Terms of Business
Sessions
General therapy sessions are scheduled to last 50 minutes
Smoking cessation tends to last between 90 minutes and 2 hours
Current prices are £70 per session
Any changes to pricing will be notified in advance to any change in fees
All scheduled sessions will be honoured at the price at time of booking
Hypnotherapy is not miraculous, it is proven to be highly effective but results may vary
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Payment and Cancellation Policy
Full Payment is due prior to the session which will secure your appointment date and time
Any rescheduling requires 24 hour notice in order to qualify for a full refund
If you are late then in order to honour other commitments, the session will still end at the scheduled time
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Confidentiality
Please take your time in reading the Privacy Notice
Our sessions will remain entirely confidential unless in rare circumstances where it might be necessary to contact your GP prior to our sessions but this would only take place with your informed written consent
If it was felt that you may be in danger of harming yourself or those around you then the relevant authorities may be contacted for your express safeguarding; even if you did not consent
If the police were to issue a warrant or a court order then information will be shared as compelled by law
During supervision anonymous information may be shared for peer review, this forms part of Continuous Professional Develepment (CPD) in order to assure that sessions are of the highest standard. Your case would be unidentifiable
Privacy Notice
How will my data be stored?
Together Hypnotherapy complies with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and is a member of the ICO (reference number: ZB578084). All data is held securely and password protected
How long will you hold my information for?
I will hold your data for 6 years after our last interaction unless you request for it to be deleted sooner
What if I would like my data to be destroyed before this date?
You can request your data to be destroyed at any time under your GDPR right to be forgotten
Am I able to see or get a copy of the information held by you?
Yes of course, I will have 14 days to acknowledge the request and 30 further days to supply it
What are your reasons for collecting this information?
I will take notes of the things which you discuss and also what information I give on neuroscience, this is to increase the efficiency of my service and to aid with my learning. I never write down any opinion or judgment of the sessions nor anything discussed
How do I know that you will store my information securely?
Any identifiable personal written information will be transferred to a secure laptop and password protected and then destroyed or kept in a lockable file
Are our discussions within the hypnotherapy sessions confidential?
Yes, unless I feel the need to discuss with my supervisor, in which case I will try to maintain your anonymity. Alternatively, I will take consent to contact your GP if I think you are at risk of harming yourself or others
What if I see you outside of a hypnotherapy session?
I will be guided by you. Some people would prefer not to acknowledge a therapist in public and this is entirely understandable and I will take no offense. Alternatively, if you wish to say hello then I’m more than happy to engage should we meet outside of therapy
Will you discuss information about me with other health and social care professionals?
Only with your written consent
Who is the Data Controller and what is their ICO registration number?
I am the Data Controller, ICO registration number ZB578084