Client Rights
If you are feeling like you are not safe, that you might harm yourself or others,
call either 911 or 988 immediately.
Clients of Counseling Services have the right to . . .
- Be treated with respect.
- Have written information before consenting to evaluation and treatment about our counseling
services, policies and procedures (e.g., number of sessions, cancellation policies),
limits of confidentiality, and all other relevant policies and procedures (see Consent
for Counseling).
- Be informed of potential risks and benefits of counseling.
- Ask any questions about the counseling process and therapeutic techniques that your
counselor uses or plans to use.
- Ask about the counselor's qualifications (education, training, experience).
- Refuse to answer any question.
- Refuse audio or video recording of sessions (if requested by counselor).
- Refuse the administration of any evaluation procedure or intervention.
- Discuss your counseling with anyone you choose, including another counselor.
- Request another counselor if uncomfortable or dissatisfied.
- File a complaint with the counselor鈥檚 supervisor, the Program Director, the counselor鈥檚
licensing board, or other appropriate government agency about problematic, unethical
or illegal behavior by your counselor.
- End counseling at any time.