Your Privacy is Important to Us...

All student contacts with the Counseling Center are confidential in accordance with New York State law and the ethical standards of the American Psychological Association and the National Association of Social Workers.  Thus, no information is released from the counseling center without a student's written consent:  this applies to releasing information on and off campus.  However, there are several legally mandated exceptions to therapist-client confidentiality, including situations in which the person may be a danger to themselves or others and situations in which there is a suspicion of  child abuse.

These situation do not come up often, but if one of these applied to you, your counselor would be discussing it with you.

In addition to this, your counselor may consult with another counselor here, or with our consulting psychologist or psychiatrist.  These are formal, professional consultations specifically for the purpose of making sure students receive the best quality counseling possible and the same standards of confidentiality apply.