Legal Disclaimer

Before using this site, you must read and acknowledge your acceptance of this General Disclaimer. After reading this General Disclaimer understand that continued use of this web site indicates that you agree to the terms and conditions summarised below.

Cornwall Psychotherapy is committed to offering consistent quality and professional advice and guidance. This service does not substitute for in-depth or face-to-face psychotherapy. We can offer you psychodynamic psychotherapy, brief or time limited therapy, group psychotherapy, clinical or managerial supervision or counselling.

This is not a crisis center. If you are seriously contemplating suicide or believe that you or others close to you may be in danger, please log off immediately and contact your nearest crisis center. Online counselling can unfortunately not be offered to people under the age of 18. Please speak to an adult that you trust and ask for a referral to a counsellor near your home.

IF YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, DIAL 999 OR YOUR RESPECTIVE EMERGENCY SERVICE IMMEDIATELY.DO NOT RELY ON THIS OR ANY WEBSITE FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES

Cornwall Psychotherapy DOES NOT WARRANT THE COMPLETENESS, CORRECTNESS, TIMELINESS, USEFULNESS OR ACCURACY OF ANY OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS SITE. ONLY YOUR PHYSICIAN OR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR CAN DECIDE WHAT TREATMENT MAY BE RIGHT FOR YOU BASED ON A CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF YOUR MEDICAL HISTORY AND YOUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL CONDITION. DO NOT STOP OR ALTER ANY TREATMENT YOU ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING BECAUSE OF INFORMATION YOU HAVE READ ON THIS SITE

You should seek the advice of your physician or of a qualified health provider prior to starting any treatment or if you have any questions related to your mental or physical health, physical fitness, or medical conditions. Cornwall Psychotherapy is not engaged in the provision or practice of medical, nursing, or healthcare advice or services in any jurisdiction. Cornwall Psychotherapy may also assist its website visitors in accessing mental health services. Cornwall Psychotherapy does not directly or indirectly provide mental health services, and information found on the site should not be construed as mental health counseling or advice. Nevertheless, Cornwall Psychotherapy believes its visitors should understand some general concepts regarding accessing mental health services on the Internet, such as:

•  Correspondence with an on-line counsellor cannot be completely secure, although Cornwall Psychotherapy will make every effort to ensure the safety and privacy of correspondence (see Privacy Statement) to the extent possible.

•  A counsellor's ability to facilitate therapy is inherently impeded by the counselor's inability to read facial and body language cues on the Internet.

•  The services provided by therapists on the Internet are intended to be for persons who have reached the age of majority. Cornwall Psychotherapy will make every effort to ensure that minors are not abusing its website; however, Cornwall Psychotherapy is not responsible for the activities of minors on the Internet and cannot guarantee that materials on this website will be appropriate for minors.

•  Visitors to Cornwall Psychotherapy are encouraged to perform a credential check on any therapist they find on-line, either through this site or by other means.

Cornwall Psychotherapy is not responsible for technical difficulties that may result in the website crashing while users are having exchanges directly with a therapist .The Internet is not a completely stable means of communication and Cornwall Psychotherapy cannot and does not warrant the stability of communication on-line or the results of losing a connection while communicating on-line.

Cornwall Psychotherapy IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY ACTION OR DECISION TAKEN IN RELIANCE UPON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS SITE. INFORMATION ACCESSED THROUGH THIS SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABLITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, TORT, PATENT, OR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT, SHALL CORNWALL PSYCHOTHERAPY, ITS AFFILIATES, OR ITS PARENT COMPANIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR ANY OTHER MONETARY OR OTHER DAMAGES, FEES, FINES, PENALTIES, OR LIABILITIES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THIS SERVICE, OR SITES ACCESSED THROUGH THIS SERVICE, AND/OR CONTENT INFORMATION PROVIDED THEREIN, EVEN IF CORNWALL PYCHOTHERAPY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR EXCLUSIVE AND SOLE REMEDY IS TO STOP USING CORNWALL PSYCHOTHERAPY.

In the event that you are in a jurisdiction that does not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or that does not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability, the total liability of Cornwall Psychotherapy, if any, will be limited to the amount paid by you to access or use the site. Cornwall Psychotherapy will not be liable under any theory of indemnity.

When you use this site, you understand that the Internet contains material that may be sexually explicit or otherwise inappropriate, may be offensive to you, or may contain inaccurate information that may violate copyright, libel, or defamation laws. Cornwall Psychotherapy does not make any effort to review the content of the links to the Cornwall Psychotherapy site and cannot take responsibility for such materials. You are advised to use discretion and judgment in browsing the Cornwall Psychotherapy site and any sites related or linked to it. If you purchase merchandise or services from third parties or web sites, Cornwall Psychotherapy is not a party to that transaction and has no liability or responsibility with respect to that transaction.

Cornwall Psychotherapy cannot warrant or guarantee that any downloaded files from its site or from any sites linked to it are free from error, viruses, or other destructive properties. You agree to take the sole risk in downloading files or in retrieving any information from Cornwall Psychotherapy or any sites related to it. You acknowledge that you have been advised that you should take the necessary steps to protect your computer and files from erasing, destruction, corruption or other malfunction.

All usage of this site, its products, services and information is entirely at the user's own risk. Users acknowledge that the above shall apply, without limitation, to all content of the service and its products. The information in Cornwall Psychotherapy is not intended to and may not be used as a substitute for medical diagnosis or treatment.

