Hey guys! Welcome to this video lesson on confidentiality within the counseling profession. Counselors should understand that for a counseling relationship to work, it has to be built on trust. Most of the time, your client is not going to hand you their trust on a silver platter. Building trust takes time. Sometimes we think of building trust as starting on a neutral ground; neutral being this state of mind where your client is unsure about whether or not they can trust you. Well, this notion is probably too optimistic, depending on the situation. The reality, oftentimes, is that they don’t trust you. It’s not that they aren’t sure. They straight up do not trust you. So, instead of starting off at the level playing field of zero, you might be starting off somewhere on the negative end. Now this, obviously, can vary from person to person, but quite often you will see that you are having to work against the grain of distrust. Giving them a platform of appropriate privacy and confidentiality, while also upholding those terms of privacy and confidentiality, is the first step in building trust with your client. You, the counselor, should always clearly communicate to the client the parameters of confidentiality in a culturally competent manner.
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