Consent To Record Couple Sessions

Consent to Record Couple Sessions

Please read and sign this agreement below.
Recording of Couple Therapy Sessions

I am seeking your permission to record your couple therapy sessions. This helps me go over and reflect on your sessions as I cannot always be looking at you both at the same time. Sometimes I might miss things which I can pick up in the recording.

Recordings also serves me and you in that I can take snippets to supervision and get more insight into your issues.

Recording clips are used to monitor my ethical practice and skills and for on-going training and CPD purposes. Particularly in EFT therapy, it is routine to record sessions as part of the reflective process as we are looking closely at the behavioural, emotional and cognitive cycle between you.

Recordings help me serve you better in giving you the best possible couples therapy.

Recorded clips may be used:
- In supervision sessions (Supervision may be 1-1, in a group, face to face or online.)
- In the therapist's CPD training groups (this may be accompanied by a transcript of the clip).
- In EFT clinical practice and for certification with ICEEFT and BEFT
The above persons are bound by similar confidentiality and ethical standards as myself.

Recordings are held with strictest confidentiality and security and deleted when no longer needed for the purposes stated above.
Confidentiality

We understand that any supervisory or training therapist who watches or hears a clip of a recording is under the same confidentiality requirements as my therapist. In the unlikely event that a therapist recognises one or both of us in any way s/he will immediately leave the session and will not observe, seek or be given any information about our situation.
Right to Withdraw Agreement

In signing this agreement it is explicitly acknowledged that you have the right at any time to withdraw consent to the recording of sessions completely and it will not affect your therapy in any way.
My Obligations

I will:
- Keep the recording secure and not allow anyone other than those as agreed above to view/listen to the recording.
- Completely erase the recording when it is no longer needed for the purpose(s) agreed.
Please indicate below whether or not you agree to your sessions being recorded.*

Yes we agree to sessions being recorded in accordance with the above conditionsNo, we would prefer sessions were not recorded
Name - Partner 1*

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Name - Partner 2*

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Consent to Record Couple Sessions

Recording of Couple Therapy Sessions

Confidentiality

Right to Withdraw Agreement

My Obligations