Your Privacy is Important
The IU South Bend Community Counseling Clinic provides confidential services, which means we work to ensure your personal information stays private. Although you must agree to allow video recording and/or observation of all sessions, those recordings are stored securely and are only accessed by your student counselor and their supervisor. Once recordings are reviewed, they are deleted. Session recordings are stored using a secure electronic records system.
Faculty and student staff abide by the ethical codes of the American Counseling Association and/or American Psychological Association in which client confidentiality and privacy are paramount. Under Indiana law, confidentiality may be required to be broken when:
- reporting abuse or neglect of minors, the elderly, and grievously disabled adults to state welfare agencies.
- warning individuals or contacting law enforcement when a person has been threatened by a client.
- receiving a court order for client records.
- a client's safety is in jeopardy.
In such situations, only the minimal amount of information needed to comply with state law is released. Confidentiality and its limitations are thoroughly explained to each client during an informed consent process. Individuals willing to receive confidential assistance in a training environment are welcome to request services.