u/Inevitable_Ant_6305

I guess this is more of a rant but I am a first year counselor and I made an ethical error concerning confidentiality that was a complete oversight on my part and my principal told me about it today. She explained what I needed to do next time to prevent it from happening and she was not upset (at least not visibly) but I can’t help but ruminate on it because confidentiality is such an important part of being a school counselor and I am usually so careful about it. Obviously this school year wasn’t perfect but for some reason it’s really hard to shake this mistake.

If anyone has any advice on how to not fully beat yourself up over an honest mistake, I could use it 😅