Thank you for starting this thread! Legal health records are an extremely important thing to consider when in therapy and or seeking help from any healthcare professional. They are LEGAL record and can and will be used against you in a court of law.

I have indeed got my records. They were altered and falsified in preparation for a potential lawsuit after I experienced medical malpractice and threatened a lawsuit. Lies were written in my charts that would creatively defend the criminals and destroy my credibility beyond repair. Fortunately, this issue is being exposed slowly but surely. Ultimately what needs to happen - is that legal health records should NO LONGER be considered legal records. They should merely be someone else's notes, no different than if you or I were to write sessions notes after a session. Aside from all the potential issues regarding memory of events and misconstrued information, there is also FAR too much power afforded to healthcare professionals because they know how these documents can be utilized in a court of law or complaint processes. Not to mention they can be altered and falsified in preparation for subpoenas and complaints - it is absolutely baffling that policy and legislation has not yet changed.

Look up, "Alteration of medical records," on google. Enjoy the rabbit hole. Inform yourself. And DO order your records. Just because your therapist seems trustworthy and ethical does not mean they are - there is absolutely nothing stopping them from being unethical aside from their promise to uphold their ethics. Unfortunately I was fooled by that.

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