I'm 17, can my therapist tell my parents anything I tell him/her if I ask th!


Question: I'm 17, can my therapist tell my parents anything I tell him/her if I ask them not too!?
Everyone wants me to see a therapist!. But I really do not want my parents to know anything I say to them!. Should I just wait to go until I am 18!?Www@Answer-Health@Com


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There are only 2 circumstances under which your therapist can tell your parents anything!.

1!. You are a danger to yourself or others!. Meaning, you said you plan to kill yourself or hurt someone else!.

2!. If you are diagnoses with a mental illness, they would need to inform your parents so that you may make decisions about treatment!. But they COULD NOT say what conversations lead to that diagnosis!.

Other than that, everything you say is private!. Even if you say you used cocaine and had sex with 30 people, it's still private!. They are bound to that by law!.

Give it a shot!. You may find it helps a lot!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Basically starting at 16, you can receive services without your parent's consent!. Your therapist is bound by confidentiality even by your parents UNLESS:

1!. You are suicidal
2!. You admit to wanting to harm or kill someone else
3!. You admit that you will be committing a crime

Of course at 18, your rights are as if you are an adult!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

who is "everyone"!? don't shut your parents out of your life as you prepare for adulthood!. surround yourself with loving and postive people!. patients of all ages are entitled to privacy with their physicians!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

your doctor has to tell other people if you have plans to hurt yourself or others other than that not without a lot of legal mess!. you're safeWww@Answer-Health@Com

it depends on what it is and what its implications can be!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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