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CONFIDENTIALITY POLICY
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Your communications with your counselor are private and
confidential. Information you share with your counselor will not
be released without your permission. However, there are legal and ethical
exceptions, including the following:
- If, in your counselor's professional opinion, you present an
imminent threat of harm to yourself or others we may act to
arrange hospitalization or notify others, or to take other action as we deem appropriate.
- If you disclose actual or possible child abuse or neglect,
we are required to report the information to the appropriate
department of social services.
- If we are ordered by a court of law to release information
about you, we must do so.
- If you are 17 years of age or younger, or have been referred
to a counseling as part of a university disciplinary or
administrative matter, there are further exceptions to the
confidentiality policy which your counselor will discuss with
you.
