Is there any way I can legally bind my father into not telling my therapist I was assaulted?
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I am 16 years old and I am in therapy. I was assaulted last week and my father knows about it. I have no desire to talk to my therapist about it yet, but my father is telling me he is going to tell my therapist today, without my permission. I have expressly told him several times that I do not want my therapist to know yet, but he is going ahead with that anyway. It is individual therapy, not group or family.
I can surely understand how you would like to hide this from your therapist for the time being until you can come to grips and tell the therapist yourself. But you have to understand that your Father truly believes that he is looking out for your best interests by telling the therapist for you. Maybe you believe that you need to come to grips with the incident first and then you can discuss it. Maybe he thinks that the therapist will help yo come to grips with it. I do not think that he means to do something that will harm you in any way but he has the right to let him or her know. Maybe if you explain why then he will give you some leeway. But the longer the incident goes with out discussion or help the worse it really is. Good luck to you.
