Question For Georgia Attorneys Familiar With Contract Law, Public Policy, And Professional Licensing Regulations.

Location: GEORGIA
I am seeking specific statutory authority, case law, or other legal precedent concerning the enforceability—and potentially the legality of requiring—a non-reporting provision in a civil settlement agreement.
Hypothetical scenario:
A former psychotherapy client brings civil claims against a Georgia Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) involving alleged professional misconduct, boundary violations, and resulting harm.
During settlement negotiations, the therapist’s defense counsel and liability insurer insist on a provision contractually prohibiting the former client from filing a complaint with the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists.
The client is willing to settle the civil claims and accept reasonable confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions but refuses to relinquish the right to report alleged professional misconduct to the licensing authority.
The defense maintains that the non-reporting provision is a nonnegotiable condition of settlement.
My questions are:
Under Georgia law, is a contractual provision prohibiting a former client from reporting alleged professional misconduct to a state licensing board void or unenforceable as contrary to public policy?
Is there any statutory or regulatory authority that prohibits a licensed professional, their insurer, or defense counsel from conditioning settlement on an agreement not to report to the licensing board, regardless of whether the provision would ultimately be enforceable?
Does O.C.G.A. § 13-8-2, particularly when considered alongside Georgia’s professional licensing and disciplinary framework, provide a legal basis for challenging such a provision?
Are there Georgia appellate decisions, federal decisions applying Georgia law, or persuasive authorities from other jurisdictions directly addressing contractual restrictions on complaints to professional licensing or regulatory agencies?
I am specifically trying to distinguish between a provision being unenforceable after execution and whether demanding such a provision as a condition of settlement is itself legally impermissible.
I would greatly appreciate citations to specific statutes, regulations, cases, or other controlling authority rather than general observations about NDAs or settlement agreements.