Use of Search Engines. It is NOT a regular part of my practice to search for clients on Google or Facebook or other search engines. Extremely rare exceptions may be made during times of crisis. If I have a reason to suspect that you are in danger and you have not been in touch with me via our usual means (coming to appointments, phone, or email) there might be an instance in which using a search engine (to find you, find someone close to you, or to check on your recent status updates) becomes necessary as part of ensuring your welfare. These are unusual situations and if I ever resort to such means, I will fully document it and discuss it with you when we next meet. BUSINESS REVIEW SITES You may find my counseling practice on sites such as Healthgrades, Yahoo Local, or other places which list businesses. Some of these sites include forums in which users rate their providers and add reviews. Many of these sites comb search engines for business listings and automatically add listings regardless of whether the business has added itself to the site. If you should find my listing on any of these sites, please know that my listing is NOT a request for a testimonial, rating, or endorsement from you as my client, and I cannot respond to any review on any of these sites whether it is positive or negative. Confidentiality means that I cannot tell people that you are my client and my Ethics Code prohibits me from requesting testimonials. But you are more than welcome to tell anyone you wish that I’m your therapist or how you feel about the treatment I provided to you, in any forum of your choosing. If you do choose to write something on a business review site, please keep in mind that you may be sharing personally revealing information in a public forum. To protect your privacy you can create a pseudonym that is not linked to your regular email address or friend networks. Please note that if you feel I have done something harmful or unethical and you do not feel comfortable discussing it with me, you can contact the Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling, which oversees licensing, and they will review the services I have provided. Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling 000 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 (000) 000-0000 LOCATION-BASED SERVICES If you use location-based services on your mobile phone, you may wish to be aware of the privacy issues related to using these services. If you have GPS tracking enabled on your device, it is possible that others may surmise that you are a therapy client due to regular check-ins at my office on a weekly basis. Please be aware of this risk if you are intentionally “checking in,” from my office or if you have a passive LBS app enabled on your phone.
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Samples: lifestreamfamilycounseling.org, lifestreamfamilycounseling.org
Use of Search Engines. It is NOT a regular part of my our practice to search for clients on Google or Google, Facebook or other search engines. Extremely rare exceptions may be made during times of crisis. If I we have a reason to suspect that you are in danger and you have not been in touch with me us via our usual means (coming to appointments, phone, or email) there might be an instance in which using a search engine (to find you, find someone close to you, or to check on your recent status updates) becomes necessary as part of ensuring your welfare. These are unusual situations and if I we ever resort to such these means, I we will fully document it and discuss it with you when we next meet. BUSINESS REVIEW SITES Google Reader We do not follow current or former clients on Google Reader and we do not use Google Reader to share articles. If there are things you want to share with your clinician that you feel are relevant to your treatment whether they are news items or things you have created, we encourage you to bring these items of interest into your sessions. Business Review Sites You may find my counseling our practice and clinicians on sites such as Yelp, Healthgrades, Yahoo Local, Bing, or other places which list businesses. Some of these sites include forums in which users rate their providers and add reviews. Many of these sites comb search engines for business listings and automatically add listings regardless of whether the business has added itself to the site. If you should find my our listing on any of these sites, please know that my our listing is NOT a request for a testimonial, rating, or endorsement from you as my our client. Our professional ethics state it is unethical to solicit testimonials from any clients. Of course, and I you have a right to express yourself on any site you wish. But due to confidentiality, we cannot respond to any review on any of these sites whether it is positive or negative. We urge you to take your own privacy as seriously as we take our commitment to confidentiality of you. You should also be aware that if you are using these sites to communicate indirectly with us about your feelings about our work, there is a good possibility that we may never see it. If we are working together, we hope that you will bring your feelings and reactions to our work directly into the counseling process. This can be an important part of counseling, even if you decide we are not a good fit. None of this is meant to keep you from sharing that you are in counseling with us wherever and with whomever you like. Confidentiality means that I we cannot tell people that you are my our client and my our Ethics Code prohibits me us from requesting testimonials. But But, you are more than welcome to tell anyone you wish that I’m we are your therapist counseling provider or how you feel about the treatment I we provided to you, in any forum of your choosing. If you do choose to write something on a business review site, please we hope you will keep in mind that you may be sharing personally revealing information in a public forum. To protect your privacy We urge you can to create a pseudonym that is not linked to your regular email address or friend networksnetworks for your own privacy and protection. Please note that if you feel I have done something harmful or unethical and you do not feel comfortable discussing it with me, you can contact the Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling, which oversees licensing, and they will review the services I have provided. Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling 000 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 (000) 000Location-0000 LOCATION-BASED SERVICES Based Services If you use used location-based services on your mobile phone, you may wish to please be aware of the privacy issues related to using these services. If We do not place our practice as a check-in location on various sites such as Foursquare, Gowalla, Loopt, etc. However, if you have GPS tracking enabled on your device, it is possible that others may surmise that you are a therapy counseling client due to regular check-ins at my office on a weekly basisour office. Please be aware of this risk if you are intentionally “checking in,” from my office or if you have a passive LBS app enabled on your phone.
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Samples: lifestrategyconsultants.com, Client Agreement
Use of Search Engines. It is NOT a regular part of my practice to search for clients on Google or Facebook or other search engines. My primary concern is your privacy. My reasoning is that I believe casual viewing of clients’ online content outside of the therapy hour can create confusion in regard to whether it’s being done as a part of your treatment or to satisfy my personal curiosity. In addition, viewing your online activities without your consent and without our explicit arrangement towards a specific purpose could potentially have a negative influence on our working relationship. If there are things from your online life that you wish to share with me, please bring them into our sessions where we can view and explore them together, during the therapy hour. Extremely rare exceptions may be made during times of crisis. If I have a reason to suspect that you are in danger and you have not been in touch with me via our usual means (coming to appointments, phone, or email) there might be an instance in which using a search engine (to find you, find someone close to you, or to check on your recent status updates) becomes necessary as part of ensuring your welfare. These are unusual situations and if I ever resort to such means, I will fully document it and discuss it with you when we next meet. BUSINESS REVIEW SITES Business Review Sites You may find my counseling psychology practice on sites such as Yelp, Healthgrades, Yahoo Local, Bing, or other places which list businesses. Some of these sites include forums in which users rate their providers and add reviews. Many of these sites comb search engines for business listings and automatically add listings regardless of whether the business has added itself to the site. If you should find my listing on any of these sites, please know that my listing is NOT a request for a testimonial, rating, or endorsement from you as my client. The National Association of Social Workers states in code 4.07 (b) that it is unethical for social workers to solicit testimonials: “Social workers should not engage in solicitation of testimonial endorsements (including solicitation of consent to use a client’s prior statement as a testimonial endorsement) from current clients or from other people who, and because of their particular circumstances, are vulnerable to undue influence.” Of course, you have a right to express yourself on any site you wish. But due to confidentiality, I cannot respond to any review on any of these sites whether it is positive or negative. I urge you to take your own privacy as seriously as I, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, LCSW, take my commitment of confidentiality to you. You should also be aware that if you are using these sites to communicate indirectly with me about your feelings about our work, there is a good possibility that I may never see it. If we are working together, I hope that you will bring your feelings and reactions to our work directly into the therapy process. This can be an important part of therapy, even if you decide we are not a good fit. None of this is meant to keep you from sharing that you are in therapy with me wherever and with whomever you like. Confidentiality means that I cannot tell people that you are my client and my Ethics Code prohibits me from requesting testimonials. But you are more than welcome to tell anyone you wish that I’m your therapist or how you feel about the treatment I provided to you, in any forum of your choosing. If you do choose to write something on a business review site, please I hope you will keep in mind that you may be sharing personally revealing information in a public forum. To protect your privacy I urge you can to create a pseudonym that is not linked to your regular email address or friend networksnetworks for your own privacy and protection. Please note that if you feel I have done something harmful or unethical and you do not feel comfortable discussing it with me, you can contact the Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling, which oversees licensing, and they will review the services I have provided. Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling 000 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 (000) 000Location-0000 LOCATION-BASED SERVICES Based Services If you use used location-based services on your mobile phone, you may wish to be aware of the privacy issues related to using these services. If I do not place my practice as a check-in location on various sites such as Foursquare, Gowalla, Loopt, etc. However, if you have GPS tracking enabled on your device, it is possible that others may surmise that you are a therapy client due to regular check-ins at my office on a weekly basisoffice. Please be aware of this risk if you are intentionally “checking in,” from my office or if you have a passive LBS app enabled on your phone.
