You have the right to:

• Get respectful treatment that will be helpful to you.
• Have a safe treatment setting, free from sexual, physical, and emotional abuse.
• Report immoral and illegal behavior by a therapist.
• Ask for and get information about the therapist’s qualifications, including his or her license, education, training, experience, membership in professional groups, special areas of practice, and limits on practice.
• Have written information, before entering therapy, about fees, method of payment, insurance coverage, number of sessions the therapist thinks will be needed, substitute therapists (in cases of vacation and emergencies), and cancellation policies.
• Refuse audio or video recording of sessions (but you may ask for it if you wish).
• Refuse to answer any question or give any information you choose not to answer or give.
• Know if your therapist will discuss your case with others (for instance, supervisors, consultants, or students).
• Ask that your therapist inform you of your progress.
• Decide not to enter therapy with a particular therapist. If you wish, I will provide you with the names of other good therapists.
• End therapy at any time. The only thing you will have to do is to pay for any treatments you have already had. You may, of course, have problems with other people or agencies if you end therapy—for example, if you have been sent for therapy by a court.
• Ask any questions, at any time, about what is done during therapy, and to receive answers that satisfy you.
• Refuse the use of any therapy technique.
• Keep what you tell your therapist private, with the following exceptions:
1. If you seriously threaten to harm another person, the therapist must warn that person and the authorities.
2. If a court orders a therapist to testify about you, she must do so.
3. If the therapist is testing or treating you under a court order, she must report findings to the court.