Coaching Disclaimer

All coaching services and communications delivered by CAROL WEST SHANNON FROM CWSDEZIGN LLC as well as any coaching information, shared on the website (www.cwsdezign.com) is not professional mental health care or medical care. If you should feel psychologically stressed or unwell, especially if it is to the point that it is interfering with your ability to function, and/or feel physically unwell, please seek out the mental health support and/or medical support you may need which can include contacting a doctor, your primary care physician, and/or a psychotherapist, mental health counselor, or other mental health or medical health care professional.

 

By purchasing coaching services from CAROL WEST SHANNON FROM CWSDEZIGN LLC, you confirm that you have read and agree to each statement below and that you wish to proceed:

 

CAROL WEST SHANNON is referred to below as (“Coach”) I understand that the coaching services I will be receiving from my Coach are not offered as a substitute for professional mental health care or medical care and are not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any mental health or medical conditions.

 

I understand and agree that the coaching services I will be receiving from my Coach are not offered as a substitute for professional mental health care or medical care, and are not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any mental health or medical conditions. I also understand that my Coach is not acting as a mental health counselor or as a medical professional.

 

For legal purposes, I understand that coaching is currently an unregulated industry and that my Coach is not “licensed” by any USA body even though the sessions may take place in the USA.

 

I understand and agree that I am fully responsible for my well-being during my coaching sessions, and subsequently, including my choices and decisions.

 

I understand that coaching is not a substitute for counseling, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, mental health care, or substance abuse treatment, and I will not use it in place of any form of therapy.

 

I understand that all comments and ideas offered by my Coach are solely for the purpose of aiding me in achieving my defined goals. I have the ability to give my informed consent and hereby give such consent to my Coach to assist me in achieving such goals and understand that results are not guaranteed.

 

I understand that to the extent that our work together involves career or business, my Coach is not promising outcomes including but not limited to increased clientele, profitability, and/or business success.

 

I understand that my Coach will protect my information as confidential unless I state otherwise in writing. If I report child, elder abuse or neglect or threaten to harm myself or someone else, I understand that necessary actions will be taken, and my confidentiality agreement limited in this capacity. Furthermore, if my Coach is ordered by a court to provide information or to testify, he/she will do so to the extent the law requires.

 

I understand that the use of technology is not always secure, and I accept the risks of confidentiality in the use of email, text, phone, Zoom, and other technology.

 

I hereby release, waive, acquit and forever discharge my Coach, any agents, successors, assigns, personal representatives, executors, heirs, and employees from every claim, suit action, demand, or right to compensation for damages I may claim to have or that I may have arising out of acts or omissions by myself or by my Coach as a result of the advice given by my Coach or otherwise resulting from the coaching relationship contemplated by this agreement.