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To: Poet who wrote (91)	7/5/2001 11:35:10 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 1857

I'm unsure as to whether her therapist is legally bound to tell the other parent, but I'd be surprised if it were legally out of bounds for him or her to do so. Actually, from the way I understand their ethical requirements, unless it IS legally required to tell, it IS out of bounds. The patient-counselor relationship is based on absolute confidence, even (often especially) from the spouse. The counsellor CAN NOT say ANYTHING (even to admit the existence of the counseling relationship) unless either the patient knowingly consents (and one problem is that some patients can't knowingly consent because they don't have the stability to) or it is required (not permitted, but required) by law. Only those two conditions allow the counselor to break the confidentiality of the relationship. It's an even stricter standard than lawyers have. A lawyer can generally acknowledge a client-attorney relationship, for example, if a suit or charges are filed certain of the information becomes public automatically, and the lawyer is allowed to disclose when he feels it is in the best interests of the client without getting a specific written client release. The therapist can't do any of those things. So it wouldn't surprise me if her therapist hadn't told her husband how bad things were if they hadn't gotten to the stage of mandatory disclosure, unless she had authorized the disclosures in writing.