🌱 Confidentiality: Protecting Your Privacy

Your stories, struggles, and emotions are safe in this space. Everything you share in therapy is held with deep respect and protected under the Mental Health Care Act (MHCA) 2017. I maintain secure digital or handwritten notes. These are used solely for therapeutic purposes and will not be shared without your consent unless required legally or ethically.

This means:

• The session content, progress, and records remain confidential.
• In the rare event that we meet outside of the therapy setting, I will not acknowledge that you’re my client (unless you initiate).
• All documentation is stored securely.

You have the right to request that I share relevant information with a psychiatrist, doctor, or past therapist — and you may revoke this permission at any time.

When confidentiality may be broken:

Confidentiality is only breached when legally or ethically necessary:

• If there is a serious risk of harm to you or someone else
• If there is suspected abuse, neglect, or threat to a vulnerable person
• During supervision or peer consultation (without identifying details)
• If I am unable to practice and notes must be transferred to a qualified colleague

🗣 If you ever have concerns about confidentiality, you’re welcome to ask questions at any time.

🌈 Safety & Boundaries

Patchwork Collective is a queer-affirmative, caste-aware, trauma-informed, and neurodiversity-affirming practice.

I do not engage in personal, social, or business relationships with clients, online or offline. This protects the integrity of your therapeutic process.

Communication outside sessions is limited to:

• scheduling
• rescheduling