Confidentiality Policy
The Lehman College Counseling Center offers confidential counseling services and takes every reasonable precaution to protect the privacy of clients. The identity of those using our counseling services along with the disclosures made in the course of the counseling relationship will be regarded as confidential. Confidential information will not be shared with anyone outside of the Counseling Center without your express (usually written) consent, except under conditions involving the potential for serious physical harm to yourself or other individuals, child or senior abuse, or other legal mandate.
Protection of client confidentiality extends to situations in which you decide to seek counseling as a result of recommendations from someone else (e.g. a fellow student or employee, professor, etc.). However, in rare cases an individual may be officially directed to the Counseling Center by a senior college official (e.g. VP for Student Affairs, Dean of Students, etc.) for a formal evaluation. In some of those cases, evaluation results may be shared with the requesting official (or their designee) with your consent. If you have any questions about this, we encourage you to discuss them with a member of our professional staff.
