Confidentiality and Limits to Confidentiality:

As your coach I am ethically bound to protect the confidentiality of our communications and will do so. Information will only be released to others with the client’s written permission or in response to a court order. These situations are quite rare in coaching practices. If such a situation occurs in our relationship, I will make every effort to discuss it with you before taking any action.

As a Coach I have a duty to warn. I am legally obligated to breach confidentiality in order to protect you or others from harm. If I have information that indicates that a child or elderly or disabled person is being abused, I must report that to the appropriate county/state agency. If you report or appear, in my professional opinion, to be at imminent risk to harm yourself, or you make threats of imminent violence against someone else or property, I am required by law to take protective actions.

As you are no doubt aware, it is impossible to protect the confidentiality of information that is transmitted electronically. This is particularly true of e-mail and information stored on computers that are connected to the Internet; especially when there is no form of security protection in place.  

Its important to understand that I, as a coach, am currently in training and it is best practice to stay in consultation/mentorship with other coaches. Therefore, there is a possibility that I will be sharing aspects of our coaching anonymously (no identifying information) and or hypothetically.