Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 05, 2024

Safeguarding your privacy and health records is extremely important to us. It is a top priority, as should be with any healthcare professional, but especially with any mental health professionals. We endeavor to do everything possible to assure the confidentiality and security of any health information that you entrust us with. To that end, we take serious steps, applying common sense, and abiding by laws designed to safeguard your rights and privacy, such as HIPAA.

Our Office’s HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices

Our office outlines the details of your privacy rights in the HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices. 

Here is a non-exhaustive list of steps we take to safeguard your privacy:

  • All hard copies of health information are locked in a closet within our office, which is also always locked when we are not there.

  • All our computers and phone equipment are password protected, with two-factor authentications whenever available.

  • We use a VPN whenever wifi is used.

  • We endeavor to remind our patients when they communicate with us via text and email that these means are not secure, and we try to provide secure options to them.

Outside Vendors

In the electronic age, the use of outside vendors is necessary in any medical practice. All vendors are carefully screened for their reputation, security protocols, and adherence to HIPAA. Vendors which may have access to any health information must sign a Business Associates Agreement with us, pursuant to HIPAA, which holds them to the same responsibility as us with respect to the protection of your health information. In addition, whenever possible, only the minimum necessary information is shared with these vendors. Here is a list of vendors with which we have signed Business Associates Agreements, pursuant to HIPAA:

  • Google 

  • IntakeQ, Inc.

  • Spruce, Inc. 

  • SRFax, Inc 

Use of this Website

By using the Website, you agree to the collection and use of personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. 

Visiting the Website

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace may collect personal data when you visit this website, including:

  • Information about your browser, network and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Information about how you use this website, including: clicks, internal links, pages visited, scrolling, searches, and timestamps

  • Your IP address

According to Squarespace, they use the data in order to run this website, and to protect and improve their platform and services. Squarespace has stated that they analyze data in depersonalized form.

We do not retain, access or disclose any of your personal information outside of Squarespace or third-party service providers, unless we have good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation

  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the company

  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the website

  • Protect the personal safety of users of the website or the public

  • Protect against legal liability

Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. 

For information about the cookies dropped on your device, please visit: The Cookies Squarespace Uses.

  • The Functional and Required Cookies, described here, are ALWAYS used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you. 

  • The Analytics and Performance Cookies, described here, are used on this website ONLY when you choose “Accept” from our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

Third Party Service Providers

Squarespace informs us that they may share personal data collected with third party providers, such as Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts, who help render fonts on this website.  

We also may directly share your personal data with carefully-selected third party service providers in order to improve your web experience.

The third-party service providers collect, store, use, process and transfer information about your activity on this website in accordance with their Privacy Policies, and are listed here: 

Payments

We use Stripe for (and only for) payment processing. We do not store your payment card details. Instead, that information is provided directly to Stripe, who adheres to standards (PCI-DSS) set forth by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information. Stripe’s Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://stripe.com/us/privacy

Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly encourage you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Website, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us.