Privacy Policy
Effective Date: July 15, 2026
Last Updated: July 15, 2026
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly.
This Website Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit www.strengthinsight.net, submit a contact form, schedule a consultation, or otherwise interact with this website. It also explains how that information may be used, shared, retained, and protected.
This policy applies to information collected through this public-facing website and the services connected to it. It does not replace the Notice of Privacy Practices, informed consent documents, or other privacy information provided to established clients of StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC.
You may voluntarily provide personal information when you:
Depending on how you contact the practice, the information you provide may include:
Please provide only the information reasonably necessary for StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC to respond to your inquiry or arrange a consultation.
- Submit a contact form
- Ask a question about services
- Request information about availability, fees, or insurance
- Schedule a consultation
- Respond to a communication from StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC
- Otherwise communicate with the practice in connection with a website inquiry
Depending on how you contact the practice, the information you provide may include:
- Your name
- Email address
- Telephone number
- State of residence or physical location
- Preferred language
- Preferred method of contact
- Requested consultation date and time
- Time zone
- Information included in your message
- Other information you voluntarily provide
Please provide only the information reasonably necessary for StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC to respond to your inquiry or arrange a consultation.
1. Information You May Provide
Visitors may contact StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC through a contact form provided by Paubox.
The contact form allows you to provide an email address, a telephone number, or both. You must provide at least one method of contact so that StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC can respond to your inquiry.
When you provide an email address, StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC will generally respond by email first.
When you do not provide an email address, StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC may contact you by telephone using the number you submitted.
If you provide both an email address and a telephone number, the practice may use either method when reasonably necessary to respond to or follow up on your inquiry.
By submitting the contact form, you authorize StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC to contact you using the email address or telephone number you provide for purposes related to your inquiry. These purposes may include:
The contact form is provided through Paubox Forms, a service designed to support HIPAA-compliant collection and transmission of information when appropriately configured and used.
Please do not provide more clinical, personal, or health-related information than is reasonably necessary for the practice to respond to your inquiry.
The contact form is not monitored continuously and must not be used for emergencies, urgent mental health concerns, or time-sensitive clinical communication.
The contact form allows you to provide an email address, a telephone number, or both. You must provide at least one method of contact so that StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC can respond to your inquiry.
When you provide an email address, StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC will generally respond by email first.
When you do not provide an email address, StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC may contact you by telephone using the number you submitted.
If you provide both an email address and a telephone number, the practice may use either method when reasonably necessary to respond to or follow up on your inquiry.
By submitting the contact form, you authorize StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC to contact you using the email address or telephone number you provide for purposes related to your inquiry. These purposes may include:
- Responding to your message
- Providing information about psychotherapy services
- Providing information about fees, insurance, availability, or scheduling
- Determining whether the services offered may be appropriate for your needs
- Arranging or discussing a consultation
- Following up regarding your request
The contact form is provided through Paubox Forms, a service designed to support HIPAA-compliant collection and transmission of information when appropriately configured and used.
Please do not provide more clinical, personal, or health-related information than is reasonably necessary for the practice to respond to your inquiry.
The contact form is not monitored continuously and must not be used for emergencies, urgent mental health concerns, or time-sensitive clinical communication.
2. Paubox Contact Form
Visitors may schedule a consultation through a Google Calendar appointment-scheduling link provided on the website.
The scheduling page may collect information such as:
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC uses Google Calendar through its Google Workspace account. Google Calendar is used as a covered service under the applicable Google Workspace Business Associate Addendum and the practice’s privacy and security procedures.
Information submitted through the scheduling page may be used to:
Please do not include diagnoses, detailed descriptions of symptoms, trauma history, treatment records, medication information, or other highly sensitive clinical information in an appointment title, scheduling response, or free-text scheduling field.
Scheduling a consultation does not establish a therapist-client relationship and does not guarantee that StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC will offer or be able to provide services.
The scheduling page may collect information such as:
- Your name
- Email address
- Telephone number, if requested
- Selected consultation date and time
- Time zone
- State or jurisdiction in which you are located
- Responses to limited scheduling or service-eligibility questions
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC uses Google Calendar through its Google Workspace account. Google Calendar is used as a covered service under the applicable Google Workspace Business Associate Addendum and the practice’s privacy and security procedures.
Information submitted through the scheduling page may be used to:
- Reserve and manage your consultation
- Send appointment confirmations or reminders
- Communicate about cancellations or scheduling changes
- Contact you regarding the consultation
- Determine whether you are located in a jurisdiction where services may be provided
- Determine whether the practice may be an appropriate fit for your needs
Please do not include diagnoses, detailed descriptions of symptoms, trauma history, treatment records, medication information, or other highly sensitive clinical information in an appointment title, scheduling response, or free-text scheduling field.
