In order for coaching to be most effective, you must feel safe about sharing your personal information with me. As your Coach, I recognize that confidentiality is essential to the coaching process. What you disclose during your sessions will be kept legally and ethically confidential, and will only be released to other parties with your expressed written consent.

Under most circumstances, all information about you, in written or verbal form, obtained in the coaching process (including your identity as a client) will be kept confidential. Information will not be disclosed to any outside person(s) or agency without your written permission except in certain situations, which include, but are not limited to:

• If you are determined to be in imminent danger of harming yourself or someone else
• If you disclose abuse or neglect of children, the elderly, or a disabled person(s).
• If you disclose sexual misconduct by a mental health professional
• To qualified personnel for certain kinds of audits or evaluations
• In a criminal court proceeding
• In legal or regulatory actions against a professional
• In proceedings in which a claim is made about one's physical, emotional, or mental condition
• When disclosure is relevant to any suit affecting the parent-child relationship, which includes divorce and child custody deliberations.
• Where otherwise legally required
• Any information that you also share outside of coaching, willingly and publicly, will not be considered protected or confidential by a court

The above is considered a summary. If you have questions about specific situations or any aspects of confidentiality, please feel free to discuss your concerns with me.