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That makes me uneasy as I feel like it goes against what @NCWatcher said about how confidentiality is important to patient-provider trust and openness and therapeutic effect. Question: can lawyers be subpoenaed or called to testify (not in a case they are trying but against their own prior clients)? I feel like the rule of confidentiality — in regards to being allowed to subpoena private information shared in a private, confidential meeting with a paying client — should be the same for medical or mental health professionals as legal professionals.
Like, I get it. I get why it’s important. But it just seems to me like a sticky spot IMO
Of course, there is likely tons of legal precedent and experts who’ve argued this and decided on the rules as they are and I trust their judgement over mine!
The only thing a therapist or other medical provider has is a right against personal self-incrimination - 5th Amendment. Courts have a right to everything else. Some records can be sealed, for example in the case of a minor, however. There are few exceptions.
Didn't they do that with Jodi Arias?
I didn’t follow that case.