 During this module, we are concerned with the use of informed consent during the therapeutic setting. Informed consent to therapy is also very important as of other things. When obtaining informed consent to therapy, psychologists are duly obliged to inform the participants, either their caregivers, either their parents or clients themselves about the nature and anticipated course of therapy. The fee they are going to charge, the involvement of third parties, if any, limits to confidentiality that where they can break it and where they cannot, and provides sufficient opportunities for clients and patients to ask questions and receive answers. So this whole process should be very harmonious in which there should be no ambiguity and nothing should be hidden from the participants, from the patients that whatever is going to be the part of therapy, it should be open to all of them. Especially in some scenarios where the fee should not be hidden at all, that some additional charges will be given or how long it will last because the clients are interested to know that if we pay 2000 rupees per session, then how many sessions we are going to seek. So don't just tell them that there may be five or six or eight sessions because you can't claim them that after how many sessions the problem is going to reduce. This should be telling in advance to the clients and its caregivers because if we do not mention them earlier, then their expectations might be different towards the therapy or our outcomes might be different from that. When obtaining informed consent for treatment for which generally recognized techniques and procedures have not been established, psychologists inform their clients and parents and patients about the developing nature of treatment, the potential risk involved, alternative methods that may be available and voluntary nature of their participation. There is a complex case for which there is no method or technique and the researcher is going to explore them during the therapy and you need to discuss them before the start of the therapy rather than falsely assuming that we have all the treatments available and we can do anything for you because we are charging you. At times the complex nature of the problem is that in which the things cannot be executed without the participation of their family members. If we are giving them a technique to rehearse at home, either it is thought stopping, either it is distraction of their thoughts or anything else, then we need a co-therapist at home. So for that co-therapist we need to involve a family member, train him, guide him. In case of all those problems where the problem is not simple, for instance with the problem patients who have bipolar, we need a co-therapist at home with borderline personality, the young adolescents who have the tendency to do self harm, we need a co-therapist at home. We need a co-operation of the family so you need to tell them it is not just coming to the therapy, paying the therapist and going back home and you are not obliged to do anything for your client. So this is a two way interaction, it is a formal contract, contract between two parties and on this both have to pay their obligations. Then when the therapist is a trainee and legal responsibility for the treatment provided resides with the supervisor, the client or patient as a part of informed consent procedure is informed that the therapist is in training and is being supervised and is given the name of supervisor. But responsibility primarily is for the supervisor because he has assessed that his intern or his trainee is so capable that he can handle the clients. Of course we need to do that because from somewhere he has to do the beginning, in an individual day, the trained expert will not be able to do it but under supervision under consultation at the end of the session, he will have to discuss the case with the supervisor, he will have to see his pros and cons, what techniques he is applying, anxiety reduction or methods, so he will have to get him wet from his supervisor and then he can take the case on. But the prime obligation would be on the part of the supervisor. Therapy involving couples or family. This is very much important to see that when we are involved with couples or families, what we have to do? The psychologists agree to provide services to several persons who are in relationship but they clarify at the onset which individuals are their clients. One instance of if a couple is coming and the couple's issue is that the female is diagnosed with depression but in the diagnosis of her depression, a maintaining factor is also her husband's behaviour and the maintaining factor is also coming along with her in the therapy. So, they are counseling both of them but they will clearly know who is the patient from this. Rather than looking at both of them openly, so we need to see that who is the prime responsibility and who is the secondary responsibility. Then the psychologist's role and probable use of services provided or information obtained. So, the psychologist's role is what will happen to the prime patient and what are the issues related to the secondary that are aligned with the post's preview that should be clearly spelled out in the beginning of the therapy. If it comes apparent that the psychologist may be called on to perform potentially conflicting roles such as family therapist and then witness for one party in diverse proceedings, psychologists take reasonable steps to clarify and modify or withdraw from roles appropriately. Like initially, in the beginning, you had a client. When you started his investigation, when you took his family history, you thought that this is a case of family therapy. In the case of family therapy, when you got involved with other individuals, you started to see their psychological issues and eventually, you become their family therapist. Because the whole family is not counseling. But when it comes to the conflicting role, let's say that a divorce case has arisen or a separation case has arisen or a child's legal custody case has arisen. So there, the psychologist cannot be a neutral person. He has to be the party to the one person and withdraw the role of the therapist for another person because you just can't take your place in all the boats. You have to be at one place at one time. So, you can support one party in that conflicting situation. So, it is very ethical, recommended and important for your role to appropriate withdrawal from the psychologist.