Disclaimer
NCC’s personal counselor is available to assist students through
transitional times in their personal lives. Some of the topics that fall
under personal counseling would include parent-child or student-teacher
difficulties, problematic relationships or friendships, anger
management, anxiety, substance issues, sexual concerns, mild depression,
and unhealthy lifestyles.
The counselor does not conduct any type of therapy with
the students or their families. If a situation arises where a student
needs to see a counselor often regarding a significant personal matter,
the counselor will typically refer the student to an outside mental
health professional. (The counselor keeps a list of various mental
health professionals who specialize in working with adolescents,
including those who have previously worked with NCC students/ families.)
Confidentiality
The NCC counselors abide by the American Counseling
Association's guidelines on the rights of privacy. As stated in Section
B1a of the Ethical Code of practice, "Counselors respect their client's
right to privacy and avoid illegal and unwarranted disclosures of
confidential information." There are legal exceptions to this code of
ethics that include situations in which a student tells the counselor
that he is 1) putting himself in grave danger (i.e. suicidal ideation),
2) planning to do grave harm to another person, or 3) is or has been
physically, sexually, mentally, or emotionally abused.
In other words, if a student discusses an issue with a
counselor and the student indicates that he or she wishes the
conversation to be kept confidential (only shared between the student
and counselor), the counselor will guarantee the student
confidentiality, except for the three reasons listed above.
