Confidentiality

Counseling often includes the disclosure of sensitive personal information, and it is important that you feel safe discussing private matters with your counselor. 

We want you to know that CAPS respects your need for privacy and maintains strict adherence to professional ethics codes and legal rules of confidentiality. Information shared between a client and counselor, including a student's clinical contact with our office, cannot be released to anyone -- including family members or the University -- without the consent of the student. There are certain situations in which CAPS is legally obligated to make an exception to confidentiality, including: 

• To prevent imminent danger to self or an identifiable other. 

• In situations where a child or vulnerable adult is being abused or neglected. 

• When disclosure is made necessary by legal proceedings. 

It is also important to note that the electronic clinical record keeping system at CAPS is also confidential and is separate and distinct from other record keeping systems at the university.