Client Rights

• You are entitled to receive information from me about my methods of therapy, the techniques I use, the duration of your therapy (if I can determine it), and my fee structure. Please ask if you would like to receive this information.

• You can seek a second opinion from another therapist or terminate therapy at any time.

• In a professional relationship (such as ours), sexual intimacy between a therapist and a client is never appropriate. If sexual intimacy occurs, it should be reported to The Department of Regulatory Agencies/Mental Health Section at (303)894–7766.

• Generally speaking, the information provided by and to a client during therapy sessions is legally confidential if the therapist is a licensed professional counselor. If the information is legally confidential, the therapist cannot be forced to disclose the information without the client’s consent.

Information disclosed to a licensed professional counselor is privileged communication and cannot be disclosed in any courts of competent jurisdiction in the state of Colorado without the consent of the person to whom the testimony sought relates.

There are exceptions to the general rule of legal confidentiality. These exceptions include intent to harm others or yourself; abuse or suspected abuse of children, and possibly the abuse of, elderly or other unable to care for themselves, and neglect or suspected neglect of children and illegal sexual relations of former psychotherapists. You should be aware that, except in the case information given to a, licensed psychotherapist, legal confidentiality does not apply in a criminal or delinquency preceding. There are other exceptions that I will identify to you as the situations arise during therapy.

To contact me directly please email me directly here pamivy@msn.com. I will return your email as soon as I can.