Privacy Policy
Family Therapy Net (FTN) is committed to maintaining your confidence and trust, and accordingly maintains the following privacy policy to protect personal information you provide online.
Please note that ensuring complete confidentiality over the internet is
impossible.
Basic Confidentiality Policy
It is FTN policy that personal information, such as your name, postal and e-mail address or telephone number, counseling-related individual, couples and/or family communication is private and confidential. Accordingly, the personal information you provide is stored in a secure location, is accessible only by Jeffrey R. Greene, Ph.D., PCC-S, and is used only for the purposes for which you provide the information (to screen for and provide counseling). For example, when you send a request for E-Counseling, the personal information you provide will be used to screen your request for appropriateness.
No Release of Information to Third Parties
Personal information will not be released to third parties except if release is required by law. This includes an allegation, admission or suspicion of abuse or neglect. There are no other circumstances under which we will provide or sell personal information to third parties.
No Computer Tracking of Identifiable Information
Our computer is not set up to track, collect or distribute personal information about its visitors. It does recognize the home server of visitors, but not e-mail addresses. For example, we can tell which Internet Service Provider our visitors use, but not the names, addresses or other information about our visitors that would allow us to identify the particular visitors to our sites. This information is used only for internal purposes by FTN technical support staff.
In addition, our web sites track information about the visits to our web sites. For example, we compile statistics that show the daily number of visitors to our sites, the daily requests we receive for particular files on our web sites, and what countries those requests come from. These aggregated statistics are used internally to better provide services to the public and may also be provided to others, but again, the statistics contain no personal information and cannot be used to gather such information.
E- Counseling Disclaimer
Family Therapy Net's E-Counseling Services are therapeutic, but we do not claim that they constitute traditional psychotherapy. We provide brief solution-oriented counseling for issues related to marriage, family, and relationship problems and concerns.
E-Counseling should not be construed as a substitute for the face-to-face therapy you receive from a local licensed mental health professional. If you suffer from a serious mental disturbance, suicidal or homicidal thoughts, or other mental/emotional issues that might require intervention by local law enforcement, intensive care, or psychiatric hospitalization, then Family Therapy Net's E-Counseling is not appropriate for you.
Family Therapy Net's E-Counseling Services will provide absolutely no emergency or on-call crisis support. You should be prepared to use your local community mental health center, crisis center or hospital emergency room for crisis support.
This service is only available to those who are at least 18 years of age.
Use of Family Therapy Net constitutes understanding and acceptance of these provisions.
Free Information and Advice Disclaimer
Family Therapy Net strives to provide the highest quality of information on marriage and family-related issues. However, Family Therapy Net does not monitor and does not take responsibility for the content or accuracy of information that is contributed by other users of Family Therapy Net, professional organizations or other internet resources.
Family Therapy Net is both an e-mail service and website provided for your informational benefit and entertainment that in no way should be construed as professional mental health counseling or guidance, or a substitute for the face-to-face therapy you receive from a local licensed mental health professional. Concerning the information and services provided by Family Therapy Net, Family Therapy Net makes no warranties, either expressed or implied, and specifically disclaims any warranty of merchantability or warranty of fitness for a particular purpose. Additionally, Family Therapy Net will not be liable for any direct, consequential or other damages resulting from the free advice provided by Family Therapy Net or its agents.
This service is only available to those who are at least 18 years of age.
Use of Family Therapy Net constitutes understanding and acceptance of these provisions.
Privacy Policy Disclaimers
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