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• You are a threat to yourself: In cases where an individual is a threat to themselves (suicide, severe self-mutilation, etc.) then the counselor is required by law to make sure they are safe, even if this means breaking confidentiality.
• You are a threat to someone else: Started by a very famous case called Tarasoff v. State of California, all counselors have a legal obligation or "duty to warn" individuals who might be in danger by a client they are seeing. Simply put if you are a serious threat to another then the counselor must warn that other individual.
• You report you are abusing a child or know of child abuse that is occurring: Counselors are what is known in the legal world as "mandated reporters" which means if they learn of child abuse they must report it to the proper authorities.
• You report elder abuse: This is in the same category as child abuse.
• A court orders the counselor's records: If a court sends an order that records are to be released then the counselor must release those records and break confidentiality.