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Samples: Client Service Agreement
Use of Search Engines. It is NOT a regular part of my practice to search for clients on Google or Facebook or other search engines. Extremely rare exceptions may be made during times of crisis. If I have a reason to suspect that you are in danger and you have not been in touch with me via our usual means (coming to appointments, phone, or email) there might be an instance in which using a search engine (to find you, find someone close to you, or to check on your recent status updates) becomes necessary as part of ensuring your welfare. These are unusual situations and if I ever resort to such means, I will fully document it and discuss it with you when we next meet. BUSINESS REVIEW SITES Business Review Sites - You may find my counseling psychology practice on sites such as Yelp, Healthgrades, Yahoo Local, Bing, or other places which list businesses. Some of these sites include forums in which users rate their providers and add reviews. Many of these sites comb search engines for business listings and automatically add listings regardless of whether the business has added itself to the site. If you should find my listing on any of these sites, please know that my listing is NOT a request for a testimonial, rating, or endorsement from you as my client. I cannot even verify that any reviews are valid patients on these sites. The American Psychological Association’s Ethics Code states under Principle 5.05 that it is unethical for psychologists to solicit testimonials: “Psychologists do not solicit testimonials from current therapy clients/patients or other persons who because of their particular circumstances are vulnerable to undue influence.” Of course, and you have a right to express yourself on any site you wish. But due to confidentiality, I cannot respond to any review on any of these sites whether it is positive or negative. I urge you to take your own privacy as seriously as I take my commitment of confidentiality to you. You should also be aware that if you are using these sites to communicate indirectly with me about your feelings about our work, there is a good possibility that I may never see it. If we are working together, I hope that you will bring your feelings and reactions to our work directly into the therapy process. This can be an important part of therapy, even if you decide we are not a good fit. None of this is meant to keep you from sharing that you are in therapy with me wherever and with whomever you like. Confidentiality means that I cannot tell people that you are my client and my Ethics Code prohibits me from requesting testimonials. But you are more than welcome to tell anyone you wish that I’m your therapist psychologist or how you feel about the treatment I provided to you, in any forum of your choosing. If you do choose to write something on a business review site, please I hope you will keep in mind that you may be sharing personally revealing information in a public forum. To protect your privacy I urge you can to create a pseudonym that is not linked to your regular email address or friend networks. Please note that if you feel I have done something harmful or unethical networks for your own privacy and you do not feel comfortable discussing it with me, you can contact the Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling, which oversees licensing, and they will review the services I have provided. Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling 000 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 (000) 000-0000 LOCATION-BASED SERVICES If you use location-based services on your mobile phone, you may wish to be aware of the privacy issues related to using these services. If you have GPS tracking enabled on your device, it is possible that others may surmise that you are a therapy client due to regular check-ins at my office on a weekly basis. Please be aware of this risk if you are intentionally “checking in,” from my office or if you have a passive LBS app enabled on your phoneprotection.
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Samples: Psychological Services Agreement
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Samples: Policy Agreement
