Who We Are
Our website address is: oliviaschnur.com. This website is intended to serve as a virtual portfolio of publications written by Olivia Schnur. This website also contains links to articles posted on other web domains. Clicking on external links may take you away from this website.
The information expressed on this website does not represent Olivia Schnur’s medical or mental health practice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, or advise readers for medical or mental health purposes. It is purely informational and represents the personal viewpoints of Olivia Schnur.
Purpose, Intent and Limitations
Blog Posts
Blog posts on this website are intended solely for information and entertainment purposes. They do not reflect Olivia Schnur’s professional recommendations or views. The information shared on this website is not intended to replace or supplement the views or guidance of medical or mental health professionals.
Portfolio and Links
The professional portfolio of Olivia Schnur is designed for readers to review samples of Olivia Schnur’s writing. Clicking on these links will take you away from oliviaschnur.com. Olivia Schnur is not aligned with the views and opinions expressed on external sites. Furthermore, Olivia Schnur’s writing samples do not reflect her professional and clinical practice. They are purely written for information and entertainment purposes.
Meditation and Yoga Videos
Meditation and yoga videos shared on this website come with their own disclaimers. As a general rule, you are liable for any risks associated with participating in meditation and/or yoga videos. These videos are not intended to replace or supplement the guidance of medical or mental health professionals. The videos are not intended to replace the professional practices of Olivia Schnur or other professionals. Furthermore, they are not representative of her clinical mental health counseling practice. Engage with these videos at your own discretion.
Liability Waiver
Should you choose to interact with videos, blog entries, articles or any material published on this site or external links related to this site you accept any and all injuries, risks or outcomes of the interaction and waive Olivia Schnur from any liability associated with the outcome.
Important Information for Mental Health Clients: Past, Present and Future
This website is not intended to act as a support for any current or former mental health clients of Olivia Schnur. If you have sought mental health counseling from Olivia Schnur, reading the information and views expressed on this website could be detrimental to your clinical experience. You are advised not to engage with the material on this website or external links that relate to Olivia Schnur’s writing.
As a general rule, self-disclosure may alter the nature of the therapeutic relationship. If you feel learning personal information about your therapist will harm the therapeutic relationship, it is advised you do not interact with the information on this site.
Please do not contact Olivia Schnur via the email address or contact forms provided for information regarding mental health counseling. Email is not considered a confidential means of communication and your confidentiality cannot be guaranteed. This website is not related in any way with Olivia Schnur’s clinical practice.
Commenting on posts, subscribing, or making contact via this website or social media links can compromise your confidentiality. Furthermore, due to ethical and legal requirements Olivia Schnur cannot make contact with current or former mental health clients via social media, email, or web contact forms.
What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Your comments are public and may risk exposing your confidentiality. Please use discretion when interacting with posts. For example, if you like, comment or subscribe your information may be stored in our system and displayed publicly, indefinitely.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
Our contact form service is WP forms. This is a plugin which may store personal data. Our email subscription service also collects and stores your data.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We use google analytics, optinmonster and jetpack to track website statistics and assist in running the website. These are plugins which may or may not track your location data and interaction with our website.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
Consider the implications of interacting with this site before you post personal information in comments, contact forms or otherwise.
Where We Send Your Data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.