Scheduling a consultation does not establish a therapist-client relationship and does not guarantee that StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC will offer or be able to provide services.
3. Google Calendar Consultation Scheduling
When you voluntarily provide an email address or telephone number, you authorize StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC to use that contact information to respond to your inquiry or manage your consultation request.
When an email address is available, the practice will generally use email as the initial method of response. When no email address is provided, the practice may respond by telephone.
Email and telephone communications may present privacy risks, particularly when another person has access to your email account, telephone, voicemail, device, lock-screen notifications, or shared telephone plan.
You are responsible for providing contact information that is accurate and reasonably private.
You may request that the practice use a particular contact method. Although the practice will make reasonable efforts to respect your request, it may not always be possible to accommodate every communication preference.
Email, voicemail, and telephone communication should not be used to provide extensive clinical information or request emergency assistance.
When an email address is available, the practice will generally use email as the initial method of response. When no email address is provided, the practice may respond by telephone.
Email and telephone communications may present privacy risks, particularly when another person has access to your email account, telephone, voicemail, device, lock-screen notifications, or shared telephone plan.
You are responsible for providing contact information that is accurate and reasonably private.
You may request that the practice use a particular contact method. Although the practice will make reasonable efforts to respect your request, it may not always be possible to accommodate every communication preference.
Email, voicemail, and telephone communication should not be used to provide extensive clinical information or request emergency assistance.
4. Email and Telephone Communication
Submitting a contact form, scheduling a consultation, sending an email, receiving a response, leaving a voicemail, or otherwise communicating through or in connection with this website does not establish a therapist-client relationship with StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC or Vitor Finatto, MA, LPC, LMHC.
A therapist-client relationship is established only after:
Submitting an inquiry or scheduling a consultation does not guarantee:
Do not delay seeking necessary care while waiting for a response to a website inquiry.
A therapist-client relationship is established only after:
- Appropriate screening has occurred
- The practice and the prospective client have agreed to begin services
- Required consent, privacy, and practice documents have been completed
- Any applicable payment or insurance arrangements have been addressed
- Professional services have formally begun
Submitting an inquiry or scheduling a consultation does not guarantee:
- Acceptance as a client
- Availability of services
- Insurance coverage
- Eligibility for services
- A particular appointment time
- Continued communication
- Establishment of a therapist-client relationship
Do not delay seeking necessary care while waiting for a response to a website inquiry.
5. No Therapist-Client Relationship
This website, the Paubox contact form, the Google Calendar scheduling page, email, voicemail, and related telephone communications are not emergency or crisis services.
These communication methods are not monitored continuously and should not be used when immediate assistance is required.
If you are experiencing an emergency, believe you may harm yourself or another person, or require immediate assistance:
Individuals located outside the United States should contact the emergency or crisis services available in their country or region.
These communication methods are not monitored continuously and should not be used when immediate assistance is required.
If you are experiencing an emergency, believe you may harm yourself or another person, or require immediate assistance:
- Call 911 or your local emergency services
- Call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in the United States
- Go to the nearest emergency room
- Contact an appropriate crisis service in your current location
Individuals located outside the United States should contact the emergency or crisis services available in their country or region.
6. Emergencies and Crisis Situations
When you visit this website, limited technical information may be processed automatically by Showit, the website’s infrastructure providers, security services, embedded services, or your browser as necessary to display, operate, maintain, and protect the website.
Depending on the systems involved, this information may include:
This information may be used to:
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC has not separately configured Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, advertising pixels, behavioral advertising tools, or similar marketing-tracking technologies for the website at the time this policy was last updated.
Depending on the systems involved, this information may include:
- Internet Protocol address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Approximate geographic location derived from an Internet Protocol address
- Date and time of access
- Pages requested or viewed
- Referring website or source
- Technical information about website performance
- Information used to detect spam, misuse, or security threats
This information may be used to:
- Display and operate the website
- Maintain website security
- Identify and correct technical problems
- Prevent spam, fraud, or misuse
- Evaluate general website functionality and performance
- Protect the practice, website visitors, and service providers
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC has not separately configured Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, advertising pixels, behavioral advertising tools, or similar marketing-tracking technologies for the website at the time this policy was last updated.
7. Information Collected Automatically
This website may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary or useful for website functionality, security, performance, or embedded services.
