Privacy, HIPAA & Accessibility

Notice of Privacy Practices (HIPAA): summary

Wayfarer Strategic Counseling, PLLC is committed to protecting the privacy of your protected health information (PHI). This summary describes how health information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can access that information. A complete Notice of Privacy Practices is provided to you before services begin and is available on request.

How your information may be used and disclosed

• Treatment: to provide and coordinate your counseling care.
• Payment: to bill and obtain payment, including through your insurance and Headway.
• Health care operations: to support necessary business and quality functions of the practice.
• As required by law: certain disclosures are required or permitted, including to prevent serious harm, in cases of suspected abuse or neglect, or in response to a valid court order.

Other uses and disclosures of your information generally require your written authorization, which you may revoke at any time in writing.

Your rights regarding your health information

• Request to inspect and obtain a copy of your records.
• Request corrections or amendments to your records.
• Request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures.
• Request confidential communications by alternative means or at alternative locations.
• Receive an accounting of certain disclosures.
• Receive a paper copy of the full Notice of Privacy Practices.
• File a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated, without fear of retaliation.

To exercise any of these rights, contact the practice at robert@wayfarerstrategic.com or 972-275-9885.

Website Privacy

This website is informational. If you submit a message through the contact form, your message is transmitted through this site's hosting provider and delivered to the practice email address. Form submissions may be retained by the hosting provider. Standard email and web forms are not secure, HIPAA protected channels. Please do not include diagnoses, symptoms, medications, or other protected health information in any message sent through this site or by email. Secure communication is established through the practice's patient systems once services begin.

This site does not sell personal information. If analytics or scheduling tools are added in the future, this notice will be updated to describe them.

Accessibility Statement

Wayfarer Strategic Counseling, PLLC is committed to making this website accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of ability or technology. We strive to follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA where reasonably achievable, including:

• Semantic, keyboard-navigable structure and visible focus indicators.
• Sufficient color contrast and scalable, legible text.
• Descriptive labels for interactive elements and respect for reduced-motion preferences.

If you encounter any barrier to accessing information on this site, or need information in an alternative format, please contact robert@wayfarerstrategic.com or call 972-275-9885, and we will work to provide the information you need.

This page is a plain-language summary and does not replace the formal Notice of Privacy Practices provided at intake. Last reviewed: 2026.