Psychotherapy Client Bill of Rights

As a client of an Licensed Professional Counselor, you have the following rights:


·       To examine public records maintained by the Board and to have the Board confirm credential of a licensee or intern.

·       To obtain a copy of applicable Codes of Ethics.

·       To report complaints to the Board.

·       To be informed of the cost of professional services before receiving the services.

·       To be free from being the object of discrimination on the basis of race, age, religion, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification or other unlawful category while receiving services.

·       To be assured of privacy and confidentiality while receiving services, as defined by rule and law.

As my client in particular, you also have these rights:

·       To be included in the therapeutic process as the guide to your own healing.

·       To be empowered with tools you can use outside the therapy office in service to your therapeutic goals.

·       To share concerns about the direction of our work and to ask questions to clarify the psychotherapeutic reasoning behind my choices.

·       To understand the therapeutic process and be educated, to whatever degree you need to feel comfortable, about the modalities I use and the choices I make in session.

·       To say no to any experiments, touch-oriented or otherwise, I may offer in service to your therapeutic process.

·       To be informed when I will not be in the office at least one full week in advance and to be informed of fee rate increases with 30 days notice.

The following credentials demonstrate that the practitioner has met the minimal qualification of training and experience required by state law.

Formal Education

Certified Group Psychotherapist: American Group Psychotherapy Association, November 2019
Master of Integral Counseling Psychology: California Institute of Integral Studies, May 2012     
Master of Science in Special Education: Portland State University graduated 2000

Training and Affiliations

Ongoing Weekly Virtual Group Psychotherapy Training Group: Katie Griffin CGP and Joseph Acosta CGP November 2018-present
Ongoing Tri yearly Modern Group Psychotherapy Training: Dr. Ellen Wright CGP January 2016-present
Ongoing Interpersonal Neurobiology Study, Exploration and Consultation Group: Nurturing the Heart ~ Bonnie Badanoch
The Center for Group Studies Modern Group Therapy Training 9 Modules Various Certified Group Psychotherapists May 2018-present
Undoing Racism Group Consultation and Process: Dr Willard Ashley August-October 2020
Giving Up Privilege - Racial Justice and Transformation: Nanci Luna Jimenez Institute for Social Transformation September 2020
Disarming Racial Micro-Aggressions in Group: Dr. Aziza Belcher Platt PhD July 2020
White Fragility, Race and Identity in Group Work Unique Page PsyD and Karen Hixson PhD September 2019
Gestalt Groups ~ Then and Now: Jon Frew May 2019
Risk, Rupture and Repair in Group Work with Karen Hixson January 2019
Expanding Emotional Range In Group Jeffrey Hudson LPC, CGP March 2017
An Interpersonal Neurobiological Approach to Scapegoating in Group Psychotherapy Cindy Miller Aron LCSW, March 2016
Nurturing the Heart with the Brain in Mind - Attachment Psychotherapy Training: Bonnie Badonoch November 2015
Attachment: Assessing, Engaging and Strengthening the Capacity to Love: M.E.TA. completed 2013
M.E.T.A. Comprehensive Training in the Hakomi Method, Trauma and the R-CS Model completed 2013     

Affiliations

American Group Psychotherapy Association ~ Member since 2016
Oregon Counseling Association ~ Member since 2012