The Client Rights Project, is a Toronto based non-profit community coalition between
Feminist Advocates for Counselling Ethics (FACE), Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural
Women Against Rape (TRCC/MWAR), and Women's Counselling Referral and Education Centre
(WCREC). We came together in June 1997 to develop a client rights handbook because of our
shared commitment to prevent the violation of clients within psychotherapy.
As a coalition, we share an understanding that the violations which occur in the
therapy relationship not only harm clients, but also erode the communities where all
clients and therapists live and work. If you are violated by your therapist it will affect
the lives of many people such as your friends, partner/spouse, family, and other clients
and therapist. If the violation is not addressed on a community level, the impact will in
time, affect the general sense of trust and safety within your community.
Although clients are violated within the privacy of their therapy relationship, we
believe challenging violation is a community responsibility. Prevention of abuse and
support for violated clients will depend largely on our collective ability and willingness
to acknowledge and understand how and why clients are exploited. As with other kinds of
abuse, naming the violation and breaking the silence are important steps in stopping
violations in therapy.
Feminist Advocates for
Counselling Ethics (FACE)
FACE is a client-survivor directed project for the prevention of
client exploitation which develops education on client rights in psychotherapy and
counselling. |
Toronto Rape Crisis
Centre/Multicultural Women Against Rape (TRCC/MWAR)
TRCC/MWAR is a feminist, woman-centered organization which provides
counselling, support and advocacy to women and children who are survivors of sexual
violence. |
Women's Counselling Referral
and Education Centre (WCREC)
WCREC is a feminist/anti-oppressive community based organization
which provides assessment and referrals to screened therapist in private practice and
counselling services, with an overall goal to promote the mental and emotional well being
of women. |
650 Dupont Street, #127, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M6G 1B4
Phone: (416) 531-7182
E-mail: ethics@istar.ca |
P.O. Box 6597
Station A
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5W
1X4
Phone: (416) 597-1171
Email: trcc@web.net |
489 College Street,
Suite 303B
Toronto, Ontario M6G 1A5
Phone: (416) 534-8458
Email:
resources@wcrec.org |
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