Social Media Policy

Friending

To respect your privacy and confidentiality, I do not accept friend requests on my personal social media accounts from current or former clients. The practice of adding clients as friends or contacts on these sites can compromise your confidentiality and may impact the boundaries of the therapeutic relationship. If you need to contact me between sessions, please use email or phone.

Interacting

Please do not use messaging on social networking sites, such as Facebook or LinkedIn, to contact me. These sites are not secure, and I cannot guarantee that messages will be read. Do not engage with me in comments on posts, as doing so can compromise your privacy. The best way to interact with me is by email or phone.

Email

I prefer using email to arrange or modify appointments only. My email platform uses encryption.

Text

I do not use text messages to communicate with clients. If you need to reach me between sessions, please do so via phone or email.

Website

I have a professional website that is accessible to clients. It displays information about my practice, including fees, services, and information about who I am as a therapist and in what areas of therapy I specialize. You are welcome to access and review the information included on my website. If you have any questions, please reach out to me via email or phone. You can also use the contact form on the Contact Page of my website.

Location-Based Services

If you use location-based services on your mobile phone, you may wish to turn these settings off. While Kristin McDonald, PhD - Illuminate Psychological Services DFW is not listed as a check-in location on any site, if you have GPS tracking enabled on your device, others may conclude you are a therapy client based on your shared location.

Thank you for taking time to review the Kristin McDonald, PhD- Illuminate Psychological Services DFW Social Media Policy. If you have questions or concerns about any of the procedures or policies, please reach out to me at kmcdonald@illuminatepsychdfw.com so that we can discuss further.