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Originally Posted by PTSDlovemycats
I am not certain but I believe that if your T believes that you are at risk of harming yourself or someone else she reserves the right to tell someone. I am just not sure if your husband is included in that ir not.
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I'm pretty sure the husband is NOT included in that. Family members must be told if the client is a minor and in danger of hurting self or others. If 1) the client is an adult and 2) the client is threatening suicide and is at high risk, the authorities are the ones to be notified, unless the client gives permission/release for the husband to be notified. If, however, the client is threatening to harm someone else, then both authorities and the person who is in danger of being harmed must be notified. (We just studied all this legal stuff in school.)
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Originally Posted by jadedmoonbeam
I've had 3 friends call me (at separate times) and tell me they were about to commit suicide. for 2 of them I called their husbands because it seemed like the right thing to do
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It is different if you are a friend. Of course you would call their husband. (Thank goodness you did.) A friend has no legal confidentiality agreement that they and their friend have both signed--at least I hope not!
LJ, even though it sounds like the T broke confidentiality in this case, I hope you won't be too hard on him for this. He just wanted to keep you safe, and he did. I agree with the suggestion to discuss this with your T and talk about how you would have liked for him to react. Then he can tell you how that would or would not be consistent with his legal obligations.