Privacy Policy

What this site collects

If you fill in the contact form, you send your name, email address, an optional phone number, and whatever you choose to write in the message field. Nothing else is required to reach me.

Please do not include detailed health information in the form. A first message only needs enough for me to call or write back.

How it is used

Your message is used solely to answer you and to arrange a consultation. It is never sold, rented, or shared for marketing.

Where it goes

The form submission is delivered to me through a private server function and a secure messaging channel. It is not stored in a public database and the website itself keeps no copy.

Enquiries that do not lead to therapy are deleted once the conversation has ended.

Cookies and analytics

This site uses Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics to count visits and see which pages are read. These tools set cookies and record an approximate location and device type. They do not identify you by name and are not linked to anything you write in the form. You can block them with your browser settings or an ad blocker.

Clinical records

Once therapy begins, clinical records are kept separately from this website, under the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) and the standards of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. Confidentiality and its legal limits are explained in full before the first session.

Your rights

You may ask what information about you is held, ask for a correction, or ask for it to be deleted. Write or call and it will be handled promptly.

Contact

Maria Bayman, Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO #17287) - Preston Street, Ottawa, Ontario · +1 (343) 501-2308.