[Answered]: A client has engaged a psychotherapist for…

A client has engaged a psychotherapist for treatment for the sole purpose of evading the law for having committed a crime. What impact would this have on privileged communication between the client and clinician? It would render informed consent moot, and the therapy relationship would have to end. In this case privileged communication would end, but confidentiality would remain in place. Regardless of the client’s intentions, privileged communication would still be protected by law. The right to privileged communication would be eliminated.