Therapeutic Thoughts Notice of Privacy Practices
Effective date: September 16, 2026
THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW HEALTH INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN ACCESS THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.
OUR RESPONSIBILITIES
Therapeutic Thoughts LLC is required by law to maintain the privacy and security of protected health information, provide this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, follow the notice currently in effect, and notify affected individuals following a breach of unsecured protected health information when required by law.
HOW WE MAY USE AND DISCLOSE HEALTH INFORMATION
Treatment: We may use or share health information to provide, coordinate, or manage your care.
Payment: We may use or share information to bill for services, process payments, provide superbills, or support reimbursement activities you request.
Health care operations: We may use or share information for practice operations, quality improvement, licensing, compliance, legal, accounting, and administrative purposes.
Business associates: We may share information with service providers who perform functions for the practice and are required to safeguard protected information.
Required by law: We may disclose information when federal or Florida law requires it, including certain public-health, oversight, judicial, law-enforcement, or reporting obligations.
Safety and serious threats: Information may be disclosed when permitted or required to reduce a serious and imminent threat to health or safety.
YOUR AUTHORIZATION
Uses or disclosures not otherwise permitted by law generally require your written authorization. You may revoke an authorization in writing, except to the extent action has already been taken in reliance on it.
YOUR RIGHTS
You may have the right to:
• Inspect or obtain a copy of your clinical and billing records, subject to limited legal exceptions.
• Request correction of information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
• Request restrictions on certain uses or disclosures. Therapeutic Thoughts is not required to agree to every request, except where the law requires.
• Request confidential communication by a reasonable alternative method or at an alternative location.
• Receive an accounting of certain disclosures.
• Receive a paper or electronic copy of this notice.
• Choose someone with legal authority to act on your behalf.
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION AND TELEHEALTH
Telehealth and electronic communication involve privacy and technology risks. Clients should participate from a private location and use secure communication methods when possible. General website forms and ordinary email should not be used for confidential clinical information, urgent concerns, or emergencies. Current clients should use the secure client portal whenever possible.
MINORS
Therapeutic Thoughts provides services to adults. If services involving a legally authorized representative are ever provided, access and authorization rights will be handled according to applicable law and professional obligations.
COMPLAINTS
You may raise a privacy concern with Therapeutic Thoughts using the contact information below. You may also file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. You will not be retaliated against for filing a complaint.
CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE
Therapeutic Thoughts may revise this notice. A revised notice may apply to health information already maintained as well as information received in the future. The current version will be available on TherapeuticThoughts.org.
PRIVACY CONTACT
Cameca Murphy, MSW, LCSW
Therapeutic Thoughts LLC
Cameca@TherapeuticThoughts.org
(239) 520-7737
TherapeuticThoughts.org