Our relationship with you, our Website visitor, is important to us and requires sharing a bit about how to use our Website.  

Here at Cypress Counseling Group, PLLC we are all about how we can thrive in all of our relationships, and so we want to ensure our relationship with you as our Website visitor thrives as well. We want to share our role, our expectations, and what you can expect from us as well.

Please take some time to review these policies. By using our Website you agree to everything that is outlined here.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

Website Terms & Conditions

Important Notice: This website is owned and operated by Carla Babb and Paul Babb. By using this website and/or reading or commenting in this website’s content, emails, social media, and other products accessed or available through this website (collectively “Website”) you are voluntarily agreeing to these Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy, and you are legally agreeing that you have read, understand, and fully consent to the terms below. If you have any questions about any of these Terms & Conditions and Privacy policy, please do not hesitate to contact us Carla.Babb@gmail.com or Pbabblpc@gmail.com before using Cypress Counseling Group’s Website.

You must be eighteen (18) years old and have the legal ability to agree to these Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.  If you are under the age of eighteen (18) or you do not agree to terms below, STOP now and do not proceed. By accessing or using the Cypress Counseling Group’s Website, you implicitly agree to these Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy below.

These Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy require the use of arbitration on an individual basis to resolve disputes, rather than jury trials, and limit the remedies available to you in the event of a dispute. You fully understand and agree that by using our Website that you are waiving certain legal rights and you are voluntarily agreeing to do so.

Terms & Conditions

Our Website is owned and operated by Carla Babb and Paul Babb (also referred to as “we,” or “us”). The term “you” refers to the user of our Website. These Terms and Conditions set forth how you may use our Website and its content, what content you can share with others and what content you can’t disclose, security, intellectual property rights, and other terms of use.

Please read these Terms & Conditions carefully. We reserve the right to change these Terms & Conditions without notice at any time, and by using our Website, you are agreeing to the Terms & Conditions as they appear, whether or not you have read them thoroughly, or even at all. If you do not agree with these terms, please stop now and do not use Cypress Counseling Group’s Website, programs, products, or services.

Your Use and Consent.
By using Cypress Counseling Group’s Website, you are agreeing to act in accordance with these Terns & Conditions, our Privacy Policy, Disclaimer, and any other terms and conditions that may apply to our Website, programs, products and services available through our Website or from us.  The Cypress Counseling Group Website, and all of our programs, products, and services are intended solely for users who are eighteen (18) and older. Any registration by, use of or access to any program, product or service or our Website by anyone under age 18 is unauthorized, unlicensed and in violation of these Terms & Conditions. By accessing our programs, products, or services or our Website, you represent and warrant that you are 18 years or older and that you are able to enter into a contract and agree to abide by all of our Terms & Conditions.

Intellectual Property Rights.
Our Limited License to You. The terms "Cypress Counseling Group” and our Website, programs, products, and services and all the materials available on or though it are the property solely owned by Carla Babb and Paul Babb and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance, and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these Terms & Conditions.

This Website is our property, and you are granted a revocable, non-transferable license for personal, non-commercial use only, limited to you only, unless we have specifically granted you the right to use such property for commercial use. You may not use our Website in a manner that constitutes an infringement of our rights or in a manner that has not been authorized by us.

Any trademarks, taglines, and logos displayed on the Website are trademarks belonging to Cypress Counseling Group and Carla Babb and Paul Babb. Any trademarks reproduced in this Website, which are not the property of, or licensed to Carla Babb or Paul Babb, are acknowledged on this Website. Any use including framing, meta tags or other text utilizing these trademarks, or other trademarks displayed, is strictly prohibited without our express written consent. For those trademarks, taglines, and logos for which you are granted permission to use, the trademark indicia must be included at all times, unless you are given our express permission to remove them.

You understand and acknowledge that this Website has been developed by Carla Babb and Paul Babb through the investment of significant time, effort and expense, and that this Website is a valuable special and unique asset of ours which need be protected from improper and unauthorized use. We clearly state that you may not use this website in a manner that constitutes an infringement of our rights or that has not been authorized by us.

When you use this Website, you agree that:

·       You will not copy, duplicate or steal images, graphics, text, videos, audios, or any other information shared on or through this Website. You understand that doing anything with our Website that is contrary to these Terms and Conditions is considered theft, and we reserve our right to prosecute theft to the full extent of the law.

·       You are permitted to download and/or print copies of individual pages of the Website or its content, for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that you give us full attribution and credit by name, keep intact all copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices and, if used electronically, you must include the link back to the Website page from which the content was obtained.

·       You may not in any way at any time use, copy, adapt, imply or represent that our Website is yours or created by you. By downloading, printing, or otherwise using our Website for personal use you in no way assume any ownership rights of the content—it is still our property.

·       You may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, translate sell, market, create derivative works, exploit, or distribute in any manner or medium (including by email, website, link or any other electronic means) information provided on or through the Website without our express permission because that is considered stealing our work.

We are granting you a limited license to enjoy our Website and its Content for your own personal use, not for your own business/commercial use or in any way that earns you money, unless we give you written permission that you may do so. All rights not expressly granted in these terms or any express written license, are reserved by us.

