikely event that reporting should become necessary, I will make every effort to see
that it is handled in the most respectful way possible.
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