CLIENT RIGHTS AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES AND NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES:
Welcome to Donna Lexa Art Centers. We supervise undergraduate art therapy and art therapy/art education students, as well as graduate level student’s pursuing their master’s degree in art therapy. As such, we are governed by various laws and regulations and by the Art Therapy Code of Professional Practice, Art Therapy Credentials Board, 7 Terrace Way, Greensboro, NC, 27403-3660, 877-213-2822. The Ethics Code requires that we make you aware of specific office policies and how these procedures may affect you.
Limits of Confidentiality
Sessions between art therapist and client are confidential, except under certain legally defined situations involving threats of harm to self or others, and situations of child abuse, elder abuse, or abuse of otherwise dependent individuals. In the case of danger to others, we are required by law to notify the police and to inform any intended victim(s). In the case of harm to self, we are ethically bound to inform the nearest relative, significant other, or to otherwise enlist methods to prevent harm to self or suicide. In instances of child abuse, elder abuse, or dependent abuse, we must notify the proper authorities. Participating in a group experience can be very rewarding, although in a group there is no absolute guarantee of complete confidentiality.