Cookies are small data files that may be stored on your browser or device. Cookies or similar technologies may be used to:
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC does not currently use cookies for targeted advertising, cross-site behavioral advertising, or behavioral profiling.
You may be able to block, limit, or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking cookies may prevent certain website features, forms, or embedded services from operating correctly.
If analytics, advertising pixels, conversion tracking, or other nonessential tracking technologies are added in the future, this Website Privacy Policy and any applicable cookie notice will be updated as appropriate.
Cookies are small data files that may be stored on your browser or device. Cookies or similar technologies may be used to:
- Display and operate the website
- Maintain website security
- Support embedded forms or scheduling features
- Remember limited browser or website preferences
- Prevent spam or misuse
- Identify technical problems
- Support services provided through Showit, Paubox, or Google
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC does not currently use cookies for targeted advertising, cross-site behavioral advertising, or behavioral profiling.
You may be able to block, limit, or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking cookies may prevent certain website features, forms, or embedded services from operating correctly.
If analytics, advertising pixels, conversion tracking, or other nonessential tracking technologies are added in the future, this Website Privacy Policy and any applicable cookie notice will be updated as appropriate.
8. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Information collected through or in connection with the website may be used to:
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC does not sell or rent personal information submitted through the contact form or consultation-scheduling page.
Information submitted in connection with an inquiry will not be used for unrelated marketing communications unless you separately request, authorize, or subscribe to those communications.
- Respond to inquiries
- Provide information about psychotherapy services
- Provide information about fees, insurance, availability, or scheduling
- Arrange and manage consultation appointments
- Send consultation confirmations, reminders, or scheduling updates
- Determine whether services may be appropriate
- Determine whether a prospective client is located in a jurisdiction where services may be provided
- Maintain business and communication records
- Document professional communications
- Operate and maintain the website
- Improve website content, accessibility, functionality, and performance
- Identify and resolve technical problems
- Prevent spam, fraud, misuse, or security threats
- Comply with legal, regulatory, licensing, ethical, insurance, or professional obligations
- Protect the rights, property, safety, and security of StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC, website visitors, service providers, or others
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC does not sell or rent personal information submitted through the contact form or consultation-scheduling page.
Information submitted in connection with an inquiry will not be used for unrelated marketing communications unless you separately request, authorize, or subscribe to those communications.
9. How Information May Be Used
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, commonly known as HIPAA, protects certain individually identifiable health information maintained by covered entities and their business associates.
Information created, received, maintained, or transmitted in connection with professional healthcare services may qualify as Protected Health Information under HIPAA.
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC uses Paubox and eligible Google Workspace services under applicable privacy and security arrangements intended to support the protection of health information.
The use of a service that supports HIPAA compliance does not mean that every feature, integration, device, network, or method of communication is automatically secure or compliant. Compliance also depends on how each service is configured, accessed, and used.
Once you become an established client, the use and disclosure of your Protected Health Information will be governed by the StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC Notice of Privacy Practices, informed consent documents, practice policies, and applicable law.
This Website Privacy Policy does not replace the Notice of Privacy Practices or other clinical privacy documents.
Information created, received, maintained, or transmitted in connection with professional healthcare services may qualify as Protected Health Information under HIPAA.
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC uses Paubox and eligible Google Workspace services under applicable privacy and security arrangements intended to support the protection of health information.
The use of a service that supports HIPAA compliance does not mean that every feature, integration, device, network, or method of communication is automatically secure or compliant. Compliance also depends on how each service is configured, accessed, and used.
Once you become an established client, the use and disclosure of your Protected Health Information will be governed by the StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC Notice of Privacy Practices, informed consent documents, practice policies, and applicable law.
This Website Privacy Policy does not replace the Notice of Privacy Practices or other clinical privacy documents.
10. HIPAA and Protected Health Information
This website is designed, published, and hosted using the Showit platform.
Showit provides the public-facing website infrastructure. The practice does not use a native Showit contact form to collect health information. Messages submitted through the website’s designated contact form are processed through Paubox.
Showit may process limited technical information necessary to host, display, secure, and operate the website.
Showit maintains its own privacy policy and terms governing its services. Showit’s privacy policy does not replace this Website Privacy Policy and does not independently govern how StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC handles information submitted through the practice’s website tools.
Showit should not be used to submit health information except through a specifically designated secure service, such as the Paubox contact form.
Showit provides the public-facing website infrastructure. The practice does not use a native Showit contact form to collect health information. Messages submitted through the website’s designated contact form are processed through Paubox.
