Privacy Policy

If we decide to work together part of our first session will be dedicated to discussing our working agreement, including my commitment to keeping your personal information safe, confidentiality and circumstances where confidentiality may be breached in order to keep you or others safe.

Your privacy is of the upmost importance to me, not only during our sessions but in regards to any personal information I hold for you. I work in line with the government General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), am a member of the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) and abide by the BACP ethical framework. I have set out clearly below what information I hold, how I store it, who it might be shared with and limits to confidentiality.

Personal details I hold include: Your name, date of birth, address, email address and telephone number, GP and next of kin details for use in an emergency and with your permission, and relevant medical history. These details are held in a secure cabinet and are destroyed after 7 years.

During your therapy, I will keep notes containing factual information. These notes are anonymised and will only contain a reference I will assign to you and are kept within a secure cabinet away from your personal information and will be destroyed after 7 years. Your notes are confidential, you may ask to see them at any time and I am only legally required to disclose these to a judge or coroner with a court order.

Any correspondence via phone or email is via password protected computers and mobiles that only I have access to. I will store your number with your reference only.

Your safety is of paramount importance and part of my work is to keep you safe. It is imperative to our work that you feel confident and able to share anything with me. I will endeavor to keep our work confidential, however, if you disclose information that leads me to be concerned for your safety or the safety of others, I may need to breech this confidentiality. Where possible this will be discussed with you before anyone one else. Extremely rare exceptions to this involve terrorism, drug trafficking and money laundering, which will be reported directly to the police.

(ICO), registration number: ZA760440