This situation does make you wonder... Can the stuff you put in writing come back an bite you in other ways? Like... say you have children, get into a custody battle with your husband or ex-husband and it gets ugly. He has your therapy records subpoenaed and brought under review in court. Your therapist notes are likely incomplete, general statements, dx, misc notes, that only make sense to her. HOWEVER, in the file are also these freaky very disclosing documents that YOU wrote. Could what you write be used against you in court?

I asked my T once about my therapy file and if it could likely be used against me in court. She said judges usually protect people's privacy and wont all it to be brought to court. She said they usually view a person seeking therapy as a positive thing not a negative thing. The optimal word here is "usually".