When your therapist is outside of the clinic, they never talk about what has been said in a therapy session. It may be that details of the case are discussed with other therapists during supervision or case conferences inside the clinic. However, when this is done, names or other identifying information are never mentioned. When other agencies or employers (including your employer) request information on your case, they must first obtain your written permission. No information can be legally transmitted without your signed consent. The same laws that apply to your medical records also apply to your psychotherapy file kept here at the clinic. Your file is just as confidential as are any of your medical records or files. No one besides yourself and your therapist has the right to go through your file. By law, the file itself needs to be kept for seven years and then it is destroyed.