Kluemper, N. S. (2014). Published case reports: One Woman’s account of having her confidentiality violated. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 29(18), 3232-3244.
This journal article is a personal account of someone whose confidentiality was broken indirectly. The writer had suffered sexual abuse as a young girl and the parent’s divorced and went through a custody battle. The custody battle was long and brutal. The girl had reported to her dad that she was sexually abused by her mother and a court appointed psychologist was ordered to interview the family members. The father was awarded sole custody and gave consent to the psychologist permission to use the case as research and training for child sexual abuse. Later another psychologist …show more content…
The article focuses on when a clinician is required to break confidentiality and why. The author’s talk in detail about confidentiality being broken when there are threats of harm to oneself, threats of harm to another, or when it is learned that a child or elder is a victim of abuse or neglect. The article gave a case example of a counselor who failed to inform a potential victim of a client who threatened to kill them and later was murdered. The article specified what disclosure looks like for parents and offers six different type of confidentiality. “There are advantages and disadvantages to each type of agreement. The more broad the disclosure policy is with regard to what the counsellor shares with others, the less likely the child or adolescent will reveal important information in therapy. The more narrow the disclosure policy, the more the counsellor risks becoming therapeutically immobile if there is important information that parents should know.” (Sori & Hecker, 2015, Sharing information with parents, Para. …show more content…
It talks about HIPPA came about and how it follows the social work code of ethics profession. The article is directed towards LCSW and informs them about what is considered part of the medical records. The article covers all basis in regards to electronic communication such as email, texting, videoconferencing, and social media. One surprising element was that the Groshong and Phillips, 2015, stated is that “the majority of states currently have no regulations about videoconferencing to conduct psychotherapy within the state in which the LCSW is licensed. Almost all social work boards are reviewing the issue. The military does allow videoconferencing in any state if an LCSW is licensed in one state. This may be the wave of the future.” (Videoconferencing and Clinical Social Work Practice, para. 1) Another major point the document covered is social media and how that could potentially be damaging to the therapeutic relationship. It even suggests deleting them
This journal article is a personal account of someone whose confidentiality was broken indirectly. The writer had suffered sexual abuse as a young girl and the parent’s divorced and went through a custody battle. The custody battle was long and brutal. The girl had reported to her dad that she was sexually abused by her mother and a court appointed psychologist was ordered to interview the family members. The father was awarded sole custody and gave consent to the psychologist permission to use the case as research and training for child sexual abuse. Later another psychologist …show more content…
The article focuses on when a clinician is required to break confidentiality and why. The author’s talk in detail about confidentiality being broken when there are threats of harm to oneself, threats of harm to another, or when it is learned that a child or elder is a victim of abuse or neglect. The article gave a case example of a counselor who failed to inform a potential victim of a client who threatened to kill them and later was murdered. The article specified what disclosure looks like for parents and offers six different type of confidentiality. “There are advantages and disadvantages to each type of agreement. The more broad the disclosure policy is with regard to what the counsellor shares with others, the less likely the child or adolescent will reveal important information in therapy. The more narrow the disclosure policy, the more the counsellor risks becoming therapeutically immobile if there is important information that parents should know.” (Sori & Hecker, 2015, Sharing information with parents, Para. …show more content…
It talks about HIPPA came about and how it follows the social work code of ethics profession. The article is directed towards LCSW and informs them about what is considered part of the medical records. The article covers all basis in regards to electronic communication such as email, texting, videoconferencing, and social media. One surprising element was that the Groshong and Phillips, 2015, stated is that “the majority of states currently have no regulations about videoconferencing to conduct psychotherapy within the state in which the LCSW is licensed. Almost all social work boards are reviewing the issue. The military does allow videoconferencing in any state if an LCSW is licensed in one state. This may be the wave of the future.” (Videoconferencing and Clinical Social Work Practice, para. 1) Another major point the document covered is social media and how that could potentially be damaging to the therapeutic relationship. It even suggests deleting them