Confidentiality

Because of my commitment to confidentiality, it is important to note a few things about sending electronic communications to me or any other psychotherapist:

• E-mail is not a secure or confidential medium.
• I cannot guarantee that any e-mail that you may send to me will remain confidential.
• E-mail names, including my own, can be copied and used to misrepresent the identity of the sender. This is a very easy thing to do. Do not assume that any unsolicited e-mail you receive from me is authentic unless we have previously had contact or correspondence.

To reduce risk to clients, to avoid a breach of security and confidentiality, and to assure compliance with health care ethical and legal standards, I will not contact you via email unless we have had previous contact or correspondence nor will I ever send you an email with an attachment.