Play Therapy Counselling Consent
The type and extent of services I will receive will be determined following an initial assessment and thorough discussion.
Education and Professional Background of your counsellor
Lindsay Jarman is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, and has an M.Ed., with a focus on School Counselling from City University of Seattle, in Canada. She has been registered with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC) since 2020. Lindsay has worked with children, youth and their caregivers since 2009 in various roles, as an educator, school counsellor, as a private practice therapist in Fort Langley, trained by Dr. Madeleine DeLittle. She is an Advanced Neuroscience and Satir in the sand tray therapist (NSST). She also has done training in Synergetic play therapy (SPT) with Lisa Dion and has level 1 training in Observed Experiential Integration (OEI) with Dr. Rick Bradshaw and Audrey Scott, to help clients heal from their past trauma and connect back to themselves. Currently Lindsay is working at Thrive Life counselling and wellness in Langley.
Information Regarding Counselling Services
Counselling sessions last 50 minutes and are offered at $160 per session. Payments are due at the time of service and a receipt will be issued after the session. Session fee rates are adjusted each year effective in January, with notice of the new rate being given with at least one month's notice.
If for any reason you need to miss a session, there is a 24-hour cancellation policy. Last-minute cancellations or no-shows will result in full session fees being charged.
Please note that your counsellor is not able to offer acute care services or be available for crisis support. If there is an emergency between sessions, please contact your physician, your local hospital emergency, or the Crisis Line at 310-6789. Contact between sessions should be used for scheduling concerns.
Information Regarding Therapeutic Benefits and Risks
Counselling is an opportunity to explore and process difficulties related to behaviours, thoughts, feelings, memories and relationships. Counselling can provide greater self-awareness, insight, and coping for individuals. These services are provided from an attachment approach which promotes the building of healthy relationships. Lindsay believes that each person is their own “best expert” and therefore works in a collaborative manner. Counselling may require that you be willing to explore difficult topics or memories and try new or different behaviours. These experiences can sometimes lead to stronger than usual emotions. Effective counselling tries to minimize or manage these feelings however this requires cooperation between client and counsellor, and parent and willingness on the client’s part to express when emotions become difficult to manage.
Information Regarding Your Rights to Confidentiality
It is your right to have the information you disclose remain confidential. For this reason, the information you choose to disclose will remain strictly confidential, except with written permission. While you have a right to confidentiality, some limitations to this apply including the following exceptions:
In order to provide you with the best quality services counsellors will occasionally seek consultation with other colleagues. Clinical supervision allows your counsellor to discuss cases and get suggestions for interventions. Your counsellor only discloses information pertinent to receiving support in providing quality care to you.
We may request audio or video recordings of some of the sessions to ensure quality service. After viewing by the supervisor, the recording is destroyed. This can not happen without your written consent.
*Audio/Video recordings of sessions is a breach of confidentiality without the consent of both parties prior to the beginning of an individual child or adult in-person or online counselling session*
By law your counsellor is obligated to break confidentiality and report any information that is disclosed regarding intent to harm self, intent to harm someone else, and child abuse. Additionally, counsellor notes on sessions can be subpoenaed by a court of law.
For those clients receiving funded service requiring regular reporting, clinically relevant information will be shared as requested by the funding body.
Information Regarding Your Rights in Counselling
You have a right to receive a referral to another counsellor or mental health professional if requested.
It is your right to have access to your clinical records or request to obtain copies of your file, subject to legal requirements. Please note records will be provided within two weeks of the request. Your right to access your information continues after the end of the counselling relationship.
It is also your right to refuse therapeutic modalities or interventions.
You have a right to withdraw your consent for the collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information at any time.
It is your right to terminate counselling at any time by so advising your counsellor.
If you have concerns at any time regarding any aspect of your counselling experience, you are asked to first discuss this with your counsellor, Lindsay Jarman. If this is not possible, or if your concern is not resolved, you may contact the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors.