§ 1024 Dangerous Patient Disclosure Duty

• •Therapists must keep your talks private, but there's a big exception.
• •If the therapist thinks you might hurt yourself or someone else, they can tell others to stop it.
• •They can also speak up if they think you might damage someone's stuff.
• •This rule is there to keep people safe, even if it means breaking privacy.

You tell your therapist you're going to hurt your neighbor because they keep playing loud music.

Your therapist can tell the police or your neighbor to stop you from doing something dangerous, even though they usually can't share what you say.