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[quote=Anonymous]I am currently in school to be a therapist. I have also had a kid in therapy from the time she was 14 and dealing with serious issues like cutting, suicidal ideation, and an eating disorder. She is now over 18.

As a therapist, you are only required to inform the parent if the client is a danger to themselves or others. Drug and alcohol use would not necessarily qualify unless it was hoarding pills for a suicide attempt or something like that.

As a parent, I agreed to a policy similar to what your DD's therapist has and I would again. It was not always comfortable. Of course I wanted to know everything that was going on with her, especially when I knew some of it was scary. When the therapist felt there was something DD should share with me (usually around cutting or increased suicidal thoughts), she would call me in at the end of the session and she and DD would talk to me together (obviously with DD's consent). There was a lot they didn't tell me and that's ok too. I am grateful DD had that safe space to talk about serious issues she didn't feel like she could share with me.[/quote]

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