![]() However, Caroline Jesper, head of professional standards at the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, which represents more than 60,000 therapists across the UK, said she had concerns about the updated guidance and called on the CPS to review it. It stated that notes should only be requested where “relevant”. In May, the CPS issued new guidance on pre-trial therapy that sought to alleviate victims’ concerns that accessing counselling could damage the prosecution’s case. He added: “I think therapy notes absolutely should be privileged because if they’re not privileged, even if they’re not being subpoenaed, the idea of them not being privileged places the whole process of therapy under jeopardy, because one of the basic tenets is of confidentiality.” And it closes down the main avenue they have to actually overcome this trauma – that’s shut down to them because it’s no longer safe, is it, if they can use it against you?” I think to use a victim’s own words against them is perverse and it’s retraumatising. It’s a catch-22 from every angle,” he said. “Or they take the risk and then they have to self-censor… which actually defeats the whole purpose of therapy. He said the current system made him “very angry” and he warned that victims could be put off receiving therapy, or forced to take part secretly without telling the police. Mark Vahrmeyer, a psychotherapist registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) claimed he was once “badgered” by police to release therapy notes in a sex abuse investigation. So I’m not invested in finding the truth.” More on Therapy “We’ll explore fantasy and reality, truth and falsehood and we’re not there to try and determine what exactly happened objectively, we’re there to help somebody understand their subjective experience. We go on some quite trippy tangents sometimes. ![]() “There are some things that a client and a therapist say between each other that won’t make any sense to anyone apart from that therapist and that client. Notes from therapy sessions are inappropriate for use outside that setting, he added. Mr Ross offers to co-write reports of therapy sessions with clients if notes are requested in investigations, to give them more ownership of what is submitted. He has written “pared down” notes and has had “explicit” conversations with his patients about notetaking. Because once the notes are available for the courts, they can be pulled apart in any which way they want to present them, in any which way anybody wants, with all the ambiguity.” ![]() * Unlimited world class and highly praised phone and email support is included with your subscription.He said: “I have concerns about how those notes would be used by the courts. * TherapyNotes offers additional features such as integration with dictation software tools such as Dragon NaturallySpeaking for note-taking, and built-in spellcheckers for mental health words. * Supervision capabilities and a 'Bill As Supervisor' function simplifies how you manage clinicians and interns in your practice. * Full ICD-10 support and searchable ICD-10 codes to help you enter diagnoses in a flash. * Choose from a variety of note templates for treatment plans, psychological evaluations and progress reports, and store a history of all past notes. * Automate email, phone and text reminders sent to clients to reduce the number of no-shows and decrease practice expenses. ![]() * Assisted ERA Payment Posting simplifies how you view and post payments and remittance sent from insurance. * Practices can submit and track insurance claims electronically using TherapyNotes EDI. Patients or clients can also pay bills using credit cards. * (TherapyNotes client portal) enables patients to schedule and view appointments online. * To-do list feature helps track patient appointments, psychotherapist schedules, clinical notes, billing and more so nothing is missed.
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