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Written for session notes, intake forms, professional confidentiality and the advice-versus-information line.

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Coaching and therapy terms are the contracting conversation written down. The clauses that get used are cancellation, no-show, fees and the boundary of the service - not intellectual property.

Coaching, counselling and therapy practices hold some of the most sensitive records a small business will ever handle, usually in tools designed for something else - a booking app, a notes app and an email inbox. Session notes about mental health are special category data under GDPR and UK GDPR, needing an Article 9 condition rather than just a lawful basis.

Professional confidentiality runs alongside data protection rather than inside it. Membership bodies impose their own duties on record-keeping, supervision and disclosure, and those obligations survive independently of any privacy notice.

The second exposure is the content side. Practitioners publish extensively - blogs, newsletters, free guides, social posts - and the line between general information and personalised advice is exactly where a disclaimer does real work.

What a terms and conditions for a coaching or therapy practice has to cover

How a coaching or therapy practice actually moves personal data

Intake and assessment forms

Health history, presenting issues, medication and emergency contacts, collected before any therapeutic relationship exists.

Session notes

The most sensitive record in the practice, often held in a general-purpose notes app with no access control.

Booking and reminder systems

Appointment data reveals that a person is receiving a particular kind of care, which is itself health data.

Supervision records

Case discussion with a supervisor, usually pseudonymised but still traceable within a small practice.

Payment and insurance claims

Where a session is claimed through insurance, the claim links identity to a category of treatment.

Newsletter and content lists

Marketing to people who have disclosed a health concern requires particular care about segmentation.

Third parties the draft will ask you about

a booking platform such as Acuity or Cliniko · Stripe · Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 · a notes or practice-management app · Mailchimp · Zoom or a secure video platform

The rules that apply

Special category data

Health, including mental health, requires an Article 9 condition. Explicit consent or the health and social care condition are the usual routes, each with its own requirements.

Professional body requirements

Membership bodies set their own standards on record-keeping, retention, supervision and the circumstances in which confidentiality may be broken.

Confidentiality and its limits

Safeguarding disclosures and legal obligations override confidentiality, and clients should be told this before the first session rather than at the point of disclosure.

Supervision

Discussing cases in supervision is processing, and clients should know it happens even when identifying details are removed.

Advertising and testimonial rules

Several professional bodies restrict testimonials, and consumer protection rules apply to outcome claims regardless.

What the generated terms and conditions contains

The practitioner document set

  1. Identify and record the Article 9 condition

    Before the first client, and revisit it if you start taking insurance work.

  2. Move session notes into a system with access control

    And set a retention period that matches your professional body’s guidance.

  3. Put confidentiality limits in the contracting conversation

    Safeguarding, legal obligation, and supervision - explained before the first session.

  4. Check the video platform settings

    Recording, transcription and cloud retention, all off unless deliberately used with consent.

  5. Separate the marketing list from the client record

    Different purpose, different basis, different system if possible.

  6. Publish a disclaimer on published content

    Distinguishing general information from a therapeutic relationship.

Where this usually goes wrong

Session notes in a general notes app

No access control, no retention rule, and usually synced to a personal account.

No Article 9 condition identified

A lawful basis alone does not permit processing health data.

Confidentiality limits explained only after a disclosure

The limits belong in the contracting conversation and in the privacy notice, before the first session.

Marketing segmented by presenting issue

Using a health disclosure to target content is processing special category data for a new purpose.

Video sessions on a consumer platform

Recording defaults, transcript features and account settings can retain far more than the practitioner realises.

No retention schedule for closed cases

Professional bodies usually set one; the practice usually does not follow it.

Frequently asked questions

Are therapy notes special category data?

Yes. Notes about mental or physical health are health data under GDPR and UK GDPR, requiring an Article 9 condition in addition to a lawful basis, and in the UK usually a Schedule 1 condition with an appropriate policy document.

Can I use a normal booking app for a therapy practice?

You can, if it offers access control, a retention setting and a processor agreement - and if you keep clinical notes out of free-text fields that everyone in the account can read.

Do I have to tell clients about supervision?

You should. Supervision is processing, and clients are entitled to know that their case may be discussed even where identifying details are removed.

How long should I keep client records?

Your professional body usually specifies a period, and it is often long - several years after the last session, and longer where the client was a minor. That guidance is the starting point, not general minimisation instincts.

Are terms and conditions legally binding?

They are when the user had a genuine opportunity to read them and took a positive step to accept. Clickwrap - a ticked box next to a visible link - holds up far more reliably than a "by using this site you agree" line in the footer.

What is the difference between terms of service and terms and conditions?

Nothing substantive. "Terms and conditions" is the more common phrasing in the UK and Commonwealth markets, "terms of service" in the US and in SaaS. The clauses do the same job.

Can I limit my liability to zero?

No. Most consumer regimes void attempts to exclude liability for death, personal injury or fraud, and unfair-terms rules strike out caps a court considers unreasonable. A cap that is drafted to survive review is worth more than one that is struck out entirely.

Do I need terms if I sell nothing?

If users can register, post, comment or upload, yes - the terms are what let you moderate, suspend and remove content without being in breach of contract yourself.

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PolicifyAI is a technology provider, not a law firm, and this page is not legal advice. Generated documents are a structured starting point that a qualified adviser should review before you publish or rely on them.