Links to External Website or Use of Social Media. From time to time the Cypress Counseling Group Website may also include links to other websites or to social media sites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information and to allow you to visit other website(s) of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our website, you should note that we do not have any control over their website or social media sites. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such sites or social media.

You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement of the website or social media sites you are visiting or using. Use of external links to other sites or social media do not signify that we endorse them. Carla Babb and Paul Babb bear no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s) or social media websites.

Your Conduct.
You must not use our Website in any way that causes or is likely to cause access to it to be interrupted, damaged or impaired in any way and you must use it for lawful purposes only. You understand that you are solely responsible for all electronic communications and content sent from your computer to Carla Babb and Paul Babb by you. You may not use our website or any aspect related to it, in any of the following ways:

·       To conduct activity with fraudulent purposes or in connection with a criminal offense or to otherwise carry out any unlawful activity

·       To send, use ore re-use any material that is illegal, offensive, abusive, indecent, harmful, defamatory, obscene or menacing, abusive, threatening, objectionable, invasive of privacy, in breach of confidence, infringing of any intellectual property rights, or is otherwise injurious to third parties, or which consists of or contains software viruses or any other harmful or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware, commercial solicitation, chain letter mass mailings or any spam.

·       To cause annoyance, inconvenience, or needless anxiety to anyone or anything

·       To impersonate any third party or otherwise mislead as the origin of your content

You specifically acknowledge and agree that Carla Babb and Paul Babb are not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any other Website participant or user.

No Therapist-Client Relationship and No Mental Health Diagnosis or Treatment.

By using this Website or any programs, products, or services obtained thereby, you acknowledge that Carla Babb or Paul Babb are not your therapist and that no formal therapist-client relationship has been created with you unless we have entered into a separate signed contract or Informed Consent for Psychotherapy Services, the terms of which supersede these Terms & Conditions. The information provided through this Website is informational and educational, it is not mental health diagnosis, treatment, or advice, and it is not intended to be a substitute for mental health diagnosis, treatment, or advise that can be provided by your own personal mental health therapist or medical provider.  

Carla Babb and Paul Babb are both Licensed Professional Counselors with Mental Health Service Provider designation in the state of Tennessee. If you are outside the state of Tennessee and require mental health services, seek out a mental health provider in your state.

Disclaimer.
Carla Babb and Paul Babb are not responsible for your personal action or choices before, during or after use of our Website. Notwithstanding any limitations by lay, your misuse or non-use of this information is at your own risk and you absolve Carla Babb or Paul Babb of any liability or loss that you, your business, or your family, children or heirs (if applicable) or any other person may incur. Additionally, notwithstanding the limitations of law, you acknowledge that you are using your own due diligence and assessment of risk when it comes to making your own personal, business, and mental health decisions and making those decisions with the full awareness that there may be risk involved.

You acknowledge that Carla Babb and Paul Babb have not and do not make any representations as to your satisfaction in relationships, quality of life, spirituality, and mental health improvements as a result of your use of our Website.

Every effort has been made to present you with the most accurate, up-to-date information with attention and care. However, because mental health science and theory is constantly evolving Carla Babb and Paul Babb cannot guarantee the accuracy of our content of our Website or that any or all related information is completely current or applies to you specifically. 

Confidentiality and Security.
To use our Website, we may seek personal data or information including your name, email address, phone number, presenting problems or other personally-identifying information (“Confidential Information”).

By providing such Confidential Information or Other Information through our email portal, you grant us permission to use and store such information. We, in turn, will use our best efforts to keep your Confidential Information safe, secure and confidential and in accordance with these Terms & Conditions and our full Privacy Policy which may be found on our Website. Carla Babb and Paul Babb have reasonable security measures in place to prevent the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information that is obtained from you, but we make no assurances about our ability to prevent any such loss, misuse, to you or to any third party arising out of any such loss, misuse, or alteration. However, due to the nature of the Internet, we cannot completely ensure or warrant the security of any information transmitted to us or through our Website and therefore it is done at your own risk. If you believe that any of your Confidential Information is incorrect or incomplete, please contact us as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any Confidential Information found to be incorrect.

You agree, however, that whenever you make your Confidential Information or Other Information available for viewing by others such as through our Website, the Confidential Information or Other Information that you share can also be seen, collected and used by others, and therefore we cannot be responsible for any unauthorized use by others of such Confidential Information or Other Information that you voluntarily share online or in any other manner.

By agreeing to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, and Disclaimer you are agreeing to a modification of the statute of limitation such that any arbitration must be commenced within one (1) year of the date of the act, omission, or other conduct complained of as a submitted by you in email, or shall otherwise be forfeited forever. You also agree that should arbitration take place, it will be held in Brentwood, Tennessee and the prevailing party shall be entitled to all reasonable attorney’s fees and costs necessary to enforce the Agreement. These Terms & Conditions and Privacy policy shall be construed according to the laws of the State of Tennessee.

If these Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy, or any part therein is construed to be invalid or unenforceable, it shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of the Terms & Conditions and Privacy policy which shall be given full force and effect.

If you have any questions about any of these Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy, please contact Carla Babb or Paul Babb at Carla.babb@gmail.com or Pbabblpc@gmail.com 

Thank you.

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