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[Music] [Music] [Music] good afternoon my name is dr snow white and i am a pre-licensed counselor and what does that mean it means that i have to be supervised for the type of work that i do the first supervisor that i have his name is dr peter pan and he is a licensed

psychologist here in our state and i also have a secondary supervisor her name is dr cinderella and she's also a licensed psychologist here in the state of alabama before we can so one of the things that i'd like to discuss with you is your patient rights and you are protected both by federal

and state laws one of your patient rights is that i'm not allowed to share any sort of information that could identify you so the information that you have here cannot be shared with anybody else okay so i do have to keep that confidential and secret for you if you're under and above i should say

the age of 14 i would need your written consent so for instance if you wanted me to talk to your psychiatrist or your employer or somebody like that i will need express written permission in order for me to break confidentiality there are some limits to that though so for example if you pose to be a liable

and viable threat to yourself meaning that you will kill yourself or that you will kill another person you and i are going to work together to de-escalate that situation if i am unable to reduce the chances that that can occur then that is an instance that i would have to break confidentially and getting people