Group Program Consent
Informed Consent for Group Wellness Programs
This consent explains participation in educational group coaching, workshops, classes, and facilitated wellness programs.
Nature and Scope
- Services are emotional wellness coaching, education, guidance, and skills support—not psychotherapy, medical care, psychiatric treatment, diagnosis, or emergency services.
- The service does not replace care from a licensed medical or mental-health professional.
- Mary may recommend appropriate outside professional support when a need falls beyond her stated scope.
Participation and Responsibilities
- You agree to participate respectfully and not disrupt, harass, record, or identify other participants.
- You choose what personal information to share and should avoid disclosing information you do not want other participants to hear.
- Mary may remove a participant whose conduct threatens safety, privacy, or the purpose of the group.
Privacy and Its Limits
Mary asks every participant to respect group privacy, but she cannot guarantee that other participants will keep information confidential after a group session.
Information may be disclosed when permission is provided, when required by law or valid legal process, or when action is reasonably necessary to address an immediate safety concern. Do not submit sensitive wellness details through ordinary email, text messages, or public website fields.
Crisis and Safety
Mary’s services are not crisis or emergency services. Call 911 for immediate danger or call or text 988 for a mental-health crisis. Do not wait for a website, email, text, appointment, or coaching response.
Acknowledgment
By continuing in the secure client-start journey and providing your electronic signature, you confirm that you had the opportunity to review this category-specific consent, understand the nature and limits of the service, may ask questions before participating, and voluntarily agree to proceed.
This consent works together with the applicable service agreement, Scope of Practice, Privacy Policy, cancellation/payment terms, and—when Zoom is selected—the Telehealth Consent.