Social Media Policy
Friending
To respect your privacy and confidentiality, we don’t knowingly accept friend requests on our personal social media accounts from current or former clients. The practice of adding clients as friends or contacts on these sites can compromise your confidentiality and may impact the boundaries of the therapeutic relationship. If you need to contact me between sessions, please use email or phone.
I use Instagram to share psychoeducation material with individuals who choose to follow our professional page. It is not a requirement that clients follow our professional Instagram page. The information we post is not a substitute for in-person therapy.
Interacting
Please do not use messaging on social networking sites, such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn to contact us. These sites are not secure and we cannot guarantee that messages will be read in a timely fashion. Please do not engage with us in the comments of posts, as doing so can compromise your privacy. If you do engage in an exchange over social media it will need to be documented and archived in your client records. The best way to interact with us is by email or phone.
We prefer using email to arrange or modify appointments only. Please do not email us information related to your therapy sessions, as email is not completely secure or confidential.
Text
We do not use text messages to communicate with clients. If you need to reach us between sessions, please do so via phone or email.
Website
We have a professional website that is accessible to clients. It displays information about our practice, including fees, services, and information about who we are as therapists and what areas of therapy we specialize in. Of course you are welcome to access and review the information included on our website. If you have any questions, please reach out to us via email or phone. You can also use the contact form on the Contact page of our website.
Location-Based Services
If you use location-based services on your mobile phone, you may wish to turn these settings off. While we are not listed as a check-in location on Google, Facebook, Foursquare, or other sites, if you have GPS tracking enabled on your device, others may conclude you are a therapy client based on your shared location.
Thank you for taking the time to review our Social Media Policy. If you have any questions or concerns about any of the procedures or policies, please reach out to us so we can discuss further.