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At Between Us Associates (BUA), we strive to provide the highest quality of service. We practice mental health counseling in adherence to NH state statutes governing its practice. In addition, we stay up to date on and follow applicable federal law regarding mental health practice. Therapists at BUA take very seriously the need for ethical practice and realize that many different situations can and do arise in providing individual, couple and family therapy that require ethical reflection and decision-making. We maintain diligent attention to the ethical ramifications of our work and adhere to our respective professional Codes of Ethics. We see maintaining high ethical standards as a way to improve outcomes for our clients and ensure they have positive experiences in therapy, feeling respected, feeling heard, and feeling fairly treated. To better adhere to ethical codes, our therapists build ethical discussions and decision-making into their regular case consultation, use ethical decision-making models, and at times bring clients into the ethical decision-making process.
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All of the services provided at Between Us Associates are confidential, including that you are client. We cannot release any information without a complete Release of Information form signed by any adults involved in therapy or by legal guardians of a child in therapy. There are several exceptions to confidentiality, under which circumstances information may be shared without your permission, including:
a. suspected abuse or neglect of a minor child or elder or incapacitated adult;
b. when a client or other individual is seen as posing a serious threat of harm to
him or her self, others or real property, in which case a licensed therapist must
warn the police or likely victim;
c. when ordered by a court to release information;
d. when a client has waived certain rights when contracting for insurance
coverage of services.
If we need to report or share information in one of these situations, we will generally try to inform you, ahead of time if possible, that we need to do so. We will discuss the situation requiring a report. For more information on confidentiality, please review our Informed Consent under the “Forms” tab.
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