Data Controller

Martin Cooke is responsible for your personal data. You can contact me at [email protected].

Information I Collect

• Contact details such as name, email address, and phone number provided through the contact or intake forms, or during therapy.
• Information you choose to share in messages or sessions as part of the therapeutic process.
• I keep short notes after each session to help me reflect on the general themes or direction of our work together, rather than detailed accounts of what was said.

How Your Information Is Used

• To respond to enquiries and arrange appointments
• To provide psychotherapy services and maintain required records
• To meet legal and professional obligations

Lawful Basis

Personal data is processed with your consent and to fulfil the therapy contract. Sensitive health information shared in sessions is handled under Article 9(2)(h) GDPR for the provision of health services.

Confidentiality

What you share in therapy is confidential. Information will only be disclosed if required by law, if there is a serious risk of harm to you or others, or if child protection obligations arise.

All supervision is conducted in an anonymised manner and your identity is not disclosed.

Your Rights

You have the right to access, correct or erase your data, restrict or object to processing and to withdraw consent. Requests can be made by contacting me using the details above.

Complaints

If you have concerns about how your data is handled, you may contact the Data Protection Commission in Ireland at dataprotection.ie.