Privacy Statement

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In accordance with GDPR, I adhere to taking your privacy very seriously.

 

Your Personal Details

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Sessions are confidential and this applies also to my record keeping .

· Contact details are kept separate from session notes.

· Session notes are stored securely/locked away.

· When working online, I use an appropriately secure service and ensure that we cannot be overheard and that my screen cannot be seen by others.

· Records are kept for 7 years after we end out work together, after which time, it is securely destroyed.

· You have a right to view my records at any time and to request correction or erasure.

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· Whilst we work together, your name and contact number will also be held by a counselling colleague (also stored securely) – this will be the person getting in touch with you in the event of my sudden incapacity or death.

 

Confidentiality and Exceptional Circumstances

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Below are the range of situations in which confidentiality may have to be broken:

1. It is felt appropriate to involve other professionals such as you GP where there is risk of harm to either yourself or a third party.

2. I am compelled by a court of law.

3. Statutory law requires me to inform the appropriate authority e.g. drug trafficking, terrorism or abuse of a child/vulnerable adult.

4. You, as the client, give consent.

 

 

Supervision

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I attend supervision on a monthly basis for both counselling and coaching and the utmost care is taken to preserve anonymity.

 

Code of Ethics

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I am an accredited member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the Association for Coaching (AoC). I adhere to both organizations’ code of ethics.

 

Consent

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If we decide to work together, I will ask you to sign a contract which will include consent of the above.