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Old Mar 25, 2011, 05:31 PM
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I told my T that I was going to end my life last week and as soon as I left the session, T called my husband and told him that.

Now, the end result was that I was hospitalized and am still around to tell the story, so no complaints there.

My question is: Did my T break confidentiality with the call to hubs? T said he had a duty to inform.
My understanding is that yes, your T did break confidentiality, unless you are a minor. I believe your T should have called authorities directly to arrange for hospitalization, rather than told your H. Better yet, your T should have first tried to get you to agree to enter the hospital voluntarily. I hope you will go easy on your T for this, though. It sounds like he was very worried about you and trying to keep you from harm. I'm sorry you were in such a dire situation last week. How are you doing now?

There is a "duty to warn" if the T's client has revealed he/she plans to harm someone else. The T must not only call authorities but must notify the person who the client has threatened to harm. (Tarasoff)
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