The art therapist is bound to professional confidentiality. They must therefore maintain the confidentiality of the verbal content and of the client’s artwork issued in the context of the therapeutic relationship.
In law, there are a limited number of circumstances where disclosure of personal health information is required without consent. Notable limits to confidentiality include:
where the therapist believes on reasonable grounds that disclosure is necessary to eliminate or reduce significant, imminent risk of serious bodily harm (includes physical or psychological harm) to the client or anyone else, e.g. suicide, homicide.
where the therapist has reasonable grounds to suspect that a child is in need of protection due to physical harm, neglect or sexual abuse by a person having charge of the child;
where necessary for particular legal proceedings (e.g. when the member is subpoenaed);
to facilitate an investigation or inspection if authorized by warrant or by any provincial or federal law (e.g. a criminal investigation against the member, his/her staff, or a client);
As a new art-therapist, I will be undergoing ongoing supervision during our time together. This means that for every 10 hours I spend practicing, I will spend 1 hour working on better understanding and treating difficult client cases. Professional advice and supervision will be sought from senior-level therapists. All client information will be kept confidential and personal details will be removed before any information is shared in supervision.
By entering into the therapeutic relationship, the client agrees to provide at least 24 hours of notice when cancelling or rescheduling a session.
Missed appointments or late cancellations will result in a fine equalling the full cost of the session.
Session fees must be paid in full on the date of the session.