Confidentiality and record keeping within the counselling professions
Ethics in practice: 002.1

Confidentiality and record keeping are not just administrative duties but form part of our relational commitment to clients.

They’re deeply connected to issues of trust, safety, power and professional integrity. This resource considers these as part of an ongoing, collaborative engagement with our clients and of good ethical practice. It then applies this learning to your own practice, to reflect on how the points raised in this resource relate to your own work, using the case study and points for reflection.

Using Ethics in practice resources 

These resources are not contractually binding on members but provide information, observations and questions to help you make ethical decisions within your practice.

Individual practice issues are often complex and will vary depending on your clients, models of working, the context of the work and the kind of therapeutic intervention provided. We'd always recommend discussing practice dilemmas with a supervisor, a legal advisor or another suitably qualified and experienced professional.