Confidentiality and Informed Consent
Claudia Lewis
PSY/305
6/29/15
Dr. Daniel Williams Jr, PsyD, MSW

Confidentiality and Informed Consent
Introduction
Dear client this paper is to inform you, of your right to confidentiality, and further more explain the process of informed consent. In the world of Psychology and counseling, confidentiality and informed consent has been the cornerstone to our practices (University of Phoenix, 1994). This paper will help you to understand how the things you say during the counseling sessions may have legal implications against you; by first explaining the decision of Tarasoff v. the board of Regents of the University of California, followed by how it relates to the therapist-client relationship in regards to confidentiality; then finally explaining the process of informed consent and refusal.
Tarasoff v. Board of Regents of the University of California Decision According to University of Phoenix Confidentiality after Tarasoff (1994), the Tarasoff v. board of regents of the University of California case was heard before the California Supreme court, when Tatiana Tarasoff, a student at The University of California was killed by a fellow student. Her parents sued the University of California, the Police and the Therapist (University of Phoenix, 1994). The parents claim was that neither the School, Police or the Therapist warned them of the intentions of this fellow school mate to kill their daughter, Tatiana Tarasoff, as the fellow student had confided in the clinical psychologist to whom he was assigned to after seeking treatment at the school’s health facility, that he wanted to kill Tatiana Tarasoff (University of Phoenix, 1994). This fellow student after divulging his intention was detained but released a short time later stating that it was just all talk.
The Supreme Court ruling was on behalf of the family, as