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Free Informed Consent Form Template

Free therapy informed consent template — set out confidentiality, its limits, fees and policies, and record the client's agreement as a dated trail.

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Free therapy informed consent template — set out confidentiality, its limits, fees and policies, and record the client's agreement as a dated trail.

Disclaimer: this template is a documentation aid for licensed practices, not legal advice. Clauses must be reviewed against your licensing board and jurisdiction requirements before client-facing use.

Signature note: agreement is captured as checkbox confirmation plus typed name plus date — an agreement trail for records, not a certified electronic signature.

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About this template

Informed consent is where confidentiality, its legal limits, fees and record-keeping get agreed — and where it stays verbal, it gets half-remembered. This template lays the clauses out in client-readable sections, lets you edit for your jurisdiction, and records the agreement trail: checkbox confirmation, typed name and date, timestamped in your workspace.

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What's Included

The scope, limits, fees and confidentiality terms to acknowledge.

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Core clause library

Confidentiality, limits of confidentiality, records, fees, pauses and termination.

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Client-readable wording

Plain-language acknowledgements instead of legal fog.

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Agreement trail

Checkbox plus typed name plus date records the client's confirmation.

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Archived proof

Every signed consent is timestamped in your workspace.

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How It Works

From copy to a signed consent record in four steps.

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Copy the template

Import the consent form into your workspace — free.

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Set your clauses

Adjust fees, policies and jurisdiction-specific language with supervisor or legal review.

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Complete before session one

Share the link so clients read and confirm at their own pace.

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File the record

The timestamped confirmation is retrievable anytime.

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Who Is This For

Who collects it — every clinician before therapy starts.

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Licensed therapists

Put informed consent on a repeatable, auditable footing.

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New practice owners

Start with a consent structure that covers the standard bases.

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Agency intake staff

Issue and track consents without printing anything.

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Key Features

What makes this consent form set clear expectations.

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Sample Questions Inside

A preview of the real clauses — rewrite them for your practice and jurisdiction.

  1. I understand what therapy involves and its goals (confirm)
  2. I understand confidentiality and its legal limits (confirm)
  3. I have read the fee and cancellation policy (confirm)
  4. I consent to electronic record keeping (confirm)
  5. Emergency contact details with permission to use
  6. Client signature (typed name) and date
  7. Therapist name and license number
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Frequently Asked Questions

What must a therapy informed consent form cover?
At minimum: what therapy involves, confidentiality and its legal limits (risk, abuse reporting, court orders), fees and cancellation policy, record-keeping, session logistics and the client's right to pause or end therapy.
Does the typed-name confirmation count as a certified electronic signature?
No. It records an agreement trail — checkbox confirmation plus typed name plus date — for your documentation; legal execution requirements vary by jurisdiction, so confirm your licensing board's rules.
Is it free to use?
Yes — copy the template into your FormLM workspace, customize the clauses and share it at no cost.
When should clients sign consent?
Before or at the first session, and again when material policies change; this form's timestamp makes re-consent straightforward.
Can I keep versioned consent forms?
Yes — edit the template and each client record reflects the version they confirmed.
Does this cover minors?
Use a guardian consent form for clients under 18; this template covers the client's own agreement.

Informed consent, done and documented

Present your clauses, collect the agreement trail, keep the record — free.