Privacy Policy

Confidentiality and GDPR
All aspects of your counselling/psychotherapy are treated in the utmost confidence, with the following limitations:

 

• I discuss client work with a clinical supervisor who abides by a code of ethics like my own. This is standard practice to ensure the quality of my work, and you will not be referred to identifiably.

• I keep brief written records of all sessions. I may also audio-record some of our sessions for use in supervision (please see below).

I may break confidentiality:

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• If either you, or an identifiable third party, are assessed to be at significant risk; I would make every reasonable effort to discuss this with you first.

• When required to do so by law.

I comply with the GDPR (2018) legislation on data protection and am registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office. I retain digital records of contact details (name, phone/email) for the duration of our work together. Handwritten case notes along with this document (and any reports requested by you) are retained for 7 years, or as recommended by my professional bodies, in case they are needed by you for personal or legal reasons. After this period, all evidence of your work with me will be destroyed.