(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)
The Center for Ethical Practice is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Center maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
The Center for Ethical Practice has been approved by National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 6768). The Center is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.
The Center for Ethical Practice (provider #1287), is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The Center for Ethical Practice maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 3/21/2021-3/21/2024.