This Professional Disclosure Statement is designed to inform you about my background and my practice of therapy in order to ensure that you understand the professional, therapeutic relationship.
I completed my Bachelors degree in Psychology from Appalachian State University. I received my Masters of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy, which includes all the education of a Professional Counseling degree as well, from Richmont Graduate University in Atlanta, Georgia...
Sessions are typically 50-90 minutes in length. Typically the initial session is 90-minutes in duration. After the initial session, sessions are typically 50-minutes in length. Occasionally I will recommend or we will decide together that a 90-minute session would be beneficial...
I am typically available to schedule counseling sessions Monday through Friday. Three days per week (typically Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) I have evening availability for later counseling sessions (typically 6pm is my last scheduled session). However if your needs fall outside of this availability, please let me know and I will try to accommodate you.
You as the client have a right to confidentiality. There are exceptions to confidentiality when you provide me with written permission in the form of a release of information to disclose identified information to a third party. There are also certain pieces of your information that will need to be shared with your managed care company for reimbursement purposes and that may be...
If at any time you are dissatisfied with my counseling services, please let me know. I will do my best to work with you and resolve your concerns. If I am not able to resolve your concerns, I will provide you with a referral for counseling services requested.
I check my voice mail multiple times per day during the weekdays. I will do my best to return your call within 24 hours. I am not however, able to respond to a mental health or counseling emergency situation. If you experience an emergency, please contact 911 or go to your nearest Emergency Room. You may also call Holly Hill Respond in the Triangle area at 919-250-7000.
If you feel my actions in the counseling session are inappropriate, I request that you bring it to my immediate attention. However, if you do not feel that you can share your concerns with me or that I have not adequately addressed them, you have the right to contact the Board who licenses me at the following address or phone number...
T:919.607.0256 | Whitney@WhitneyJohnsonLPC.com
