THERAPIST FORMS

By V. FIARS

1 A Decade in the Making: Ethical Decision-Making, Record Keeping, and the Therapeutic Relationship in Extraordinary Times 1 2 Purposes of Clinical Records 19 3 Documenting Informed Consent 22 4 Characteristics and Contents of Good Records 40 5 Confidentiality 76 6 Exceptions to Confidentiality 96 7 Developing Policies and Procedures for Protecting Confidentiality and Managing Its Exceptions 113 8 Boundary Challenges: Impact of Digital Communication on the Therapeutic Relationship 136 9 Inactive Records: Access, Retention, and Destruction 166 10 Using Patients’ Records as Therapeutic Tools 175 11 Clinical Supervision Records 193 Contents 12 Teaching Record Keeping 212 13 Sailing in Choppy Waters: Therapists Navigating in the Legal System 219 14 Planning for Interruptions or Closures of Psychotherapy Practices 264 15 Using Principles of Ethical Decision-Making: Case Studies 283