Showit may process limited technical information necessary to host, display, secure, and operate the website.
Showit maintains its own privacy policy and terms governing its services. Showit’s privacy policy does not replace this Website Privacy Policy and does not independently govern how StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC handles information submitted through the practice’s website tools.
Showit should not be used to submit health information except through a specifically designated secure service, such as the Paubox contact form.
11. Showit Website Platform
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC uses third-party service providers to operate the website and provide communication and scheduling functions.
These providers may include:
These providers may receive, maintain, or process limited information as necessary to perform their services.
When required by HIPAA and applicable to the services being provided, StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC enters into Business Associate Agreements or other appropriate privacy and security arrangements with service providers that create, receive, maintain, or transmit Protected Health Information on behalf of the practice.
A Business Associate Agreement may not cover every product, feature, integration, browser extension, add-on, or third-party application offered by or connected to a service provider.
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC seeks to limit Protected Health Information to services that are appropriately covered, configured, and used according to the practice’s privacy and security procedures.
Each third-party provider may maintain its own privacy policy, terms, and data-handling practices.
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC is not responsible for the independent privacy or security practices of services it does not own or control.
These providers may include:
- Showit, as the website design, publishing, and hosting platform
- Paubox, for the secure contact form and related electronic communication
- Google Workspace and Google Calendar, for consultation scheduling, appointment management, and related communication
- Domain-registration, infrastructure, security, and technical-support providers necessary to operate and protect the website
These providers may receive, maintain, or process limited information as necessary to perform their services.
When required by HIPAA and applicable to the services being provided, StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC enters into Business Associate Agreements or other appropriate privacy and security arrangements with service providers that create, receive, maintain, or transmit Protected Health Information on behalf of the practice.
A Business Associate Agreement may not cover every product, feature, integration, browser extension, add-on, or third-party application offered by or connected to a service provider.
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC seeks to limit Protected Health Information to services that are appropriately covered, configured, and used according to the practice’s privacy and security procedures.
Each third-party provider may maintain its own privacy policy, terms, and data-handling practices.
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC is not responsible for the independent privacy or security practices of services it does not own or control.
12. Third-Party Service Providers
This website may contain links to external websites, scheduling services, insurance platforms, professional profiles, directories, social media pages, or informational resources.
When you follow an external link, you may leave the StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC website. Your activity on the external website is governed by that provider’s privacy policy and terms.
The presence of a link does not necessarily mean that StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC endorses, controls, or guarantees the external website’s:
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC is not responsible for websites or services it does not own or control.
When you follow an external link, you may leave the StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC website. Your activity on the external website is governed by that provider’s privacy policy and terms.
The presence of a link does not necessarily mean that StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC endorses, controls, or guarantees the external website’s:
- Privacy practices
- Security practices
- Accessibility
- Accuracy
- Availability
- Content
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC is not responsible for websites or services it does not own or control.
13. Links to External Websites
Personal information may be disclosed when reasonably necessary to:
Information will not be disclosed for unrelated purposes unless the disclosure is authorized, permitted, or required by law.
- Respond to your inquiry
- Arrange or manage a consultation
- Work with service providers that support website or practice operations
- Comply with applicable laws or regulations
- Respond to a valid subpoena, court order, warrant, or other legal process
- Respond to a lawful request from a governmental, licensing, or regulatory authority
- Satisfy professional licensing, ethical, insurance, or recordkeeping obligations
- Investigate suspected fraud, misuse, or security incidents
- Protect the rights, property, safety, or security of StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC or another person
- Address a business reorganization, transfer, merger, sale, or similar transaction, subject to applicable legal requirements
Information will not be disclosed for unrelated purposes unless the disclosure is authorized, permitted, or required by law.
14. Disclosure of Information
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards intended to protect personal information collected through the website.
Depending on the system involved, these safeguards may include:
However, no website, online form, email system, telephone system, scheduling platform, device, network, or method of electronic storage or transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
The privacy and security of information may also depend on factors outside the practice’s control, including:
You submit information electronically with the understanding that electronic communication involves some degree of privacy and security risk.
Depending on the system involved, these safeguards may include:
- Encrypted transmission
- Secure form technology
- Access controls
- Password protection
- Multifactor authentication
- Business Associate Agreements
- Reputable service providers
- Account and device security measures
- Procedures intended to limit access to authorized persons
However, no website, online form, email system, telephone system, scheduling platform, device, network, or method of electronic storage or transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
The privacy and security of information may also depend on factors outside the practice’s control, including:
- The device you use
- Your email account
- Your telephone or voicemail system
- Your browser
- Your internet connection
- Your wireless network
- Lock-screen notifications
- Access by family members, employers, or other individuals
You submit information electronically with the understanding that electronic communication involves some degree of privacy and security risk.
