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

["Emmerich, Kate A." <>]

Hello all,

 

I am facilitating FemSex, a Female Sexuality group that has been adopted and adapted by many campuses over the years.  I work for the Counseling Center on our campus as a counselor, and I am also the Relationship Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention Coordinator.  The group is considered a psychoeducational group, not a therapy group.  One of the topics is boundary violation- during that session, group members would be welcome to share their own experiences.  I am wondering if this could be tricky because technically the group is not a therapy group, and though I am a licensed counselor protected by confidentiality during individual and group therapy sessions, I don’t know if that would translate to FemSex group members being protected by confidentiality (since outside of my role as counselor, I would be a CSA). 

 

Is there any way around this?  I want to make sure group members feel completely comfortable sharing any information without fear that it might have to be reported, and I want to avoid censoring them, if at all possible.  If any of you on this listserv have dealt with a situation similar to this, or have any insight or advice, please feel free to contact me personally. 

 

Thank you so much!

 

Sincerely,

 

Kate Emmerich, LMSW

Senior Counselor/OASIS Coordinator

ETSU Counseling Center

345 D.P. Culp Center

Johnson City, TN 37614

(423)-439-4841