It is important for members of the campus community to understand that the interviews conducted with students at the Counseling Center are confidential. Information or content of those sessions cannot be released or discussed without the student’s written permission. The Counseling Center staff adheres very strictly to ethical and legal parameters of confidentiality.

If a faculty or staff member is interested in knowing whether a student has visited or made contact with the center, they should ask that student directly (since students are not bound by the same obligation of confidentiality that counselors/psychologists are obliged to keep). In some instances, a student may want the Counseling Center to share certain information with faculty, staff, or a parent. This can be done if the student provides written authorization that specifies the purpose and content of such a disclosure.