I want to get a record or something, of all our meetings and all diagnoses from my private therapist.

I have allot of burden inside, yet my therapist is a piece of **** for talking impatiently and restlessly to me when I came to his clinic "by surprise" when his partner opened the door for me, and waited in the small sitting room.
I talked to him about it and eventually it was because of personal things that he was restless, yet he allowed his emotions to make him go angry with me. I want to leave him for that

[here today]

Originally Posted by Vibrating Obsidian

. . .yet he allowed his emotions to make him go angry with me. I want to leave him for that

I definitely understand that. You tried to talk it out and all he could do was explain his side of things, not understand yours. Doesn't sound very positive or hopeful to me.

Not sure what the therapy history will do for you, though. Is it that you want to know how he honestly views you and your issues? To get a better take on whether you view things the same or not, before you definitely decide to leave him? Or possibly stay.

[Ididitmyway]

If you want to see your therapy records you have to put your request in writing. Only then the therapist is obligated to respond.

[Wonderfalls]

HIPAA protects actual therapy notes. Therapists have to provide standard details, like times of appointments and so on, but not their own observations.

"Though the privacy rule does afford patients the right to access and inspect their health records, psychotherapy notes are treated differently: Patients do not have the right to obtain a copy of these under HIPAA. And when a psychologist denies a patient access to these notes, the denial isn't subject to a review process, as it is with other records." http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb03/hipaa.aspx

[Ididitmyway]

Originally Posted by Wonderfalls

HIPAA protects actual therapy notes. Therapists have to provide standard details, like times of appointments and so on, but not their own observations.

"Though the privacy rule does afford patients the right to access and inspect their health records, psychotherapy notes are treated differently: Patients do not have the right to obtain a copy of these under HIPAA. And when a psychologist denies a patient access to these notes, the denial isn't subject to a review process, as it is with other records." http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb03/hipaa.aspx

Not every therapist is a "covered HIPAA entity". Most of those who are in private practice aren't.

OP, you can call your therapist's licensing board any time you have a question about your patient rights. People who work there are more qualified to answer your questions than those who hang out on forums. It's ok to get some perspective here, but never rely on any information you get on forums for accuracy. I think, this should be common sense though.

Originally Posted by Ididitmyway

Not every therapist is a "covered HIPAA entity". Most of those who are in private practice aren't.

OP, you can call your therapist's licensing board any time you have a question about your patient rights. People who work there are more qualified to answer your questions than those who hang out on forums. It's ok to get some perspective here, but never rely on any information you get on forums for accuracy. I think, this should be common sense though.

What is this licensing board? How do I obtain information about it?

Originally Posted by here today

I definitely understand that. You tried to talk it out and all he could do was explain his side of things, not understand yours. Doesn't sound very positive or hopeful to me.

Not sure what the therapy history will do for you, though. Is it that you want to know how he honestly views you and your issues? To get a better take on whether you view things the same or not, before you definitely decide to leave him? Or possibly stay.

I primarily returned to him to solve puzzle pieces of the past, so I thought of getting that data from him so I can transfer to a different therapist with data from the past so he can understand my case better, without doing the whole thing from scratch, as the 2nd therapist's meetings were a butter-up compared to how much information I've been providing him.

[Ididitmyway]

Originally Posted by Vibrating Obsidian

What is this licensing board? How do I obtain information about it?

Are you in the US? If not, you may not have licensing boards in your country. If you are in the US, licensing boards are professional bodies that register professionals, give them a license a.k.a permission to practice and regulate their practices. If you are in the US and you want to know what your therapist's licensing board is, look at the therapist's credentials. The existing credentials are clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, social workers. Each one of those professions has their own licensing board in each state. Look them up on google and contact them.

If you are not in the US, nothing above applies. In that case, I have no idea what kind of patient rights you have in your place of residence. You have to ask those who reside in the same place.

[nottrustin]

I am not sure a new therapist would want the records from another therapist. Usually they want to figure out most of this stuff on their own