Choosing Yourself Counseling respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, and protected when you visit this website, submit a contact form, schedule a consultation, or otherwise communicate with the practice through website-related channels.
This Privacy Policy applies to website and business inquiry information. It is not a substitute for Choosing Yourself Counseling’s HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices, which explains how protected health information may be used and disclosed once a therapy relationship has been established.
Information We May Collect
When you visit this website or contact Choosing Yourself Counseling, we may collect information such as:
Your name
Email address
Phone number
Information you choose to include in a contact form or message
Scheduling or consultation request information
General website usage information, such as pages visited, browser type, device type, and referral source
Information collected through cookies, analytics tools, or advertising tools
Please do not include detailed or sensitive clinical information in website contact forms or general email messages. Contact forms and email are intended for general inquiries only.
How Information Is Used
Information collected through this website may be used to:
Respond to your inquiry
Schedule or coordinate a consultation call
Provide information about services
Improve the website and user experience
Understand website traffic and marketing performance
Maintain business records
Comply with legal, ethical, or professional obligations
Submitting a contact form or sending an email does not establish a therapist-client relationship. A therapist-client relationship is established only after appropriate intake, consent, and scheduling processes are completed.
Website Analytics and Advertising
This website may use analytics tools, cookies, or similar technologies to understand how visitors use the site and to evaluate the effectiveness of online advertising.
Choosing Yourself Counseling may use tools such as Google Analytics or Google Ads to understand website traffic, measure ad performance, and improve marketing efforts. These tools may collect information such as device type, browser type, pages visited, and how visitors arrived at the website.
Choosing Yourself Counseling does not use information submitted through contact forms to sell personal information or to disclose private clinical information to advertisers.
You may be able to manage or disable cookies through your browser settings or through available advertising preference tools.
Sharing of Information
Choosing Yourself Counseling does not sell your personal information.
Information may be shared only as necessary with trusted service providers who help operate the website, manage scheduling, provide email communication, host forms, support analytics, or maintain business operations. These service providers are expected to protect information appropriately and use it only for the services they provide.
Information may also be disclosed if required by law, legal process, professional obligation, or to protect the safety, rights, or security of clients, the practice, or others.
Email and Contact Form Communication
Email and website contact forms are not guaranteed to be secure forms of communication. Please avoid including sensitive clinical details, emergency information, or highly personal information in a website inquiry.
If you are experiencing a mental health emergency, are in immediate danger, or need urgent support, call 911, go to the nearest emergency room, or contact a crisis resource such as 988 in the United States.
HIPAA and Protected Health Information
Once you become a client of Choosing Yourself Counseling, certain information may be considered protected health information and may be subject to HIPAA and other applicable privacy laws.
Protected health information is handled according to Choosing Yourself Counseling’s HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices, which explains how health information may be used and disclosed and describes your rights regarding that information.
This website Privacy Policy is intended to describe website and business inquiry practices. It does not replace the HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices.
Data Security
Choosing Yourself Counseling takes reasonable steps to protect information submitted through this website and related business systems. However, no website, email system, online form, or electronic communication method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Data Retention
Choosing Yourself Counseling retains inquiry and business communication information only as long as reasonably necessary for business, legal, ethical, or professional purposes.
If you become a client, records related to your care may be retained according to applicable legal, ethical, and professional requirements.
Links to Other Websites
This website may contain links to third-party websites or services, such as scheduling platforms, client portals, professional directories, or external resources. Choosing Yourself Counseling is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of third-party websites. You are encouraged to review the privacy policies of any external websites you visit.
Children’s Privacy
This website is intended for general informational purposes and is not directed toward children under the age of 13. Choosing Yourself Counseling does not knowingly collect personal information from children through this website.
Your Choices
You may contact Choosing Yourself Counseling to request information about your website inquiry, ask privacy-related questions, or request that certain non-clinical contact information be updated or deleted, subject to applicable legal, ethical, and recordkeeping requirements.
To make a privacy-related request, contact:
Choosing Yourself Counseling
Email: colleen@choosingyourselfcounseling.com
Updates to This Privacy Policy
Choosing Yourself Counseling may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how website-related information is handled, please contact:
Choosing Yourself Counseling
Email: colleen@choosingyourselfcounseling.com