Your rights and privacy

How I look after what you share with me, and what you can do if something isn’t right.

Confidentiality

What we talk about in sessions is confidential. I would share information without your agreement only where the law requires or allows it, for example:

• if there is a serious risk of harm to you or to someone else
• if I believe a child or young person is being harmed or is at risk
• if a court orders me to release information.

Where possible, I would talk with you about it first.

Like all registered psychotherapists, I take part in regular clinical supervision. When I discuss my work there, I don’t identify you.

Your rights

As a registered health practitioner, my work is covered by the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights. It includes your right to be treated with respect, to clear information, including about costs, and to make a complaint.

If something isn’t right, please tell me, so that we can try to put it right together. You can also raise a concern with:

• the Health and Disability Advocacy Service, which offers free, independent support
• the Health and Disability Commissioner
• the Psychotherapists Board of Aotearoa New Zealand, or the Social Workers Registration Board.

Your information

Personal and health information you give me is kept securely and handled in line with the Privacy Act 2020 and the Health Information Privacy Code 2020. You can ask to see the information I hold about you, and ask for it to be corrected.

Email is convenient but not fully private. For anything personal, Signal is more secure, because its messages are end-to-end encrypted.

This website

This site sets no cookies, uses no analytics or tracking, and loads nothing from other companies; even its fonts are stored here. It is hosted by Fastmail, which keeps a record of visit times and browser types for two weeks.

My use of AI

I sometimes use AI tools to help with tasks such as drafting documents, preparing worksheets, and developing my clinical thinking. Two commitments are part of this approach.

First, I never enter your name, or anything that could identify you, into any AI tool. This is a consistent approach with no exceptions, as this would not be appropriate.

Second, the tools I use are chosen for strong privacy protections: they do not train on, share, or sell what I enter. Typically I use Proton Lumo, an encrypted AI tool.

Documents you receive from me may have had AI assistance in their preparation, to varying degrees, but everything is written, reviewed, and owned by me, and responsibility for it is mine. If you have questions about any of this, I welcome the conversation.

Checking my registration

Both registers are public, so you can check my registration at any time.

Register	Number	Check
Psychotherapists Board of Aotearoa New Zealand	550448	Search the register
Social Workers Registration Board	7686	Search the register

Last updated October 2026.