Woman Wants To Report Therapist For Breaking Confidentiality By Speaking To Her Stepmom

Confidentiality between therapists (and all other medical professionals) and their clients is kind of a big deal, which, if breached, is cause for dismissal and removal of their medical license. I mean, if I found out my therapist had shared information discussed in our sessions with someone else, I'd be furious. But If I discovered that she'd shared it with anyone in my family, it would be a whole new level of hell. A hell which one girl found herself in when she found out her therapist had been sharing notes from their sessions with her new stepmom.

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    Organism - Posted by u/ThrowA3097 2 days ago 20 15 S 14 44 AITA For reporting my therapist after she disclosed information to my stepmom? Not the A-hole I (20f) lost my mom in 2018 in a car accident. It was sudden it was devastating and I had no one to turn to for support. My dad married my stepmom a year later. I currently live with them preparing for medical school. I have to say I'm not that excited to start because I have a lot of unresolved grief and needed to talk.
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    She posted on Reddit's Am I The A— Hole, explaining that her mother had died unexpectedly a year prior, and her dad remarried his new wife within the year. The OP, who was struggling to cope, started seeing a therapist, who turned out to be sharing information from the sessions with her new stepmom, who incidentally was the one paying for the sessions.

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    Font - My stepmom has been trying to insert herself as a replacement for my mom mad it's very obvious. She's controlling and gets involved in every single aspect of my life it makes me uncomfortable. I told my dad that I'll be seeing a therapist my stepmom said she'd take care of it. I have been in therapy for two months now. However latelyI noticed my stepmom wanting to talk to me about things that I regularly bring up in therapy to my therapist. She'd bluntly ask questions about things I said
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    Ethical, huh? Understandably, the OP was gutted and betrayed. When she turned to her father for sympathy, he sided with his new wife, leaving her at a loss. It sounds pretty sh**ty for her all-round, but fellow Redditors jumped to her defense, correctly encouraging her to report the therapist and get away from her toxic family as fast as she can.

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    Font - therapist. She'd bluntly ask questions about things I said in therapy she at some point offered me money to talk to her. I stopped talking to her. But she started brining up my mom during dinner It's not easy to talk about my mom. It's very stressful and causes me to get emotional. When I asked how she knew she admitted that the therapist told her. I was shocked. She went on
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    Font - admitted that the therapist told her. I was shocked. She went on about why I shouldn't hate her and respect her more and "get rid" of the negativity and just accept and try to adapt to this new normal. I had no response but I was mad I yelled at her and told her she had no right to police my words and get involved in personal manners. My dad said I shouldn't yell because my
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    Font - her she had no right to police my words and get involved in personal manners. My dad said I shouldn't yell because my stepmom was just worried about me and wanted to make sure I was making progress in therapy. I left the kitchen. I decided to stop seeing my therapist the next day I told her about what my stepmom said and told her that I'll be reporting her for breaking confidentiality.
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    Product - My stepmom threw a fit and my dad told me to back down and that I was free to stop going but not cause issues and mess with people's careers and act out like that. I refused to listen to him and he's still telling me to stop it. He ignores how upset I am.
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    Font - DemonicSymphony Certified Proctologist [22] 2 days ago 4 NTA Report her and get as far away from these people as you can. You should be able to talk to your therapist without worrying. Find one who doesn't know her at all. I'm so sorry
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    Font - OneFishTwoFish Partassipant [1] 2 days ago NTA and please report her! She is violating her patient confidentiality and code of conduct. She chose this and you are not responsible for protecting her from the fallout of her own actions. I also strongly suggest finding your own therapist through school or another means. Ask about boundaries with your family and tips for maintaining and enforcing them. It really sounds like your family aren't respecting you or your grief. I'm so sorry for the
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    Font - Cynnzilla 2 days ago 2 O Nta and report her as soon as possible. Don't change your mind. Confidentiality is one of the most important parts of her job. If she can't do that she isn't qualified to be a therapist. Report her in writing to the medical board of your state if your in the US. There should be a link on their website. I'm sorry that you went to someone for help, and they betrayed your trust. Most professionals will not do this. Find another therapist. It does sound like you need
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    Font - Prior Bag_7943 2 days ago What I don't get is how all family members involved in post/story can't see who the actual AH is.. like in this case, the father can't really see that his wife is messing with his daughter.. like how can you not see this shit going on... what are you literally blind in love ? NTA sweetie, please leave these people.. i know it will be difficult to loose a father as well but nothing is worth the mental stress !
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    Font - Saravat 2 days ago NTA Therapist here. Report her. 'Therapists' like her are a blight on the profession. If it matters, she probably won't lose her license over it (though I wouldn't much care if she did). It's more likely she'll be required to take additional coursework in ethics, perhaps face a temporary suspension of her license, be required to receive clinical supervision from a more experienced therapist, etc. If she's had multiple reports/complaints it may turn out differently. That
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    Font - StifferThanABoner Partassipant [1] 2 days ago 2 3 3 4 E NTA. I studied psychology for six years, including three years looking at psychological therapies. They drill into us the importance of privacy and confidentiality. By breaking confidentiality she put her own career on the line, and to be frank you owe it yourself and her other patients to report her for that. She knows the rights and wrongs of being a therapist, and she made the wrong choice and should suffer the consequences, other
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