You may come across Darrell online before you ever schedule counseling, or you may see his professional content while you're already working together.
That's okay. You don't need to pretend you didn't see your counselor on the internet.
This page simply explains how Darrell handles social media so your privacy stays protected and the counseling relationship remains clear and comfortable.
Professional social media can help people understand counseling before they ever walk into an office.
Posts may explain common emotional, relational, or behavioral patterns in an accessible way.
Darrell may share practical ideas, questions to consider, or general encouragement related to mental health and relationships.
Social media may also be used for general information about services, resources, or practice updates.
Social media posts are written for a general audience. They are not diagnosis, individualized treatment advice, or a substitute for counseling.
If something Darrell posts sounds remarkably similar to something you have discussed in counseling, that does not mean the post is a hidden message directed at you.
Darrell does not use public posts to communicate indirectly with clients about their treatment.
Your counseling is based on the conversations you have together, not on something you saw in your social media feed.
Darrell will not publicly identify you as a client, discuss your treatment, or respond to you online in a way that reveals that you are receiving counseling.
There is one part of online privacy, though, that Darrell cannot control: what other people can see when you interact publicly.
If you follow, like, comment on, or share content from a counseling practice's public account, other people may be able to see that interaction.
That does not mean you should not interact. It simply means the decision belongs to you and is worth making with that possibility in mind.
Darrell's counseling practice accounts are public professional spaces.
Personal social media is different from a professional counseling page.
Social media can make professional boundaries feel surprisingly personal.
If Darrell does not accept a personal friend or follow request, it is not a statement about how he feels about you.
Keeping personal social media separate prevents the counseling relationship from becoming mixed with personal online relationships and protects both your privacy and the clarity of the work you are doing together.
Prospective clients may use a professional social media account to ask a simple, general question.
Social media DMs are not the best place to send detailed mental health history, trauma information, records, or other sensitive information.
For a more private option, use Darrell's secure contact form.
Secure Contact Form →Once you are an established client, communication related to your counseling should move out of social media DMs and into the secure client system.
That includes:
Social media DMs are not monitored continuously and are not intended to function as a clinical communication channel.
Open Client Portal →You are free to comment, like, share, or simply read without interacting.
Just remember that public interaction may be visible to other people.
He will not discuss your diagnosis, treatment, appointment, relationship, or personal circumstances in a public reply.
If a comment reveals private information about you or someone else, Darrell may choose not to respond or may remove the comment to help protect privacy.
You are free to share your own experience online if you choose.
You are also completely free not to leave a review. Choosing not to review Darrell will never affect your care.
If someone posts a public review, Darrell will not respond in a way that confirms whether that person is or was a counseling client.
That means his response may be brief or very general, even when a review contains a detailed account.
A limited response is intentional. Protecting confidentiality matters more than publicly explaining the counseling relationship.
Darrell may use broad examples, common patterns, fictional situations, or generalized illustrations when explaining a counseling concept online.
Public content is not intended to retell an identifiable client's counseling experience.
Darrell will not publicly identify a client or reveal recognizable treatment information in order to create social media content.
If an example sounds familiar, remember that many people struggle with similar patterns, fears, relationships, and life experiences.
Social media works well for public education. It is not the best place for a private conversation about counseling.
For scheduling, questions about your care, records, or other private communication.
Open Client Portal →For questions that require more privacy than a public page or social media DM.
Secure Contact Form →Yes. Clients may follow Darrell's professional counseling pages if they choose.
You are equally free not to follow them. Neither choice affects your care.
Darrell does not accept personal social media friend requests from current or former clients.
That boundary is not personal rejection. It helps keep counseling relationships separate from personal online relationships.
No. Following Darrell's professional page does not invite him to follow or browse your personal account.
If you are not yet a client, a brief DM asking a simple general question about services is okay.
If you are already a client, use the secure client portal for communication related to your care, schedule, or records.
Don't panic.
Darrell may redirect the conversation to the secure client portal rather than continuing a private clinical conversation through social media.
Going forward, use the secure portal for anything related to your counseling.
Public social media activity may be visible to other people, which means someone could potentially make assumptions based on your interaction with a counseling practice.
Darrell will not confirm your client status or discuss your treatment publicly.
You can also edit or remove your own comment if you change your mind about sharing it.
Darrell's professional posts are written for a general audience.
Many people experience similar emotions, relationship patterns, fears, habits, and struggles.
Darrell does not use public posts to send indirect treatment messages to individual clients.
If a post brings up a strong reaction for you, you are welcome to talk about that reaction in session.
He may respond briefly or generally, but he will not respond in a way that confirms whether the person who wrote the review is or was a client.
That can make responses look intentionally limited. The purpose is to protect confidentiality.
No.
Your counseling relationship does not depend on following, liking, sharing, reviewing, or publicly supporting Darrell's practice.
No. Social media DMs are not monitored continuously and should not be used for an urgent mental health or safety concern.
You don't have to avoid Darrell online, and you don't have to interact with his professional content either.
The goal is simply to keep public spaces public, private conversations private, and the counseling relationship focused on your care.
Sometimes a comment may need to be removed.
Darrell welcomes thoughtful interaction and does not expect everyone online to agree about everything.
At the same time, his professional pages need to remain reasonably safe, respectful, and appropriate for a mental health setting.
Darrell may remove comments that reveal sensitive personal information, contain harassment or discriminatory language, encourage harm, or otherwise create a safety or privacy concern.