Thread: Confidentiality
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Old Jun 16, 2016, 09:05 PM
sarah5147 sarah5147 is offline
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Originally Posted by growlycat View Post
From what I understand, confidentiality ends if you are going to hurt yourself, a child or vulnerable adult. Feeling like hurting yourself vs actively planning on hurting yourself although two separate things can be misinterpreted by therapists.
Therapists generally don't like committing people against their will.

Thanks! Is there any better definition of "hurting yourself", i,e. if your not trying to kill yourself but are cutting for instance. That is hurting, but your not in danger really. Is that a reason?
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