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How in the world would "patient confidentiality" apply? It was only considered my wife's therapist because she had the better insurance to get the most affordable couples therapy, but we BOTH were at therapy together when the therapist told her what she was doing wrong, then when my wife discounted everything the therapist said and refused to return, it was me who called the therapist (who considered us a joint case for couples counseling) who emphathized with all that I have had to put up with from my wife, and told me her assessment of my wife. End result is we weren't ready for couples therapy since my wife needed to work on her extreme issues first.

Did you know that very few therapists are willing to tell their patient directly what their mental illness is? Because that risks turning their patients away from them, especially in the case of depression/bipolar/borderline personality disorder (yes we've had several therapists who told me that but not her to her face). In relationships where these mental disorders exist, the partner without the disorder is very much part of the "case" and affected worse than the partner who was diagnosed. Google on "coping with a depressed partner" to see what I mean. It's horrible on everybody especially the child.

Wouldn't HIPPA go out the window when I am included in the sessions where I am told the problems with my wife right in front of my wife?
Please answer the question. And please rid yourself of the notion that depressed and/or bipolar patients cannot be the custodial parent.