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FLOYD'S DISCLAIMER
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The information on CounselingSeattle.com is not intended to treat, diagnose, cure or prevent any disease and is provided for educational purposes only. Always seek the advice of your physician with any questions you have regarding a medical condition, and before undertaking any diet, exercise or other health program.

I have a long history as a counselor in the fields of chemical dependency and mental health counseling. This site is my personal attempt to present educational material for both the consumers of mental health and chemical dependency counseling services and the professionals in those fields.

In 2000, I created the Find a Counselor and Find a Therapy Group to help consumers find counselors and therapy groups in the greater Puget Sound area. Later I opened a Workshop Calendar to help advertise counselor continuing education and training opportunities and an Office Space and Group Rooms Available for Rent page to help counselors find full-time and part-time counseling office space.

The general public usually does not know the meanings of the initials for credentials that counselors use after their names. Therefore, when they find a Yellow Page listing such as, "John Doe, MS, LMFT, NCC," they don't know what the initials mean and they can't tell what kind of work the counselor is licensed or certified to perform. It was only with the advent of the Internet and this Web site that I found a way to share such information. (See the Dictionary of Initials, Acronyms and Abbreviations Used by Counselors.) It grows a little bit more every day as I add new initials, acronyms and abbreviations.

Advertising on these pages is open to all mental health and addictions therapists at low fees that help defer the cost of maintaining the site. Counselors advertise their private practices, agencies, or therapy groups in and around Puget Sound: Island County, Jefferson County, King County/Seattle, Kitsap County, Mason County, Pierce County, San Juan County, Skagit County, Snohomish County, Thurston County or Whatcom County.

As a public service, CounselingSeattle.com has offered free listings to
(1.) counselors who are fluent in a foreign language or in American Sign Language for the deaf,
(2.) counselors who have been approved as Crime Victim Compensation Program (CVCP) mental health providers, and
(3.) counselors who are approved supervisors for counseling licensure
from any of Washington State's 39 counties.

In 2002, I attended Weight Watchers™. I lost 48.2 pounds, my blood pressure dropped down to normal range, my energy increased and my waist grew considerably smaller. For my benefit, that of my WW group-mates and the weight conscious public--I published lists of products according to the number of points they contain. One Point Snacks and the other low point pages have become the most popular pages on the site.

I subscribe to a service [see SEVENtwentyfour.com] that surveys the links on my 200+ URL pages every week and notifies me of any broken links so that I can make necessary corrections promptly. Occasionally a domain name that I have linked to changes hands (unknown to me) and my well-intended link may connect to an unintended site. If you notice this, please let me know so I can change it. It is certainly not my intent to link to any site that the public would find objectionable or offensive.

With regard to Find a Counselor and Find a Therapy Group service, my goal is to provide the highest quality of information to the public and professionals. However, I can not take responsibility for the content or accuracy of information that is contributed by counselors in their individual profiles or descriptions of their groups.

Those contributing such information are personally responsible for the content and accuracy of such information. Professionals are expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the ethical standards of their respective professions. Since CounselingSeattle.com is accessible to the general public, professionals and public are encouraged to notify me of any inaccuracies or misstatements of fact.

I have done my best to provide a simple, useful site for consumers and professionals. No warranty, stated or implied, is intended. If I have made any mistakes, I hope that the viewing public will let me know so that I can make corrections. In a like manner, I hope that viewers will suggest additions that will make the site more useful.

The viewer assumes full responsibility for the communications with any therapist contacted through CounselingSeattle.com. CounselingSeattle.com shall in no event be liable to you or to anyone for any decision made or action taken by you in the reliance on information provided in the counselor locator.

Because search engines bring visitors into over 200 pages on this site and it is sometimes difficult to find the specific information on a page, I have included instructions at the top of the home page and on other strategic pages to explain how to locate a specific word or phrase on any page in the site.

There is obviously no charge to visit and view this site. We appreciate hearing from any viewer who believes they have found an error, misrepresentation, or incomplete or outdated material. If you feel that you suffered some damage or loss due to viewing this site, I am sorry. My liability is limited to your actual cost of viewing this site (nothing), and my only intent is to provide helpful educational material and entertainment.

Enjoy!

Floyd Else, webmaster
CounselingSeattle LLC

CounselingSeattle LLC -- LEGAL DISCLAIMER
for all CounselingSeattle.com Advertisers and Users

COUNSELINGSEATTLE LLC and CounselingSeattle.com STRIVES TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF INFORMATION TO MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES PROFESSIONALS AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC. HOWEVER, COUNSELINGSEATTLE.COM DOES NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONTENT OR ACCURACY OF INFORMATION THAT IS CONTRIBUTED BY USERS OF COUNSELINGSEATTLE.COM. WHILE COUNSELINGSEATTLE.COM WELCOMES AND ENCOURAGES THE CONTRIBUTION OF SUCH INFORMATION, THOSE CONTRIBUTING SUCH INFORMATION ARE INDIVIDUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT AND ACCURACY OF SUCH INFORMATION.

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The CounselingSeattle.com counselor locator is not intended as a tool for verifying the credentials (instead refer to Washington State's Provider Credentials Look-up System), qualifications, or abilities of any therapists it lists. Inclusion in the Counselor Locator does not imply recommendation or endorsement nor does omission from the counselor locator imply CounselingSeattle.com disapproval. CounselingSeattle.com does not warrant or represent that the Counselor Locator service or any part of the CounselingSeattle.com site is accurate or complete.

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