(Updated 2014)
A. Ethical Obligations About Informed Consent:
CHART: Counselors, Psychologists, Social Workers (referencing Ethics Codes)
Selected Ethical Standards: Counselors (from ACA Code of Ethics)
Selected Ethical Standards: Psychologists (from APA Code of Ethics)
Selected Ethical Standards: Social Workers from NASW Code of Ethics)
B. Summaries:
Informed Consent Discussions in Couple & Family & Child Therapy
Informed Consent Discussions in Group Therapy
C. Checklists:
Checklist – Informed Consent for Mutil-Client Therapy – Couple, Family or Child+Parent
Checklist – Informed Consent for Minor to Receive Counseling/Therapy in School Setting
D. SAMPLE INFORMED CONSENT FORMS & CONTRACTS
Informed Consent for Psychotherapy – Adolescent (Sherry Kraft, Ph.D.)
Informed Consent for Psychotherapy – Couple (John T. Schroll, Ph.D.)
Informed Consent for Child Therapy – Separated/Divorced Parents (Bernadette Landolf, Ph.D.)
Informed Consent for Therapy Services – Adult
Informed Consent For Clinical Consultation (Consultant-Consultee Contract)
E. INFORMED CONSENT RIGHTS OF VIRGINIA MINORS & PARENTS
Rights of Virginia Minors Under HIPAA – (Legal Opinion re: Consent and Disclosure)
F. INFORMED CONSENT ABOUT CONFIDENTIALITY AND ITS LIMITS IN VIRGINIA:
1a. Client Handout: Confidentiality and its Limits in My Practice
NOTE: Clinicians must “personalize” this to reflect policies in their own settings
1b. Clinician Resource: Virginia Statutes Protecting or Limiting Patient Confidentiality (with links to Code of Virginia for complete text of each statute or court case)
2a. Client Handout: Sample “Notice of Privacy Practices” (Pending)
2b. Clinician Resource: [Sample “Notice of Privacy Practices”] (w links to text of each statute or court case that protects or limits confidentiality) (Pending)