Topic: legal-regulatory

Question: Can a past therapist disclose information to a current therapist that you are seeing?

Answer (from Eric Ström, JD, MA, LMHCAttorney & Licensed Mental Health Counselor):
Generally, the laws regarding confidentiality would require a past therapist to obtain your permission before disclosing any information about you to your current therapist.Depending on state law, there could be some exceptions to this general rule. For example, most states would allow your former therapist to provide information about you to your current therapist if he/she reasonably believed it would protect you or someone else from an imminent harm.

Answer (from Erin Pritchard, MA, LPCC-S | EMDR IntensivesSea Glass Counseling and Consultation):
No, not without a signed release of information (ROI) from you (the client).