[KUREHA]

Last time I saw my psychologist - I told her I was "thinking" about carrying a knife - I had a good reason for this, but I told her I would never use it, just to prove it even more, I said maybe even a toy knife.

Before I left I promised I wouldn't and I would stay in to help keep my promise, this was last week and I have done.

Anyway yesterday I got a call from someone that works with the psychiatrist (haven't seen him yet, first time next week) asking if I had been out with a knife - and I haven't, then other stuff if I wanted to talk - I could phone them.

So I told my psychologist this and expected it to be between us, I didn't expect to get a phone call from someone that shouldn't know, it feels like they are checking up on me.

My psychologist has always been pretty cool, but now I don't know if I should trust her, or at least not go into much detail, do you think it was ok for her to do that, or should she have asked me first or at least told me?

[madisgram]

did you sign a privacy act relaeae with your psychologist? if you did i believe you gave her permission to discuss your case with another professional who would be seeing you as a client. the part i'm not sure of is since you hadn't seen the pdoc yet i'm not sure if the privacy act release permitted her to discuss this with that pdoc.

[KUREHA]

I haven't signed anything.

[kittykins9]

Most Ts can get around the privacy thing if they think you pose a danger to self or others-- and this T might have been worried because of your statement. It does feel like a lack of trust I'm sure, but on the other hand, the T could lose her license if anything occurred and she had not reported it first. Trust can be reestablished. My former T had to do involuntary commitment with me twice, and we made it through that, though at the time I was really angry at him for committing me.

Hope that helps, and it's a good thing to discuss openly with the T.

KKat

[pegasus]

((((((( KUREHA ))))))))

Are you seeing your psychologist through the NHS? If so, your psychologist is possibly part of a mental health team. Information is only shared between professionals if there is an issue of safety. I do think your psychologist should have let you know that there might be times that she has to do that.

[KUREHA]

The thing is I would have been ok with it if she said she was going to tell them.
She said if I did carry a knife she would have to tell someone, but I haven't.

Wow involuntary commitment, not sure I could be ok after that, but I'm glad you got through it.

Yeah I guess that might have been why then and yeah it is with the NHS.
I still think she's awesome, but I did think I could totally trust her, now that has kind of gone a bit.

Thanks