Having Someone on Speakerphone during session

tirrywick · Feb 04, 2020 at 07:30 PM

This question is not for myself but a friend.

My friend is super anxious about going to this counseling session with his ex. His child has been seeing a counselor and the counselor said she wanted to sit down with him and his ex, the counselor didn't say why. He said he assumes it has to do with talking about their child's progress.
He is very anxious to the point of feeling like he's going to vomit. He's afraid of getting ganged up on and verbally abused. Verbal/emotional abuse has been very common with his ex through their relationship and beyond. He said he's at his wits end because no one believes him when he talks about the abuse, because she always does it when no one is around. He wants to go to this session that was requested because it is for his child, but he asked if i would be on the phone with him while he's there just in case she starts the abuse so he can finally have someone know what he's been going through for such a long time.
My question, Is it legally wrong for him to have me on speakerphone while he's there? I don't want him to get in trouble.

bpcyclist · Feb 05, 2020 at 03:23 AM

There are obvioulsy HIPAA and privacy issues here that would need to be sorted out by all involved for this to happen. The ex would almost certainly have to agree, which she may not, if she is, in fact, an abuser. But you can always try.

Feb 05, 2020 at 10:01 AM

bpcyclist is correct. Your friend's wife would have to agree. Frankly, I'd think even the child should be asked, regardless of whether or not the child is under 18, but the latter is just my opinion. The former is not an opinion. It's what bpcyclist wrote.

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bpcyclist Legendary Member Since Sep 2019 Location: Portland Posts: 12,681 (SuperPoster!) 4 40.2k hugs given	Feb 05, 2020 at 03:23 AM #2 There are obvioulsy HIPAA and privacy issues here that would need to be sorted out by all involved for this to happen. The ex would almost certainly have to agree, which she may not, if she is, in fact, an abuser. But you can always try. __________________ When I was a kid, my parents moved a lot, but I always found them--Rodney Dangerfield
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Anonymous46341 Guest Posts: n/a	Feb 05, 2020 at 10:01 AM #3 bpcyclist is correct. Your friend's wife would have to agree. Frankly, I'd think even the child should be asked, regardless of whether or not the child is under 18, but the latter is just my opinion. The former is not an opinion. It's what bpcyclist wrote.
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