A random therapist broke confidentiality

A therapist whom i visited only once , has talked to a family member about me and urged the family member to urge me to go to a psychiatrist ( i broke into tears and i said some stuff only because of PMS ).Considering the fact that i can't sue her legally for several reasons , i want to inform her on my resentment by calling her. Do you think it's childish to do so ?

What do you hope to accomplish by doing so?

well, i guess i want her to know that there are clients who are familiar with their rights and would speak up when their rights aren't respected. I also hope that i prevent her from giving further information to my relative .

Maybe not call her to inform her of your resentment, but perhaps a well thought out expression of how it is unethical to break confidentiality. Just a thought. Kit

I'd encourage you to consider the statement(s) alleged made and the source who has told you the therapist said so. What's the real evidence this is the case? Did this family member know you had seen this therapist? Breaking confidentiality is actually stating that a person is/was your patient and then giving any information about a patient. Telling a family member to encourage any person, patient or not, to see a shrink is not a violation of confidentiality. Just like someone's boyfriend can call up a therapist and "talk" to them (talk to them). A therapist is allowed to listen but not give out any information. Whether it is wise for the T to listen or not depends on the context.

Did this therapist seek out your family member, or did they seek the therapist out? Why don't you call the T up and explain what you know, and try to get an answer of what really happened? After all, consider the source of your information. Family members lie and family members distort the facts and it may be that this family member wants to make you the designated patient and just support their belief that you're crazy. Before you let accusations fly, seek information. Then you can decide what your next move it.

I'm 99% sure of what has happened .
The family member has been in therapy with this T for more than six month , and we both visited T on the same day (went to the office together ) .then on the next session she had, the therapist brought up me , and said she worried about me and that i had serious problem .
Maybe the T thought of it as intervention in crisis
But i had been in far worst crisis and my Ex. T never revealed anything to anyone .
This T said to me whatever she needed . Why would she tell anybody else ? I was not on the edge or anything . I feel betrayed.

This would be a huge issue for me and I would definitely make a fuss about it with the therapist directly, and if that was not fruitful, perhaps even make reports/reviews including it. Privacy and not breaking confidentiality are some of the factors highest in my personal value system (including that I keep confidences no matter what, I would much rather end a relationship if my role lawfully required breaking confidences), even in the most personal relationships. If a paid professional acted that way, it would likely make me go ballistic. I might reconsider specific actions and tune it done with time, but I am sure I would have some impulsive reactions that would not seem and feel pretty for that therapist. In my book, there would not be excuse for breaking confidentiality in a therapy situation - that is pretty much the only trust factor I need in a mental health professional to be able to share most of my "secrets". So I would have zero tolerance for breaking it in any form.