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imapatient · Jan 15, 2009, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill Green

I found out that my therapist broke my confidentiality with her boyfriend. I don't know how much she told him about me, but we travel in similar circles and he definitely knows that I was seeing her.

I feel absolutely betrayed and angry. She had no grounds whatsoever to break my confidentiality. Is this not illegal? Immoral?

I'd ask her about in order to give you an explanation. I don't you should pay for that; you shouldn't have to pay for her to explain her behavior. That's a matter of your professional relationship, but it's not therapy.

If somehow you could be o.k. with what went on--some good reasons she did that--maybe you could continue.

Do you know she actually told him something? Maybe he saw something he shouldn't have seen.

If it were me, I'd try to get an explanation from her, but then terminate.

Depending on what kind of T she is (and where) determines the licensing and accreditation issues. But for any "therapist" type profession that I know of, breaking confidentiality is a violation of professional ethics and likely--depending on where--a violation of licensing standards.

If she thinks you're going to file a complaint, she likely won't want to meet with you to talk about it because that could be giving you information to use against her. Don't mention any complaints, in my opinion, until you're ready to do it, or are already terminated with her.

What she did is every patient's nightmare, I'd be very ticked off.