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Originally Posted by IndestructibleGirl
Made a formal request for my file/ notes whatever to my ex therapist today. I expect it will take about six weeks for her to pull her finger out and actually get round to sending it, as she has 40 days to do so here in the UK.
I understand that the notes will be skeletal, clinical and bland. I'm not really concerned about that. What I am interested in is will those notes form the basis of her defence if I report her? Or can she suddenly add reams more to her notes, if it goes before an ethics board?
I have ideas of her scrabbling around amending and backdating these notes, saying things like 'the client displays traits of bpd' and 'the client is abusing me' in order to make me look as unstable as possible, and build a case for herself as the sensible practitioner tortured by the crazy client. There will only be so much lying and backpedalling she can do, however, as I have plenty of emails/ texts highlighting all her sh#t. Forget red flags, this is like a whole village-worth of red f'cking bunting 
So, will she have to stick roughly to what these notes contain, or can she change them in an investigation?
How does it work? |
here in New york (the one in the USA) when a client and therapist terminate that clients file is closed. what that means is the file goes into the inactive pile. that therapist no longer has access to the file. when requests for the files come in it is the receptionist (some locations call this an intern or secretary ) pulls the file and makes copies of the requested information, then envelops the copies, stamps and mails the copies to who ever did the requesting.
the only time a treatment provider has access to a closed file here in NY is if that treatment provider was in private practice with no intern or receptionist /staffing to do the "gopher" work of searching through hundreds of closed files to locate one file.
thats not saying whats in the file wont be used in ethics and court cases. here in america those accused have the right to know who their accuser is, see their accuser and defend their self against what ever crime they are being accused of. that means when a treatment provider is sent before the ethics board they have the right to a lawyer and that lawyer has the right to request any and all evidence that may clear the therapist of any wrong doing. that can include requesting documents/files from treatment providers past and present, any video or audio recordings made during treatment,...
here in America we have privacy laws that protect someones health records but those privacy laws do not extend to legal issues like ethics reviews, court cases, crimes,....
my suggestion is contact your ethics board. they will be able to tell you whether your past history, and mental health records will be part of the legal proceedings of ethics cases in your location.