15. Data Security
Information collected through the website may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to:
Retention periods may vary depending on:
Information that becomes part of an established client’s clinical or administrative record may be retained according to the practice’s record-retention policies and applicable law.
- Respond to an inquiry
- Manage a consultation request
- Maintain business and communication records
- Document professional communications
- Support website security and operations
- Satisfy legal, regulatory, licensing, ethical, insurance, or professional obligations
- Resolve disputes
- Investigate security incidents
- Enforce applicable agreements or policies
Retention periods may vary depending on:
- The nature of the information
- The reason the information was collected
- Whether professional services were established
- Whether the information became part of a client record
- Applicable legal and professional requirements
Information that becomes part of an established client’s clinical or administrative record may be retained according to the practice’s record-retention policies and applicable law.
16. Data Retention
You are not required to submit personal information through the website.
Subject to applicable laws and professional recordkeeping obligations, you may contact StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC to:
The practice may need to verify your identity before responding to a request involving personal information.
Certain information may not be deleted when retention is required or reasonably necessary for:
Requests involving an established client’s treatment records are governed by the Notice of Privacy Practices and applicable health-information laws, rather than solely by this Website Privacy Policy.
Subject to applicable laws and professional recordkeeping obligations, you may contact StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC to:
- Request correction of inaccurate contact information
- Ask how information submitted through the website has been used
- Ask whether information from a website inquiry is still being retained
- Request deletion of information when deletion is legally and operationally permissible
- Withdraw from nonessential marketing communications
- Ask questions about this Website Privacy Policy
The practice may need to verify your identity before responding to a request involving personal information.
Certain information may not be deleted when retention is required or reasonably necessary for:
- Legal compliance
- Professional obligations
- Documentation
- Security
- Fraud prevention
- Dispute resolution
- Defense of legal claims
- Other legitimate operational purposes
Requests involving an established client’s treatment records are governed by the Notice of Privacy Practices and applicable health-information laws, rather than solely by this Website Privacy Policy.
17. Your Choices and Requests
This website and the psychotherapy services described on it are intended for adults.
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC does not knowingly use this website to collect personal information directly from children under 13.
If you believe a child under 13 has submitted personal information through the website without appropriate authorization, contact StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC so the information can be reviewed and, when legally and operationally appropriate, deleted.
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC does not knowingly use this website to collect personal information directly from children under 13.
If you believe a child under 13 has submitted personal information through the website without appropriate authorization, contact StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC so the information can be reviewed and, when legally and operationally appropriate, deleted.
18. Children’s Privacy
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC is based in the United States. This website is intended primarily to provide information about professional services offered in jurisdictions where the practice is legally authorized to provide care.
Information submitted through the website may be processed or stored in the United States.
Accessing this website from another country does not establish that StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC offers or is authorized to provide professional services in that country.
Visitors accessing the website from outside the United States are responsible for understanding any local privacy or data-protection requirements that may apply to them.
Information submitted through the website may be processed or stored in the United States.
Accessing this website from another country does not establish that StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC offers or is authorized to provide professional services in that country.
Visitors accessing the website from outside the United States are responsible for understanding any local privacy or data-protection requirements that may apply to them.
19. Visitors Outside the United States
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC may revise this Website Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in:
The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date.
If the practice later adds advertising pixels, conversion tracking, website analytics, newsletter registration, or other marketing technologies, this policy will be updated as appropriate to identify those practices.
- Website features
- Contact or scheduling methods
- Service providers
- Technology
- Business practices
- Privacy or security procedures
- Analytics or marketing practices
- Applicable legal or regulatory requirements
The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date.
If the practice later adds advertising pixels, conversion tracking, website analytics, newsletter registration, or other marketing technologies, this policy will be updated as appropriate to identify those practices.
20. Changes to This Privacy Policy
Questions or requests concerning this Website Privacy Policy may be directed to:
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC
Vitor Finatto, MA, LPC, LMHC
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.strengthinsight.net
Do not use a privacy-policy request, contact form, email, or general website inquiry to communicate an emergency or request immediate clinical assistance.
StrengthInSight Counseling, PLLC
Vitor Finatto, MA, LPC, LMHC
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.strengthinsight.net
Do not use a privacy-policy request, contact form, email, or general website inquiry to communicate an emergency or request immediate clinical assistance.