All counseling activities, records and forms of identification will be kept strictly confidential. Counseling activities conform to state and federal laws; however, the following are limits to confidentiality that counselors in the state of Maryland must abide by as mandated by legal precedents:

1. If a client presents the potential to harm themselves;

2. If a client presents a potential to harm someone else;

3. If suspicion of abuse/neglect of a minor exists;

4. If suspicion of abuse/neglect of an elder exists;

5. Records will be released pursuant to a court order.

I follow the ethics and professional standards required by the American Counseling Association Code of Ethics.