While we understand his concern, there could be various circumstances that would affect whether the psychologist would be disclosing the cutting specifically to him:If the daughter is a mature minor which means that he/she could make decisions about treatment and what they want to be confidential; Here is a link to the NSRP’s document on this:
https://www.ns-rp.ca/downloads/Age_of_consent_position_statement.pdf
or,if there was a divorce or separation or other custody arrangement that could affect parenting arrangements, perhaps another parent would have been apprised but not him, there are a variety of approaches that can be taken by psychologists working with youth, as per the following document:
https://www.ns-rp.ca/downloads/Working_with_Children_and_Adolescents.pdf
or,he was not been involved in the daughter’s treatment, i.e., perhaps the daughter or the daughter with another parent initiated treatment with the psychologist. Perhaps the father was not identified on the consent form for treatment.
Also, the answer would depend on what is really going on with the cutting. The extent and how the psychologist felt the daughter’s current functioning is. You are exactly right about I.45 on page 17 in the Code of Ethics. Generally, the concept is to protect confidentiality as much as reasonably possible. You could copy and paste I.45 paragraph in the reply too. Now of course if the psychologist felt that harm was imminent. they would be expected to do as much as possible to stop or offset the harm.
