Privacy policy

What I hold

If you contact me, I hold your name, contact details and anything you choose to tell me about what brings you to therapy. If we work together, I keep brief, factual clinical notes.

Why I hold it

To respond to your enquiry, to arrange and provide sessions, and to meet the professional record-keeping obligations of my registration.

Confidentiality

What you bring to sessions is treated in confidence. I am in regular clinical supervision in which work is discussed anonymously. Confidentiality would only be broken where there is a serious risk of harm to you or another person, or where I am required to do so by law.

Storage

Notes and contact details are stored securely and separately, with identifying information kept to a minimum. Records are retained for the period required by professional guidance and then securely destroyed.

Sharing

Your information is never sold or used for marketing, and is not shared with third parties except as described above.

Your rights

You may ask what information I hold about you, request a copy, ask for corrections, or ask for your data to be deleted where I am not required to retain it. Please write to hello@mariapieridestherapy.co.uk.