At the beginning/middle of this year I opened up to my counsellor at school that I self-harmed. It was my first time and I was freaking out. But she only made it worse by calling my parents immediately. Since then I have been unable to disclose the truth to her about how bad everything has been getting. I feel like I am unable to trust her because of how easily she tells my parents things.

But I really need help with my ongoing self-harm, depression and (not diagnosed, but almost 2 year long) eating disorder. I think she knows that I have bigger issues than I've told her and that I'm finding it hard to tell her, because she is going to be sending me to a another counsellor next year, outside of school, so that they can see me more often. I already see her once every 1-1 1/2 weeks.

What I want to know is, do you think the other counsellor be any different with my parents and confidentiality (I have heard that some keep everything but immediate suicide risk confidential) and how/what do I tell them?? Should I bring a friend who knows with me, write a letter, an email...???

Does anyone have any experience with this??