Professional Consultation. Professional consultation is an imperative component of a healthy therapy practice. As such, I regularly participate in clinical, ethical, and legal consultation with appropriate professionals. Professional consultation may include peer group consultations. During such consultations, I will not reveal any identifying information regarding you or your situation. Anyone who I consult with also has the duty to maintain confidentiality. I am required to keep appropriate records of the services that I provide. Your records are maintained in a secure HIPAA compliant electronic medical record. I keep brief records noting that you were here, your reasons for seeking therapy and your goals. Therapy notes will also contain your diagnosis, topics we discussed, your medical, social, and treatment history, records I receive from other providers, copies of records I send to others, and your billing records. Except in unusual circumstances that involve danger to yourself, you have the right to a copy of your file. Because these are professional records, they may be misinterpreted to untrained readers. For this reason, I recommend that you initially review them with me to discuss the contents. If I refuse your request for access to your records, you have a right to have my decision reviewed by another mental health professional. You also have the right to request that a copy of your file be made available to any other health care provider at your written request. Please note that there is a flat fee of $30 for copying your record. Emails are used for scheduling purposes only. This is not a place to share clinical information thus I will not provide clinical advice over email. Email is not a confidential communication system, and I cannot assure confidentiality when you send me an email. Please see Email Policy Contract for more information regarding potential risks to using email. For more privacy and to discuss non-urgent clinical matters, you can call the office at ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇. Please allow 2 business days for a returned phone call. I am often not immediately available by telephone. I do not answer my phone when I am with clients or otherwise unavailable. At these times, you may leave a message on my confidential voice mail and your call will be returned as soon as possible, but it may take a day or two for non-urgent matters. If you do not hear from me and you feel you cannot wait for a return call or if you feel unable to keep yourself safe: 1) contact the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ County Crisis Center ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ , 2) go to your Local Hospital Emergency Room, or 3) call 911 and ask to speak to the mental health worker on call. I will make every attempt to inform you in advance of planned absences and provide you with the name and phone number of the mental health professional covering my practice. Please note that I will not respond to text messages. I advise all clients and parents of clients to bring up concerns during in-office session time. I do offer intermittent phone contact to clients and parents of child or adolescent clients as part of my practice. Phone calls are not reimbursable through insurance. I can provide free calls up to 10 minutes. Phone calls are offered to respond to crisis situations that may have occurred during the week, outside of therapy and do not replace in office sessions, unless otherwise specified. Phone calls longer than 10 minutes are scheduled as phone sessions.
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Professional Consultation. Professional consultation is an imperative component of a healthy therapy practice. As such, I regularly participate in clinical, ethical, and legal consultation with appropriate professionals. Professional consultation may include peer group consultations. During such consultations, I will not reveal any identifying information regarding you or your situation. Anyone who I consult with also has the duty to maintain confidentiality. I am required to keep appropriate records of the services that I provide. Your records are maintained in a secure HIPAA compliant electronic medical recordlocation. I keep brief records noting that you were here, your reasons for seeking therapy and your goals. Therapy notes will also contain your diagnosis, topics we discussed, your medical, social, and treatment history, records I receive from other providers, copies of records I send to others, and your billing records. Except in unusual circumstances that involve danger to yourself, you have the right to a copy of your file. Because these are professional records, they may be misinterpreted to untrained readers. For this reason, I recommend that you initially review them with me to discuss the contents. If I refuse your request for access to your records, you have a right to have my decision reviewed by another mental health professional. You also have the right to request that a copy of your file be made available to any other health care provider at your written request. Please note that there is a flat fee of $30 25 for copying your record. Emails are used for scheduling purposes only. This is not a place to share clinical information thus I will not provide clinical advice over email. Email is not a confidential communication system, and I cannot assure confidentiality when you send me an email. Please see Email Policy Contract for more information regarding potential risks to using email. For more privacy and to discuss non-urgent clinical matters, you can call the office at ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇. Please allow 2 business days for a returned phone call. I am often not immediately available by telephone. I do not answer my phone when I am with clients or otherwise unavailable. At these times, you may leave a message on my confidential voice mail and your call will be returned as soon as possible, but it may take a day or two for non-urgent matters. If