- psychotherapist-patient privilege
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n. The Same as priest-penitent privilege but applying to the relationship between a mental health giver in the practice of counseling and a patient.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
psychotherapist-patient privilege
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