A. All contents in professional relationship (except confidentiality) shall be kept confidential.
B confidentiality needs to be explained and confirmed, and this work step cannot be omitted because of the trust and neglect of the helper.
C in terms of time, the consultant should keep the professional relationship confidential until 3 years after the consultation.
Professionals who violate confidentiality regulations may pay the price of reputation, work or license.
The principle of confidentiality is a basic principle in the process of psychological counseling, which is not only the requirement of professional ethics, but also determined by the nature of psychological counseling itself. Psychological counselors have the responsibility to explain the confidentiality principle of psychological counselors and the limits of applying this principle to visitors.
1. Relevant materials in psychological counseling, including case records, test materials, letters, audio recordings, video recordings and other materials, belong to professional information and should be kept strictly confidential, and shall not be included in other materials.
2. Psychological counselors can record and video the consultation process only with the consent of the visitors. When discussing cases for professional needs, or using cases for teaching, scientific research, writing, etc. , you should hide relevant information that may be used to identify visitors.
3. Psychological counselors shall designate appropriate places and personnel to properly keep the records of psychological counseling services, diagnoses, notes or doctor's orders, and shall be obliged to keep them confidential.
4, in addition to the department professionals, others may not consult the psychological counseling files, including the psychological counselor's own unit and the inquirer's unit.
5. No institution or individual may borrow psychological counseling files unless the inquirer violates the law and is proved by the public security organ.
The principle of protection is not absolute, and there are the following confidentiality exceptions. The helper agrees to disclose confidential information to others. The judiciary requires psychological counselors to provide confidential information. There are ethics or lawsuits against psychological counselors.
There are legal restrictions on the confidentiality of psychological counseling, such as reporting child abuse and elder abuse. Help-seekers may cause direct harm or death threats to themselves and others. The helper suffers from a life-threatening infectious disease.