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Informed Consents for Couples and Family Therapy Package

Name: Informed Consents for Couples and Family Therapy Package
SKU: consent-couple-family-026
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Original price was: $127.00.Current price is: $114.30.

SKU: consent-couple-family-026 Categories: Administrative Forms, Forms

Couples therapists rarely see only couples. The same week you’re working with a couple on communication patterns, you might also be seeing one partner’s teenager for anxiety, or meeting with parents who want support for their young child. Each of these clients needs their own informed consent, written for their specific situation and the people involved in their care.

This package bundles three of our most requested informed consent forms into one set, so your paperwork is ready no matter who walks through your door:

Informed Consent for Couples, covering the unique clinical, ethical, and legal issues that come with treating two people in one room
Disclosure for Adolescents & Informed Consent of Parent/s or Guardian of an Adolescent, giving teens an age-appropriate explanation of therapy while outlining parents’ rights and responsibilities
Informed Consent for Parent/s or Guardian of a Child, addressing the confidentiality, recordkeeping, and communication questions parents of younger children ask most

Each form has been reviewed for clinical, ethical, and legal accuracy, and each stands on its own, so you can use them individually as your caseload calls for them.

Here’s what’s included in this package:

1. Informed Consent for Couples

Couples therapy offers unique clinical, ethical, and legal challenges. This Informed Consent for Couples outlines these challenges. It explains the process, roles, and policies related to couples therapy and provides options for decision-making about how you as the therapist manage them in your practice. It has been reviewed and approved by two attorneys, a bioethicist, and a medical editor.

This informed consent covers the following clinical, legal, and ethical issues:

The Purpose of Couples Therapy
Risks and Benefits of Couples Therapy
Description of Treatment
Confidentiality and Limits to Confidentiality
Release of Information
Legal Issues
Conflict of Interest and Dual Relationships
And more…

For all other practice policies concerning treatment and payment please refer to the Informed Consent for Services and Practice Policies.

2. Disclosure for Adolescents & Informed Consent of Parent/s or Guardian of an Adolescent

2a. DISCLOSURE FOR ADOLESCENTS

The purpose of this disclosure is to help the adolescent feel informed, comfortable, and fully empowered to engage in therapy. Because adolescents are minors, their signature is not legally binding except in some states, at certain ages, and under specific circumstances. Therefore, this document is not a formal consent. It’s a “disclosure” because it discloses the expectations and parameters of being in therapy. You will need to find out the age of consent in your state.

Using age-appropriate language, this disclosure describes:

The purpose of psychotherapy
The risks and benefits of psychotherapy
Confidentiality and its limits
Parental and guardian rights to records
How parents will be informed about their adolescent’s treatment
How professional records are used and how long they are kept
How legal issues are handled
The therapist’s cancellation policy and office hours
Contact outside of therapy
And much more…

2b. INFORMED CONSENT FOR PARENT/S OR GUARDIAN OF AN ADOLESCENT

Parents and guardians have a natural curiosity and concern about their adolescent’s therapy. They need to understand the nature of their adolescent’s treatment, including the goals, and methods specific to working with adolescents. They have rights and responsibilities around confidentiality and its limits, access to records, payment for services, and how best to support their adolescent’s experience of being in therapy. Agreeing to this policy provides a foundation for trust between the parent/s or guardian and their adolescent, and between the parent/s or guardian and the therapist.

This informed consent includes:

Parent/s or guardian rights and responsibilities regarding the adolescent’s treatment
The adolescent’s need for privacy and confidentiality and their limits to confidentiality
The need for parent/s or guardian to respect their adolescent’s privacy and confidentiality
Parent/s or guardian legal access to the adolescent’s protected health information and how long records are stored.
How information will be shared with parent/s or guardian including safety concerns and emergencies
How parent/s or guardian can support their adolescent’s treatment
Parent/s or guardian financial and scheduling responsibilities
And more…

For all other practice policies concerning treatment and payment please refer to the Informed Consent for Services and Practice Policies.

3. Informed Consent for Parent/s or Guardian of a Child

The decision to have one’s child see a therapist is not an easy one. Parents and guardians have a natural curiosity and concern about their child’s therapy. They need to understand the nature of their child’s treatment, including the goals and methods specific to working with children, ways to support their child, as well as their rights and limits to their child’s records.

This informed consent describes:

The importance of their child’s privacy and confidentiality and its limits
How information about their child will be shared, including safety concerns and emergencies
Access to their child’s records and how long they are stored
And more…

This consent must be signed before their child can begin treatment. For all other practice policies concerning treatment and payment please refer to the Informed Consent and Policies.

Customization

Customizing these Microsoft WORD documents for your specific practice needs and state requirements couldn’t be easier. We’ve highlighted areas in yellow that typically need your attention for easy identification. Content outside the yellow-highlighted areas should remain unchanged to maintain the integrity and legal accuracy of the documents. The copyright notices must remain on all forms and may not be removed. These forms are the intellectual property of Documentation Wizard, LLC. You may share them with clients to complete and for your own clinical use, but you may not sell, give away, or redistribute the forms themselves, whether original or modified. These forms are provided as templates only and do not constitute legal advice. For legal guidance specific to your situation, please consult with an attorney in your state.

BONUS: Skip the Setup Work! Forms come pre-loaded with YOUR practice Information! At checkout, we’ll personalize all client-facing headers with your license number, NPI#, address, and contact details. Your practice information will be seamlessly integrated into every client-facing header at checkout. Download the forms with no extra effort on your part.

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