Important aspect of counseling
Maintaining confidentiality is critical in counseling clients (Pomeroy, 2014). This can be a big challenge when providing telehealth services. As a councelor how can confidentiality be maintaining when providing service via telehealth?
Confidentiality is an important aspect of counseling. This means that under normal circumstances no one outside the Counseling Center is given any information — even the fact that you have been here — without your expressed written consent.
How do you maintain confidentiality in Counselling?
To maintain confidentiality, it is the counselor’s responsibility to keep the client’s records safe and appropriately secured. Records should be locked away where only the counselor can reach them. Protect records at home. It is important that you lock away documents at home as well as at the office.
