I don't SI anymore, so this hasn't come up for me. But if I was still doing that, I don't think I would confide, because of the warning on my T's informed consent form, which I signed at the outset of our therapy. It says that he is required by law to contact the proper authorities to make arrangements for my (or others') safety under conditions of suspected child abuse, when the client threatens the potential to harm self or others, or threatens suicide. To me, that said loud and clear that he does not want to hear about those topics. Since there is some potential abuse going on in the home, it took me ages to discuss this with him because I was so put off by the informed consent form. Yes, I know he is required by law to put that stuff on his form, but as a client, it is offputting to me and does not encourage sharing of these difficult topics. JMO. And he acted kind of pissed off when I finally did confide this stuff. And I feel like hey, this is a hard topic, and the informed consent discourages me from being forthright.