Friends For Lives

Friends For Lives are qualified life coaches and suicide intervention trainers and our unique service provides a proven alternative to regular therapy services. We support you via transformational self awareness and psychoeducational trainining, and we also provide a truly confidential safe space to share your thoughts and feelings. We do not offer mainstream professional counselling.

We value our relationship with our clients and believe that such relationships are fundamental to the healing process. 

We believe that each individual is unique and has their own way of addressing resolutions. Thus, we believe in a wellness model that helps our clients empower themselves by focusing on what works for them. 

Client's Rights

1. Unless there is an emergency, all the Friends For Lives sessions are private and confidential with the exception of specific situations as described below:

a. Child, elder or dependant abuse,

b. Expressed threats of violence toward an ascertainable victim,

c. Detailed planning with an imminent time frame or concrete signs of an  impending suicide attempt.

d. When sharing information is agreed as necessary to facilitate client care across multiple providers,

e. Requests from legal and administrative institutions.

 

2. With the Client's prior written consent, the Friends For Lives may legally speak to another healthcare provider or Client's family members in emergency situations. The Client may direct us to share information with whomever the Client desires, and the Client may change his/her mind anytime and revoke the permission.

 3. Friends For Lives is allowed to keep brief notes of the session which shall be kept in strict confidence.

4. The Client may ask questions on what to expect during and end result of the sessions.

5. The Client may decline to proceed with any session at any time.

6. The Client may cease to continue sessions anytime, without any impediment and may return to the sessions at any agreed time.

7. The therapist has the right to discharge the Client from Friends For Lives program.

Please refer to our policy statements to see how we use your data and your rights. https://www.friendsforlives.com/page/ffl-policies/