Friending:

To respect your privacy and confidentiality, I do not accept friend requests on my personal social media accounts from current or former clients. The practice of adding clients as friends or contacts on these sites can compromise your confidentiality and may impact the boundaries of the therapeutic relationship. If you need to contact me between sessions, please use email or phone.

Interacting:

Please do not use messaging on social networking sites, such as X/Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn to contact me. These sites are not secure and I cannot guarantee that messages will be read in a timely fashion. Do not engage with me in the comments of posts, as doing so can compromise your privacy. If you do engage in an exchange over social media, it will need to be documented and archived in your client records. The best way to interact with me is by email or phone.

I do not “google” my clients or look up information on them for any reason. If I do come across your information online, I will avoid reading content.

Email:

I prefer using email to arrange or modify appointments only. Please do not email me information related to your therapy sessions, as email is not completely secure or confidential. If you need to send me private information in between your sessions, please do so using the Electronic Health Record (EHR) portal. (If you are a prospective client, you will be connected to this EHR portal upon our first contact.)

Text:

I only use texting for scheduling purposes. Texting is not a secure form of communication. If you need to reach me in between sessions, please do so via phone or email.

Website:

I have a professional website that is accessible to clients. It displays information about my practice, including my fees, services, and information about who I am as a therapist and the areas of therapy in which I specialize. You are welcome to access and review the information included on my website. If you have questions, please reach out to me via phone or email. You can also use the contact form on the Contact Page of my website.

Location-Based Services:

If you use location-based services on your mobile phone, you may wish to turn these settings off. While Allison Meins Psychology, Inc. is not listed as a check-in location on Google, Facebook, Foursquare, or other sites, if you have GPS tracking enabled on your device, others may conclude you are a therapy client based on your shared location.

Thank you for taking the time to review the Allison Meins Psychology, Inc. Social Media Policy. If you have any questions or concerns about any of the procedures or policies, please reach out to me so that we can discuss further.