Client Rights And Important Information
      Information About The Colorado Regulatory Agency

The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies has the general responsibility of regulating the practice of licensed psychologists, licensed social workers, licensed professional counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists, licensed school psychologists practicing outside the school setting, and unlicensed individuals who practice psychotherapy.

The agency within the Department that has responsibility specifically for licensed and unlicensed psychotherapists is the Department of Regulatory Agencies, Mental Health Section, 1560 Broadway, Suite # 1370, Denver, Colorado 80202. (303) 894-7766.

Practitioner's Licensure Status~

Lisa S. Lawless: Non-licensed psychotherapist in the state of Colorado

You are entitled to receive information from us about our methods of therapy, the techniques we use, the duration of your therapy (if we can determine it), and our fee structure. Please ask if you would like to receive this information.

If you are receiving therapy from us, you can seek a second opinion from another therapist or terminate therapy at anytime.

In a professional relationship (such as ours), sexual intimacy between a therapist and a client is strictly prohibited. If sexual intimacy occurs, it should be reported to the Department of Regulatory Agencies, Mental Health Section.

Generally speaking, the information provided by and to a client during therapy sessions is legally confidential when the therapist is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a licensed social worker, a licensed professional counselor, a licensed psychologist, an unlicensed psychologist, or an unlicensed psychotherapist. If the information is legally confidential, the therapist cannot be forced to disclose the information without the client's consent.

Information disclosed to a licensed marriage and family therapist, a licensed social worker, a licensed professional counselor, a licensed psychologist, an unlicensed psychologist, or an unlicensed psychotherapist is privileged communication and can not be disclosed in any court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Colorado without the consent of the person to whom the testimony sought relates.

There are exceptions to the general rule of legal confidentiality. These exceptions are listed in the Colorado statues (C.R.S. 12-43-188). You should be aware that, except in the case of information given to a licensed psychologist, legal confidentiality does not apply in a criminal or delinquency proceeding. There are other exceptions that we will identify to you as the situations arise during therapy.

In Residential, Institutional or other settings where multiple providers may provide psychotherapy, the primary therapist makes the above disclosure. The Institution must also provide a disclosure. (See C.R.S. 12-43-184 (3)).