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[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Aren't the ethics rules that notes are only for the therapist?

Not even clients get to see their own notes.

That said, I dated a therapist once. And she was glad to share with me the notes on her patients. Lots of unethical therapists out there.

[–] iii@mander.xyz 7 points 1 month ago

that notes are only for the therapist?

They might think that they're doing so, yet still use onedrive / google docs. Ignorance - inexcusable ignorance if you ask me - but sadly not rare.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Law now says clients have to be given access to their notes, you can probably access them through a web portal or by asking. That said I do not encourage people to do so regularly because it creates the wrong kind of feedback loop where you're trying to influence the notes instead of following your therapist's (hopefully) guidance.

But HIPAA rules apply to notes, for instance the therapists I support have 365 HIPAA or better (self hosting has its own problems and most therapists aren't scaled for it).

[–] BuoyantCitrus@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So I suppose I'd have no hope of finding a therapist where notes are local-only on airgapped (eg. no nic, never online) devices and remote sessions, if offered, are over Signal?

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Signal is not HIPAA compliant

[–] iii@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Mine simply doesn't take notes. We just walk and talk.