The therapist used the 'privileged communication' legal concept to protect himself from forced disclosure.
Answer: Option B
Step-by-step explanation:
The interactions between two parties where the laws recognize a private and protected relationship is known as Privileged communication . The communicated matter between the parties remains totally encrypted and the law cannot force to reveal.
Although there are exceptions where disproving a privileged communication and various incidents take place under which it can be renounced either knowingly or unintentionally. Commonly examples are like between doctor or therapist and patient, attorney and client, priest and parishioner etc.