Abstract
Confidentiality is at the heart of therapy practice. Clients rely on our discretion in protecting the privacy of their therapeutic experience. Nevertheless, most therapists set some limits to the confidentiality they offer. As a matter of professional responsibility, humanistic therapists open their work to regular scrutiny by peers and supervisors. All therapists, even in private practice, can be asked to disclose information on their clients for medical or legal reasons. These situations necessarily limit confidentiality to some degree and as humanistic practitioners we usually make this explicit to our clients at the outset of therapy. Meanwhile, colleagues involved in the NHS or Employee Assistance Programme schemes are routinely asked to breach confidentiality in providing initial diagnostic information, asking for client self-assessment and feedback on the therapy experience, and reporting on outcomes of therapy with individual clients (Barkham et al., 2006).