Important Notice: Our emotional healing guidance services are NOT counselling, therapy, or clinical mental health treatment. We provide educational guidance, workshops, and support based on ancient wisdom and practical approaches to emotional wellbeing. For clinical mental health needs, please consult qualified healthcare professionals.
Our Commitment to Your Privacy
While we are not bound by professional therapy regulations, we maintain strict ethical standards regarding confidentiality. Your personal information and anything shared during our guidance sessions, workshops, or programmes is treated with the utmost respect and privacy. However, there are important legal limits to this confidentiality that you should understand.
Mandatory Legal Disclosures
Under UK law, ALL professionals and service providers must report certain information to authorities, even without your consent:
- Terrorism: Any information related to acts of terrorism must be reported to authorities. We cannot inform you if such a disclosure is being made.
- Money laundering and drug trafficking: Information about money laundering or drug trafficking must be reported to appropriate authorities.
- Court orders: If a judge issues a legal order requiring disclosure of information, we must comply with the law.
Discretionary Disclosure for Serious Harm
While our guidance services focus on emotional healing and personal growth, situations may arise where we have ethical and legal obligations to act to prevent serious harm:
Situations Requiring Consideration:
- Future harm: If someone shares plans to seriously harm themselves or others, we may need to contact appropriate services
- Child protection: We have safeguarding responsibilities regarding children and must report concerns about child abuse or neglect
- Vulnerable adult protection: Similar responsibilities apply to vulnerable adults who may be experiencing abuse
- Historical disclosures: Past situations that don’t present current risk typically remain confidential, though we would encourage individuals to seek appropriate support
Our Process for Managing Serious Disclosures
If a situation arises requiring us to consider breaking confidentiality:
- Open dialogue: Where possible, we’ll discuss our concerns with you first and explore options together
- Professional consultation: We maintain relationships with qualified professionals for guidance when needed
- Minimal disclosure: If action is required, we share only essential information needed to address the risk
- Documentation: We maintain clear records of our decision-making process
- Appropriate referrals: We’ll help connect you with qualified professionals when clinical support is needed
Working with Authorities
- Information requests: We do not voluntarily share participant information with police or other authorities
- Legal requirements: We only disclose information when legally required to do so
- Your rights: We’ll inform you of any disclosure unless legally prohibited from doing so
Setting Clear Expectations
- We provide guidance and education, not clinical therapy
- There are differences between our services and professional counselling
- Understand that there may be occasions when we might need to involve other services
- We will provide information about appropriate professional support if needed
Creating Safe Spaces
Our workshops and guidance sessions maintain:
- Group agreements: Clear guidelines for respecting others’ privacy in group settings
- Safe containers: Structured approaches that support emotional exploration while maintaining appropriate boundaries
- Professional boundaries: Clear distinction between guidance support and clinical intervention
- Referral networks: Connections to qualified therapists and healthcare providers when clinical support is needed
Your Wellbeing is Our Priority
While we cannot provide therapy or clinical treatment, we are committed to:
- Supporting your emotional healing journey through education and guidance
- Maintaining professional boundaries that keep everyone safe
- Connecting you with appropriate clinical resources when needed
- Creating environments where transformation can occur safely
- Respecting your autonomy while fulfilling our legal obligations
Remember: These protocols exist to protect everyone involved. Most participants never encounter situations requiring disclosure. Our focus remains on providing transformative guidance through ancient wisdom and practical approaches to emotional healing.
If you have questions about these protocols or need clarification about our services versus clinical therapy, please ask during your initial consultation. We’re here to support your journey in the most appropriate and effective way possible.