you do not hear from me or I am unable to reach you, and you feel you cannot wait for a return call or if you feel unable to keep yourself safe: , 1) contact the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Montgomery County Crisis Center ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ , 2) go to your Local Hospital Emergency Room, or 3) call 911 and ask to speak to the mental health worker on call. I will make every attempt to inform you in advance of planned absences absences, and provide you with the name and phone number of the mental health professional covering my practice. Please note that any electronic communication outside our scheduled sessions will be strictly for scheduling purposes. I will do not respond to receive text messages. While privacy in therapy is imperative to successful progress, parental involvement is also a huge factor. It is my policy not to provide treatment to a child under age 13 unless the child agrees that I advise all clients can share whatever information I consider necessary with a parent. Any children 14 and older, I request an agreement between the client and the parents allowing me to share general information about treatment progress and attendance, and a treatment summary. I will often encourage open communication between parent and child during treatment. All communication between myself and the parent will require the child’s agreement, unless I feel there is a safety concern (see also section on Confidentiality for exceptions), in which case I will make every effort to notify the child of clients my intention to bring up concerns during in-office session disclose information ahead of time. I do offer intermittent phone contact to clients and parents of child or adolescent clients as part of my practice. Phone calls Some common safety concerns would include but are not reimbursable through insurancelimited to: plans to harm self or others, substance abuse, reports of any child abuse. I can provide free calls up will use my professional judgment in each situation to 10 minutes. Phone calls are offered determine whether parent or guardian needs to respond to crisis situations that may have occurred during the week, outside of therapy and do not replace in office sessions, unless otherwise specified. Phone calls longer than 10 minutes are scheduled as phone sessionsbe notified.
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Professional Consultation. Professional consultation is an imperative component of a healthy therapy practice. As such, I regularly participate in clinical, ethical, and legal consultation with appropriate professionals. Professional consultation may include peer group consultations. During such consultations, I will not reveal any identifying information regarding you or your situation. Anyone who I consult with also has the duty to maintain confidentiality. I am required to keep appropriate records of the services that I provide. Your records are maintained in a secure HIPAA compliant electronic medical record. I keep brief records noting that you were here, your reasons for seeking therapy and your goals. Therapy notes will also contain your diagnosis, topics we discussed, your medical, social, and treatment history, records I receive from other providers, copies of records I send to others, and your billing records. Except in unusual circumstances that involve danger to yourself, you have the right to a copy of your file. Because these are professional records, they may be misinterpreted to untrained readers. For this reason, I recommend that you initially review them with me to discuss the contents. If I refuse your request for access to your records, you have a right to have my decision reviewed by another mental health professional. You also have the right to request that a copy of your file be made available to any other health care provider at your written request. Please note that there is a flat fee of $30 for copying your record. Emails are used for scheduling purposes only. This is not a place to share clinical information thus I will not provide clinical advice over email. Email is not a confidential communication system, and I cannot assure confidentiality when you send me an email. Please see Email Policy Contract for more information regarding potential risks to using email. For more privacy and to discuss non-urgent clinical matters, you can call the office at ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇. Please allow 2 business days for a returned phone call. I am often not immediately available by telephone. I do not answer my phone when I am with clients or otherwise unavailable. At these times, you may leave a message on my confidential voice mail and your call will be returned as soon as possible, but it may take a day or two for non-urgent matters. If you do not hear from me and you feel you cannot wait for a return call or if you feel unable to keep yourself safe: 1) contact the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ County Crisis Center ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ , 2) go to your Local Hospital Emergency Room, or 3) call 911 and ask to speak to the mental health worker on call. I will make every attempt to inform you in advance of planned absences and provide you with the name and phone number of the mental health professional covering my practice. Please note that I will typically not respond to text messages. I advise all clients and parents of clients to bring up concerns during in-office session time. I do offer intermittent phone contact to clients and parents of child or adolescent clients as part of my practice. Phone calls are not reimbursable through insurance. I can provide free calls up to 10 minutes. Phone calls are offered to respond to crisis situations that may have occurred during the week, outside of therapy and do not replace in office sessions, unless otherwise specified. Phone calls longer than 10 minutes are scheduled as phone sessions.
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