According to Gabbard and Beck (2007), the basic elements of an informed consent should be competency, voluntariness and information. The clinician should assess the client’s capacity to make reasonable decisions about the therapy. Thus, an informed consent usually includes the information about the diagnosis, explaining the nature of the disorder or problem. The information about the details of treatment, involving the nature and the purposes of the procedures should be given as well. The patient should be also informed about the consequences of the therapy, including all risks and benefits of the proposed treatment. Another element of an informed consent that deserves attention is ‘alternatives’ which should provide information about all the
