Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

["Bernstein, Lauren (LB)" <>]

Dear Colleagues,

I hope you're all doing well. At Emory, we've had ongoing conversations about my confidentiality is the survivor advocate (among other things) on campus.  To combat this, I recently secured a license as a social worker, but this hasn't stopped the conversation.  I'm wondering a few things, if you might be willing to help:

1) What are your credentials and/or are survivor advocates granted confidentiality protections under your state law?

2) What do you report to the university? For example, do you file timely Clery reports or send anonymous reports to the Title IX Coordinator? What are you asked to disclose (survivor name, perpetrator name, just aggregate reports?)

3) We've been told that licensed mental health professionals will call senior administrators at other institutions and give them a "heads up" if there's a serious sexual assault/domestic violence situation and will disclose the name of the perpetrator if the name pops up with more than one client. Is this true at your institution?

If it would be helpful to disclose this information without my revealing your institution name in my report, I'm very willing to honor that.  I'm just working to benchmark with other institutions based on some conversations with senior leadership.

My best, 

LB

Lauren (LB) Bernstein, LMSW | Assistant Director for the Respect Program

Office of Health Promotion | Emory University Student Health and Counseling Services

Phone: 404-727-1514| Fax: 404-712-1519 | 

respect.emory.edu | 1525 Clifton Road, 103-I, Atlanta, GA 30322

 

The Respect Program engages the Emory community to prevent & respond to sexual assault & relationship violence as part of the Office of Health Promotion, which facilitates student learning, engagement, and well-being and collaborating for a healthy and socially just campus environment.  

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