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Originally Posted by Redway

Or you could just talk to Samaritans. They don’t rush back home to tell their husbands or wives the calls they’ve been answering. Strict confidentiality does exist out there outside the licensed so-and-so’s office. It’s good to be reminded of that in a world where people use marriage as an excuse to gossip about people’s private business that was told to them in confidence. They didn’t marry your spouse as well.

People who work at things like Samaritans and crisis lines do talk to their partners (or even their therapists) about things that they've been told or have happened during their work I'm afraid Redway. They can't say anything identifying or any names but if you're in a role where you're having other people's trauma conveyed to you all day, not talking about it at all to anyone would be a VERY bad idea.

Also worth remembering that even in a professional context there is no thing as 100% strict individual confidentiality; people on a crisis line will be talking to (and taking advice from) colleagues and supervisors constantly.

Plus safeguarding trumps confidentiality e.g. if you "in confidence" disclose a viable intent to kill yourself, or harm others, a professional confidant will absolutely break confidentiality, and in fact, are obligated to do so.