The confidentiality principle of psychological counselors

The confidentiality principles of psychological counselors are introduced as follows:

1, psychological counselors have the responsibility to explain the confidentiality principle of psychological counseling and the limitations of applying this principle to visitors.

2. Psychological counselors can only record, video or demonstrate the psychological consultation process with the written consent of the visitors.

Relevant information (such as name, address, telephone number, etc.) when conducting case discussion or using case discussion for teaching, research and writing due to professional needs. ) should be hidden to ensure that visitors will not be identified. In group counseling, psychological counselors must set confidentiality standards in advance about the self-disclosure of group members.

3. Relevant information in psychological counseling (including case records, test materials, letters, audio recordings, video recordings, etc.) belongs to professional information and should be kept strictly confidential and shall not be included in other materials. Only authorized psychological counselors can access information, and no one has the right to access the files of psychological archives except psychological counselors and file managers.

4. When providing information about visitors to the outside world (such as the press), it is the responsibility to keep the names of visitors confidential and ensure that the information content does not infringe or hurt visitors. Psychological counselors shall not make false statements or reports when accepting inquiries prescribed by laws of health, justice and public security organs.

5. In psychological counseling, once visitors are found to be harmful to themselves and others, crisis intervention procedures must be started to prevent accidents. If you consult other psychological counselors, you should limit the exposure of confidential information to a minimum.