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Welcome to Telehealth Counseling. As clients are participating in Video Telehealth Counseling sessions online, it is the responsibility of the client to ensure that the area which they are occupying during sessions is quiet and electronically secure.  Sessions will be conducted through a HIPAA-compliant platform. Client  will be able to join each virtual session at the scheduled appointment  time with the following link:  https://sessions.psychologytoday.com/eowt

Please note, there are times in which other online platforms will be suggested for therapeutic activities.  These platforms may not be HIPAA-compliant, and it is at the client's discretion to choose to participate.

Create and nurture the version of self you can admire most. • Envision and design your Quality World. • Process stressors/traumas and how they impact your  life. • Equip yourself with mental and emotional tools to  cope and live life on life’s terms. • Create simple, realistic, and attainable goals to  effect change in your day-to-day life. • Love yourself, find your inspiration, and know your  self-worth. • Develop your ability to change your perspective on  displeasing or undesired changes in your life— present and future. • Implement efficient time-management, stress-management, and money management techniques in your life. • Improve the quality of interpersonal relationships. • Decrease levels of anxiety and depression. • Discover and express your sense of self and  individuality. • Focus on self-care. • Explore healthy hobbies/activities/outlets. • Attain a state of balance, peace, and happiness in  your life—the true essence of wellness. 

 Throughout therapy, some clients may have emotional responses and  reactions that are unfamiliar to them. This may be difficult to experience. The emotional discomfort that may be activated by therapy is usually temporary, ultimately diminishing in time when addressed in a safe and healthy manner. However, there is  no guarantee as to the outcome of therapy. Some people may experience  no improvement or even think things are getting worse, depending on their openness to and participation in their therapeutic process.

Lisbeth Marte is a Licensed Master Social Worker with a clinical concentration, providing virtual counseling services in the state of NJ.  She utilizes an eclectic approach to therapy, pulling from a variety of therapeutic modalities to nurture a balanced client experience.

NJ License#: 44SL06913900

NJ State Supervisor: Dori Christmas,  
License#: 44SC05895300 

https://newjersey.mylicense.com/verification/

R.R. Joseph is a licensed and certified trauma practitioner who utilizes specialized trauma protocols to work with survivors of  trauma: • RTM (Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories) • Tf-NLP (Trauma-Focused, Neurolinguistic Programming) • ti-CCYT (Trauma-Informed Certified Children’s Yoga Teacher)  Please note, a referral from the Clinical Director at Essence of Wellness Therapy is required prior to booking Trauma Protocol services.

FL License# MH16188

https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/MQASearchServices/HealthCareProviders

All therapeutic services are provided online via telehealth sessions. In efforts to respect both the therapists' time and the client’s  therapeutic time, payment for session is completed at the time of  booking at www.eowtherapy.com/schedule.

As this payment secures the client’s appointment slot, there will not be a refund of payment in the event of cancellation/tardiness for a  scheduled appointment.

PRIVATE PAY OPTIONS:

-Debit/Credit Card

-PayPal

-HSA Card

   In the event of an emergency, please dial 9-1-1 or go to your nearest  emergency room, immediately. Operating at an outpatient level, our private practitioners are neither on-call nor available 24-hours per day.  Messages will be returned within 24 hours or the next business day. If you need  a higher level of care than what we can offer as outpatient private practitioners, a referral can be made to a more appropriate  provider. 

  Essence of Wellness Therapy is committed to protecting medical  information about you. No information is released without your knowledge and written consent, except for those rare instances in which the therapist is required by law or by court to reveal particular  information. If an emergency situation occurs in which the client  demonstrates a high probability of harming themself or others, the  therapist may be required to release information to ensure safety.  Our therapists are mandated reporters of suspected abuse or neglect of  minors, disabled, and elderly individuals, as described further below. This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed by Essence of Wellness Therapy and how you can get access to this information. Please review this notice carefully.  Understanding Your Protected Health Information (PHI). When you visit  Essence of Wellness Therapy, a record is made of your issues,  assessment, recommendations, treatment plan, and other mental health or medical information. Your record is the physical property of Essence of  Wellness Therapy, LLC; the information which is within, belongs to you.  Being aware of what is in your record will help you to make more informed  decisions when authorizing disclosure to others. In using and disclosing your protected health information (PHI), it is the therapist’s objective to  follow the Privacy Standards of the Federal Health Insurance Portability and  Accountability Act (HIPAA) and requirements of applicable state law.  Your mental health and/or medical records serve as: • A basis for creating your treatment plan and goals. • A legal document describing the counseling care you receive. • A tool with which the therapist and client can assess and continually  work to improve the care rendered and the outcomes achieved.  Essence of Wellness Therapy conducts all telehealth visits on “Sessions”  by PsychologyToday, a HIPAA-compliant therapeutic online platform. Therapists utilize a HIPAA-compliant document service for the transmission of therapy-related documents.   Clients are encouraged to utilize this method of submission for purposes of transmitting protected health information.     

 Information discussed in counseling sessions will remain confidential, with the exception of the below listed circumstances, or any circumstances that are mandated by the laws/ethical guidelines of  the State of New Jersey Board of Social Work and the American Counseling Association and the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling.  Confidentiality may be broken in the following circumstances: • If you make a written request for the release of information. • If there is risk of serious or foreseeable harm to any person  (yourself or another person). • If you disclose life threatening, communicable disease, therapist may be  obligated to alert an at-risk third party. • If therapist has reason to suspect that a minor-aged, developmentally  disabled, or an elderly person is in danger of being abused or  neglected, therapist is legally obligated to report this. • If therapist is ordered to release confidential information by a court of  law. • If therapist needs to share information with another professional for consultation, with a health care provider treating you in an  emergency, or with other mental health professionals to  coordinate your care. These professionals are also obligated to maintain confidentiality. 

 Therapists at Essence of Wellness Therapy will not enter into any personal (dual) relationships with clients outside of the professional services  offered by Essence of Wellness Therapy or any of its subsidiary companies. This boundary continues  even after counseling is terminated. This is an ethical obligation  that benefits the client, by allowing therapists to serve in a counseling capacity rather than as a friend. Therapist will neither initiate contact with  clients in public places, nor online through social media sites. This is in efforts to protect the aforementioned boundary and  client confidentiality.  

  As licensed mental health professionals, the practitioners at Essence of Wellness Therapy are obligated to adhere to the ethical codes and laws relevant to mental health  counseling. As part of this ethical obligation, we are only able to  provide counseling services within our realm of competency. If it is  determined that your therapeutic needs are outside of our realm of  expertise or scope of practice, or at your request, a referral can be made to other mental health providers at different levels of  care.  Additionally, as all counseling has an ending point (termination of therapy), we will work together to find appropriate  aftercare services at the point of termination. Please review the  ethical codes and laws relevant to mental health counseling at:  http://www.counseling.org/ethics  

Counseling, on its own, is one slice of a much larger wellness pie. Before ending the therapeutic alliance with Essence of Wellness Therapy, we urge you to consider the balance of the various slices of your own wellness pie. 

If you have any concerns  regarding your therapeutic services, please have an open conversation with your therapist about it, as we strive to provide balanced, quality services to our clients.  

As the client, it is your right to ask questions about these disclosures and the therapeutic process at any time. It is your right to contact the New Jersey State Board of Social Work. It is your right to contact the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. It is also your right to  discontinue services at any time.