1. A client has the right to request and receive information about the therapist’s professional capabilities, including licensure, education, training, experience, professional association membership, specialization and limitations.
2. A client has the right to be treated with courtesy and respect, with appreciation of his/her individual dignity, and with protection of his/her need for privacy.
3. A client has the right to quality care and high professional standards and to receive respectful treatment that will be helpful in a safe environment, free from sexual, physical and emotional abuse.
4. A client has a right to a diagnosis and prognosis at as early a stage of therapy as possible. Additional experts including, but not limited to, psychiatrists, addiction specialists, and so on may be required to assist the therapist in reaching a diagnosis.
5. A client has the right to a written treatment plan that should be created together with the therapist and utilized, with necessary amendments and changes, throughout the course of therapy.
6. A client has a right to understand the costs of individual therapy sessions and projected costs of total therapy sessions upon request, before committing to a course of therapy.
7. A client has the right to a beginning, middle and an end to therapy. If protracted or ongoing therapy is required, then the patient has the right to understand why their diagnosis might warrant this course of action.
8. A client has the right to expect to achieve specific goals and objectives by agreed-upon target dates.
9. A client has the right to have his or her own treatment responsibilities explained thoroughly as well as understand the therapist’s responsibilities to the therapy process and to the patient. This includes the responsibility of the therapist to try a different course of treatment and/or refer patients to another therapist if therapy is ineffective after a reasonable period of time.
10. A client has the right to ask questions if directions and/or procedures are not clearly understood.
11. A client has the right to request and receive information from the therapist about your progress.
12. A client has the right to refuse to answer any question or disclose any information they choose not to reveal.
13. A client has the right to have all information, including records pertaining to his/her counseling care, treated as confidential, except as otherwise provided by law or third-party contractual arrangements.
14. A client has the right to know the limits of confidentiality and the circumstances in which a therapist is legally required to disclose information to others.
15. A client is responsible for following the treatment plan recommended by the counselor.
The client is responsible for keeping appointments and when he/she is unable to do so for whatever reason, he/she should notify the counselor at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled appointment.
2. A client has the right to be treated with courtesy and respect, with appreciation of his/her individual dignity, and with protection of his/her need for privacy.
3. A client has the right to quality care and high professional standards and to receive respectful treatment that will be helpful in a safe environment, free from sexual, physical and emotional abuse.
4. A client has a right to a diagnosis and prognosis at as early a stage of therapy as possible. Additional experts including, but not limited to, psychiatrists, addiction specialists, and so on may be required to assist the therapist in reaching a diagnosis.
5. A client has the right to a written treatment plan that should be created together with the therapist and utilized, with necessary amendments and changes, throughout the course of therapy.
6. A client has a right to understand the costs of individual therapy sessions and projected costs of total therapy sessions upon request, before committing to a course of therapy.
7. A client has the right to a beginning, middle and an end to therapy. If protracted or ongoing therapy is required, then the patient has the right to understand why their diagnosis might warrant this course of action.
8. A client has the right to expect to achieve specific goals and objectives by agreed-upon target dates.
9. A client has the right to have his or her own treatment responsibilities explained thoroughly as well as understand the therapist’s responsibilities to the therapy process and to the patient. This includes the responsibility of the therapist to try a different course of treatment and/or refer patients to another therapist if therapy is ineffective after a reasonable period of time.
10. A client has the right to ask questions if directions and/or procedures are not clearly understood.
11. A client has the right to request and receive information from the therapist about your progress.
12. A client has the right to refuse to answer any question or disclose any information they choose not to reveal.
13. A client has the right to have all information, including records pertaining to his/her counseling care, treated as confidential, except as otherwise provided by law or third-party contractual arrangements.
14. A client has the right to know the limits of confidentiality and the circumstances in which a therapist is legally required to disclose information to others.
15. A client is responsible for following the treatment plan recommended by the counselor.
The client is responsible for keeping appointments and when he/she is unable to do so for whatever reason, he/she should notify the counselor at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled appointment.
