Buy confidentiality and record keeping in counselling and psychotherapy recording confidences legal resources counsellors psychotherapists 1 by tim bond barbara mitchels isbn 9781412912709 from amazons book store everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Director doctorate in counselling psychology trinity college dublin in this revised edition of confidentiality and record keeping in counselling and psychotherapy bond and mitchels provide a concise and useful guide to aspects of record keeping in the context of a legal framework. The relevant law we set out the legal frameworks that apply to confidentiality and record keeping in order to help therapists develop and review their practice in ways that are compatible with the law because the law needs to be flexible and so cannot always provide absolute certainty and because client and therapist circumstances. Confidentiality is an essential condition of counselling and psychotherapy that enables clients to talk honestly and openly about their situation as a core aspect of everyday practice therapists need to understand both the legal and ethical implications of providing confidentiality and of keeping records concerning their clients. Confidentiality and record keeping in counselling and psychotherapy provides a practical introduction to the topic containing guidance on why and how records should be kept how to balance therapeutic benefits from keeping records with potential legal ramifications confidentiality agreements with clients in a variety of therapeutic settings