About the Service

As a Psychotherapist I use many different 'tools' or techniques, as required, at any given time. Some of them were mentioned in previous chapters and are part of the different styles or schools of Psychotherapy.

Here is a list of the services offered:

• Counselling and Psychotherapy for Adolescents and Adults*
  

• Psychotherapeutic Bodywork* / Biodynamic Massage

• Introduction to Mindfulness and Meditation*

• Trauma Specific Psychotherapy*

• Integrated Psycho-education*

• Clinical Supervision*

• Eye Movement Desensitisation And Reprocessing (EMDR)*

*Now also available online via Zoom.

Terms and conditions of the counselling service

As an accredited member of the IAHIP I am working to the highest professional standards, guided by the Code of Ethics of the IAHIP. 

Confidentiality

Confidentiality is the cornerstone of all Psychotherapeutic services. It provides the safety for the client to be able to speak freely and a necessity to build trust. There are a few circumstances in which confidentiality is limited by law: where there are child protection concerns, when the client or those around him/her are at physical risk, when there is criminal activity involved or when written permission has been given by the client.  If this should be the case or may arise during the course of therapy your therapist will explain and discuss with you any further action.

Supervision

It is common practice and a requirement by the Code of Ethics for all Counsellors and Psychotherapists to attend supervision at regular intervals. Its purpose is to support the Therapist in his/her work. At no time will s/he give details about the client that might identify the client to the Supervisor.

Any request for confidential client information cannot be made available without the expressed approval of the client.

Appointments / Cancellations

• A minimum of 24-hour are required for cancellations and should be made via a voice call.
• For all other forms of cancellations (voice mail, SMS or email) 36 hours should be allowed.
• Cancelled sessions within the 24-hour period or not attended sessions must be paid for in full.
• If technical issues arise for the client during a phone or online session and the session becomes non-viable, it can be rescheduled free of charge for the first occurance (total service period).
• Any costs arising from remote meetings (online sessions or phone) are fully the responsibility of the client.
  

Session Duration: approximately 50 minutes for one-to-one sessions and for phone or online sessions (Zoom)

Fee:  € 70 payable after each session (concession may apply)
    a concession of €10 applies for weekly sessions booked for a month,

    or as by arrangement.

(Telephone and / or internet charges that apply, are the responsibility of the client)

Markus Hohmann / markushohmann.ie

Privacy and Data Protection Policy

Compliant with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

(Updated 30/03/2020)

Your privacy is of utmost importance to me and all relevant protection is applied. Any data collected, both personal and sensitive, are solely for the purpose of providing the therapeutic services as provided or offered, or in case of an emergency. If notes (sensitive data) are kept temporarily, it is for the purpose of therapeutic review only and will be destroyed thereafter.

All data will only be retained for as long as necessary and if relevant and appropriate for a maximum of up to 7 years after closure of the service / agreement.

What I do

I offer private and confidential services that may include:

·         Counselling and Psychotherapy for Adolescents and Adults (now also remotely)

·         Psychotherapeutic Bodywork / Biodynamic Massage

·         Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

·         Introduction to Mindfulness and Meditation

·         Trauma Specific Psychotherapy

·         Integrated Psycho-education

·         Supervision

·         Heart-Rate-Variability (HRV) Testing

·         Heart-Brain-Coherence Biofeedback training

Privacy and Confidentiality in phone or online sessions (via Zoom, WhatsApp, Skype or FaceTime) as well as the associated costs  are the responsibility of the client for their side of the meeting.

Information we collect

You may choose to give us information about you by filling in forms on our site such as the Contact Us Form or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise, or by filling out a personal details - form.  We only asks you to disclose as much information as is necessary to provide you with the requested services, information requested by you or to submit a question/suggestion/comment in relation to our website or services. We may also collect details of your visits to our site (including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data), and the resources that you access. When you access our website, your computer’s browser provides us with information such as your IP address, browser type, access time and referring URL which is collected and used to compile statistical data on the use of our website. This information may be used to help us to improve our site and the services we offer.

How your information is used

Where you submit your personal information to us, it will only be used for the stated purpose and any reasonably incidental purposes. Such information will only be used by us for the purposes for which it was provided by you and any reasonably incidental purposes including providing you with the information that you request from us; marketing and administration purposes; for analyses purposes including ensuring that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer. We confirm not to sell or rent to any third party whatsoever any personally identifiable information about you.

Your rights

You should ensure that the information we collect and hold in relation to you is accurate and kept up to date. If you would like to review the information we have collected on you at any time, please see contact below. You also have the right to have the information erased if we do not have a legitimate reason for retaining same. We will accede to any such valid requests within 40 calendar days of the receipt of a valid request in writing. You have the right to be given a copy of information held by us about you. We will provide the requested information to you within 40 calendar days of the receipt of a valid request in writing. We might request you to provide additional information to enable us to identify your personal data and/or to verify your identity.

Security

We endeavour to use industry standard security measures to protect your information and to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of any information in our control. However, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and we cannot guarantee that all your private communications and other personally identifiable information will never be disclosed. However, we will use our reasonable endeavors to ensure that such information is kept as secure as possible.

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Third party sites

Our website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers, event organisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

General

Delay or failure on our part in enforcing any of our rights shall not constitute a waiver by us of our rights and remedies. If any part of this Privacy Statement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the validity or enforceability of the remainder will not be affected.

Amendments of this privacy statement

This Privacy Statement may change from time to time, and any changes to this Policy will be posted on the website and will be effective when posted. As your use of my website is subject to your acceptance of this Privacy Statement, and any amendments thereto, please review the Privacy Statement each time you use this website.

Contact us

Your privacy is important to us. If you have any comments or questions regarding this Statement please contact us on: markushohmann.ie/contact .

Thank you for taking the time to read this Privacy statement.