Submit Comment. Facebook Twitter RSS. Web-only Feature. The Role of Recording in Psychotherapy. Ask the Ethicist. Recording Technology Before getting into the specifics of how to appropriately record a client, supervisee, peer, or research participant, I think it is important to ask why you are wanting to do this. Informed consent Should making these recordings be clinically relevant and important to do, then as you mention, it is vital that this is fully discussed in the informed consent process prior to making any recordings.
Recordings and Supervision The use of recordings in supervision is widely known. Cite This Article Barnett, J. Vulnerability and Peer-Supervision in Clinical Competency.
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You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Breaking confidentiality is a tricky area. Ken and Rory summarise the mechanics of explaining the limits to confidentiality and what you might need to do if breaking confidentiality becomes necessary. Above all, working collaboratively with the client unless this would put you or others in danger and speaking to your supervisor straight away if you possibly can are important. Aside from the mechanics, however, there may be difficult feelings both in yourself and in the client to deal with if confidentiality needs to be broken.
However, we can never know for sure how the client will react. Rory describes one case where the client was subsequently deeply grateful to the counsellor for breaking confidentiality, as this was ultimately in their best interests — though the client then found this gratitude difficult to process. Counselling Tutor Facebook group. Counselling Tutor Facebook page.
Counselling Tutor website. Counselling Study Resource. Counselling Tutor Handouts Vault. For others, the listening process is therapeutic in itself and can provide a sense of calm in moments of panic or uncertainty outside of sessions. While the comments they shared are generally geared toward audio recordings, many can apply to video as well. Every therapist HuffPost spoke to noted that recording therapy sessions is not a common practice for clients.
Ward , a licensed marriage and family therapist in Los Angeles. Brief notes can be helpful for behavior modification issues like breaking bad habits and adopting better ones.
Some therapists offer their clients printouts illustrating relevant concepts as well. Recorded sessions can be a training tool for therapists to review their work with clinical supervisors and meet requirements for evidence-based treatment practices.
Such recordings are generally obtained with client consent, securely stored and destroyed after use. If shared, knowingly e. You may also misinterpret the session after reviewing the recording or fail to get the full experience by only listening to portions of it.
Another upsetting drawback is that it could be emotionally damaging to replay the recording without the supervision of a therapist if you processed traumatic events during the session. He advised focusing on what happens outside of therapy and understanding the ways that things you learn in sessions help you manage real-life occurrences more effectively.
Just like anyone else, therapists are flawed and misspeak or misunderstand, and preservation of these sessions without an understanding of this could be detrimental to growth.
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