Keeping client information confidential

Counselling is most effective if the client does not withhold information from the counsellor. My clients need to know that I will not tell anybody, so they can feel safe to open up to me. I am committed to confidentality. To avoid the risk of disclosure I refrain from taking notes during sessions and regard any record keeping as the client's responsibility. In fact I really do forget most of what goes on in a session. If something does come up for me during the session I will get cleared as soon as possible after the session. I may enlist the services of another counsellor to do that however I only disclose my own feelings and thoughts to my counsellor, not those my client. Having that clearing allows me to put the past in the past where it belongs. I can be fully in the present moment and feel no need to recall what went on in my sessions with my clients.