It may prove beneficial to check with the individual in the near future to see if they did follow through with making a connection to counseling and to see how they are doing. You can remind them that the counseling sessions are confidential. You can indicate to them that rejecting counseling will not mean that they are rejecting you. Kathy can help you with the referral process and make the soonest possible appointment with one of our personal counselors. According to the ethical and legal standards of counseling, information regarding a particular person in a counseling situation or any communication between them and the counselor cannot be disclosed to other individuals unless a consent form is signed by the client.
Confidentiality includes keeping the fact that an individual is seeking private counseling.
If your need information regarding a person, you can inform us of this need and we will ask the individual for permission to sign a consent form. The wishes of the person in counseling will be upheld in this process.