Privacy Policy

At Facing Life Psychotherapy, I am dedicated to safeguarding your personal privacy. This document outlines how I handle and protect your sensitive data in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

1. Data Controller

The data controller for Facing Life Psychotherapy is Hassanah Speight. You can contact me regarding your data privacy via: Email: Hassanah@facinglife.co.uk Phone: 07480 066580

2. Information Collected

I might gather and store these specific types of personal data:

Core identity: Name, Address, Birth Date. Contact info: Phone, Email address. Healthcare and emergency contacts: GP details and emergency contact information, Clinical records: Session notes and assessment summaries recorded during therapy.

3. Purposes & Legal Basis

I use your data to deliver psychotherapy, keep accurate records, coordinate sessions and billing, and meet my professional duties. The legal grounds for processing this information within my therapy practice include:

Therapeutic Contract: To uphold our formal working agreement.Legitimate Interests: To oversee my clinical work safely.Health Care: Providing health or social care services (per GDPR Article 9).

4. Confidentiality & Sharing Information

Information shared in therapy is treated as confidential and will not ordinarily be shared with third parties.

There are, however, some circumstances in which information may be shared:

where you have given your explicit consent;
where there is a serious risk of harm to yourself or another person;
where I am legally required to disclose information;
where aspects aspects of my clinical work may be discussed within confidential professional clinical supervision, in accordance with professional ethical requirements of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Wherever possible and appropriate, I will seek to discuss any disclosure with you first.

5. Storage & Retention

Client records are stored securely using encrypted digital systems and are accessible only to me. Following professional insurance and ethical guidelines, I keep your data for seven years after our final meeting. After this time, your information is permanently and safely deleted.

6. Your Rights

Under the UK GDPR, you possess several distinct rights regarding your data, such as to:

Review your data.
Update incorrect facts.
Ask for limited data use in specific cases.
Contact the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) with concerns.
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