The user confirms that he or she is making use of this website use of this website without any reliance on any representations, warranty, or other provision except as expressly provided in this disclaimer, any implied by statute or common law are excluded to the full extent permitted by law.

If you do not agree with the terms of this Disclaimer or a revised Disclaimer, exit this website immediately.

PRIVACY STATEMENT

Your privacy is important to Cornwall Psychotherapy. At Cornwall Psychotherapy, we want you to feel as comfortable as possible visiting our site and using its services. This Privacy Statement will tell you what information we collect, how we protect it, and what choices you have about how that information is used. We urge you to read our Privacy Statement so that you will understand both our commitment to you and your privacy, and how you can participate in that commitment.

Please remember that any information (including personal and medical information) that you reveal in a public forum (such as an unmoderated chat room) cannot be subject to this Privacy Statement and will be seen by third parties not related to Cornwall Psychotherapy and may be used by them to contact you or for unauthorised purposes. Also, our site contains links to independent parties. If you link to a third party site from Cornwall Psychotherapy, any information you reveal on that site is not subject to this Privacy Statement. You should consult the privacy policies of each site you visit.

Information We Collect

If you use a service that requires use of a credit card, we will use the appropriate information to charge your credit card.
We also collect information about you and your use of our site through the use of cookies. "Cookies" are small computer files that we transfer to your computer's hard drive that allow us to know how often you visit our site and the activities you conduct while on our site (such as the chat rooms you visited). This information helps us generate advertising and content on web pages and allows us to statistically monitor how many people are using our site and for what purpose. Sponsors and advertisers may also use cookies when you select their advertisement; we are unable to control their use of cookies or how they manage the information they gather.

Disclosure of Your Personal Information

Except as set forth in this section, Cornwall Psychotherapy will never disclose to unaffiliated companies any information it gathers from you that could be used to identify or contact you ("Personal Information"). Any Personal Information provided to entities affiliated with Cornwall Psychotherapy will be treated in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Statement, unless you are otherwise notified.
Cornwall Psychotherapy will never intentionally disclose any Personal Information about you as an individual. We will never give your name, address, telephone number, credit card number, or e-mail address to any third party without your permission.

In certain circumstances we may be required to release Personal Information to third parties, such as to comply with a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order, or in special cases, such as a physical threat to you or to others.

Cornwall Psychotherapy may provide general information about the use of the website that does not allow you to be identified to or contacted by third parties. For example, we might inform third parties regarding the number of users of our site and the activities they conduct while on our site.

Please note that you are responsible for taking all reasonable steps to ensure that no unauthorised person shall have access to your password or other information you consider confidential. It is your sole responsibility to control the dissemination and use of activation codes and passwords, to authorise, monitor, and control access to and use of your password, and to promptly inform Cornwall Psychotherapy of any need to deactivate a password.

Disclosure of Non-Personal Information

We collect non-personal information through cookie technology. This non-personal information may include the web browser you use, the type of computer, the Internet service provider, and other similar information. Our system also automatically gathers information about the areas you visit on our website and about the links you select from within Cornwall Psychotherapy. We use this information to understand how visitors to Cornwall Psychotherapy react to the services and resources on our site. This enables us to understand which areas of Cornwall Psychotherapy appeal to our users and which areas need improvement.

We may share this collective statistical information with our partners, suppliers, and other third parties, but we will not share any Personal Information with them. Advertisers on the site may display ads that can collect information about Cornwall Psychotherapy users, but we will not permit advertisers to collect any personal information from our users within our site.

Internal Safeguards

Cornwall Psychotherapy wants your personal information to remain as secure as reasonably possible. That is why we have a system that combines technical safeguards and a code of conduct for those employees who are permitted to access our customer's personal information. Cornwall Psychotherapy uses SSL secure pages, password protection and offensive language validations to help ensure the integrity and privacy of the Personal Information you provide to us via the Internet. Only authorised Cornwall Psychotherapy employees and/or independent contractors are permitted to access your personal information. All Cornwall Psychotherapy employees must abide by our Privacy Statement and those who violate our Privacy Statement are subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination.

Your Privacy Choices

When you complete your registration, you will be given the option of receiving informational and/or promotional emails from Cornwall Psychotherapy. You may elect not to receive these emails when you provide the information or by changing your preferences within your Member Profile at any time.
This privacy statement applies only to the Cornwall Psychotherapy web site. The Cornwall Psychotherapy site does contain links to other sites. Please be aware that Cornwall Psychotherapy is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personal information from you.

Contacting Cornwall Psychotherapy

You can always Contact Us in order to delete your Personal Information from our systems, update the Personal Information that you have provided to us, or change your preferences with respect to marketing contacts, by emailing us. Cornwall Psychotherapy may change this Privacy Statement at any time by posting revisions to our site. Your use of the site constitutes acceptance of the provisions of this Privacy Statement and your continued usage after such changes are posted constitutes acceptance of each revised Privacy Statement.

If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Statement or a revised statement, please exit the site immediately. Continued use of this website indicates your agreement with the terms of this Privacy Statement.

Cornwall Psychotherapy and the Cornwall Psychotherapy Practice are owned by Cornwall Psychotherapy Ltd.

Director Mike Watson

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