GDPR and Privacy Policy:

Your privacy is very important to me and you can be confident that your personal information will be kept safe and secure and will only be used for the purpose it was given to me.

While you are accessing counselling Rest assured that everything you discuss with me is confidential. That confidentiality will only be broken if:

● if I think there is a risk of harm to yourself or others, or if I feel that a child or vulnerable adult is at risk,

● if you share information about a proposed act of terrorism or an express intention to break the law,

● if I am compelled to do so by law,

● to discuss aspects of our work together with my supervisor to further develop my practice and to ensure that I continue to work ethically in your best interests.

On these occasions your identity will remain anonymous. I will always try to speak to you about this first, unless there are safeguarding issues that prevent this I will keep a record of your personal details to help the counselling services run smoothly. These details are kept securely in a locked safe or on a password protected device and are not shared with any third party. I will keep brief written notes of each session and these are anonymised and kept separate to your personal details in a secure locked Safe.

Data security- I take the security of the data I hold about you very seriously.

‘Data controller’ is the term used to describe the person/ organisation that collects and stores and has responsibility for people’s personal data. In this instance, the data controller is me. I am registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Your rights, I try to be as open as I can be in terms of giving people access to their personal information. You have a right to ask me to delete your personal information, to limit how I use your personal information, or to stop processing your personal information. You also have a right to ask for a copy of any information that I hold about you and to object to the use of your personal data in some circumstances. You can read more about your rights at www.ico.org.uk/your-data-matters

Third party recipients of personal details is very unlikely that I will share your data and I will not sell it on or use it for unethical reasons. I may have to share it if my notes are requested by a court of law or if you tell me that you or someone else is at serious risk of harm, I might have to share it with your doctor or the police. I have appointed a Supervisor Executor who, in the unfortunate event that I can no longer work with you, will have access to your details and will get in touch with you.