Posted by noa on December 4, 2003, at 19:42:32
In reply to Re: Therapist's Notes, posted by Karen_kay on December 4, 2003, at 15:46:40
I beleive you do have a right to see your file, including treatment notes.
If a therapist keeps private process notes only for him or herself, ie, never shows these to anyone else, or discusses them with anyone else, and they are never part of the medical record, I think they are protected as private for the therapist only and not something you have a right to see. I think it comes under the legal category of "work product". But in today's fast paced way of doing things, I doubt many therapists actually even keep personal process notes.
I bet it varies a lot from therapist to therapist. And, I imagine there are different reg's in different states.
My therapist says he doesn't keep much in the way of notes besides the legal requirement to note date and time of session, etc.
It would annoy me if he took notes during our sessions, though. He did take notes in the first 2 or 3 appointments when he was taking a history, but never during regular therapy sessions.
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