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Policies & Guidelines of SurvivorForum.com

SurvivorForum.com is a service provided by AbuseConsultants.com. The treatment approach and clinical beliefs detailed on AbuseConsultants.com will be applied in SurvivorForum.com. Click here for more information about AbuseConsultants.com.

The following policies and guidelines apply to any guest, registered user, or therapeutic member of SurvivorForum.com and/or AbuseConsultants.com.

Please read through the policies and guidelines carefully. Agreement and cooperation with these policies and guidelines are required for participation in SurvivorForum.com. If you have any questions or concerns, please attend to those prior to registering in SurvivorForum.com.

1. Respect the Safety of Yourself and Others

  1. If you are acutely suicidal or dangerously self injurious, it is imperative that these issues be addressed immediately in individual sessions with Kathy Broady, with your own therapist or doctor, with established crisis hotlines, hospitals, or 911 Emergency Services. Acute and life-threatening safety issues are not appropriate for the SurvivorForum.
  2. Do not pressure or trigger other survivors into being your life support. If your safety is at high risk, you must seek professional help immediately. Other survivors are NOT responsible for your safety.
  3. The topics of chronic suicidal feelings and struggles with self harm may be discussed in a therapeutic manner on the SurvivorForum. Please be sure that you are stable enough emotionally to handle these discussions without being triggered into high risk, unsafe behavior.
  4. Refusal to follow these guidelines may lead to the loss of your membership privileges.
  5. Clinical consultations and individual therapy sessions are available via AbuseConsultants.com. If you are not stable enough to participate in the SurvivorForum, please get individual help first.

2. No Profanity or Abusive Language

  1. Please keep this forum safe and tasteful for all that read it. It is ok to speak your mind and express your feelings, however, any unacceptable language will be edited and/or deleted at the moderators’ discretion.
  2. The use of spoilers and triggers warnings are highly appreciated.
  3. Obscene and/or triggering words will be automatically edited by forum censorship controls and will not post onto the forum. As deemed necessary by the forum administrators, new words will be added to the censorship list without further explanation.
  4. Verbal abuse or emotional attacks onto other group members will not be tolerated and can lead to a loss of membership privileges.
  5. Explicitly sexual, violent, or racial language will not be tolerated.
  6. Refusal to follow these guidelines may lead to the loss of your membership privileges.

3. Communication and Cooperation are Essential

  1. Please speak kindly and respectfully towards all other group members, and forum moderators.
  2. Should any type of conflict, disagreement, quarrel or argument arise between group members, this issue must be addressed directly with Kathy Broady in a format separate from the forum. This may involve individual sessions or group chats. A consultation fee may be required.
  3. Failure to peacefully resolve these issues could result in the loss of your membership privileges.

4. Respect the Leadership

  1. The moderators of the SurvivorForum are each wonderful people. They have been given a leadership role specifically upon the request and invitation of Kathy Broady. Please appreciate their efforts, and follow their guidance and instruction. The moderators are there to help – not to be attacked or hassled or pressured.
  2. Should any situation arise where the moderators feel stretched beyond their comfort zone, they will refer it immediately to Kathy Broady. This could result in the need for individual sessions or group chats with Kathy Broady. A consultation fee may be required.
  3. Being inappropriately disrespectful or nasty towards any of the moderators can lead to the immediate loss of your membership privileges.
  4. Failure to address or peacefully resolve any conflict with the moderators could result in the loss of your membership privileges.
  5. Any legitimate complaints or concerns about the moderators must also be addressed directly with Kathy Broady in a setting outside of the public forum. Be respectful of the privacy required by the moderators.
  6. Please remember that Kathy Broady has had a long-standing, trustworthy relationship with each of the moderators, deeming each of them trustworthy in her eyes. Kathy Broady is highly respectful of each of these moderators, and will most likely stand firmly behind them and their decisions.
  7. However, should any moderator need some correction or guidance, this will be done privately and respectfully, and will not be allowed to become a public group feeding frenzy.
  8. Ultimately all decisions regarding the SurvivorForum are the responsibility of Kathy Broady, the licensed professional therapist, and Clinical Director of AbuseConsultants.com.

5. Privacy Policy

  1. All guests and members of the SurvivorForum and/or AbuseConsultants.com will receive notices, newsletters, updates, billing information, and other pertinent information via email. As this may be our only means of contacting you, a valid email address is required.
  2. Your email address will not be sold or distributed in any way.
  3. Keeping the SurvivorForum informed of your current active email address is essential for ongoing membership privileges. Please notify the SurvivorForum immediately of any changes in your email address.

6. Rights to Deny or Limit Membership Privileges

  1. The SurvivorForum and Kathy Broady maintain the right to deny or limit membership to the SurvivorForum for any reason. Loss of membership privileges may be on a temporary or permanent basis. Each membership request will be assessed on an individual basis.
  2. The SurvivorForum and Kathy Broady maintain the right to request additional information from any and all members in order to address questions of legitimacy, safety, or any other reason of concern.

7. Rights to Revoke Membership Privileges

  1. The SurvivorForum and Kathy Broady maintain the right to de-activate the membership privileges of any forum member at any point in time for any reason.
  2. When membership privileges are revoked for poor behavior of the forum member / participant, there will be no refunds given.

8. Policies Regarding Technical Difficulties and Site Down-Time

  1. The SurvivorForum is not responsible for technical difficulties beyond our control.
  2. We will do our best to keep the maintenance levels at peak performance levels. Routine maintenance checks will occur to ensure our servers run smoothly.
  3. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience caused during periods of maintenance, upkeep, and server down-time. We will do our best to minimize and correct any disturbances caused during this time.
  4. Any and all server down-time or maintenance time will be temporary, short-term, and non-refundable.

9. Policies Regarding Lost Posts

  1. The SurvivorForum is not responsible for the loss of any posts.
  2. Please keep your own copies of any important information.

10. Cancellation Policies

  1. All month-to-month cancellations must be received in advance and will not be effective until the last day of the month in which the cancellation notice was received.
  2. No partial-month refunds will be given for any reason.

11. Pricing Policies

  1. The SurvivorForum has the right to alter pricing unless specified by other agreements or promotions.
  2. In order to maintain some level of commitment to and continuity in the group setting, therapeutic memberships are not offered for time periods less than one month.
  3. When initially ordering a therapeutic membership, refer to the following chart for partial month payments. Unless you are joining in the first week of the month, you will be required to order an entire month plus the amount of remaining time in the current month.
  4. When any membership is cancelled or revoked for any reason, that member loses the right to retain any promotional pricing rates. Should the member re-join the SurvivorForum at a later time, the pricing rates that exist at that time will be applicable.

12. Grandfather Clause

  1. All members that join during the introductory initial promotion of the SurvivorForum are entitled to maintain their therapeutic membership at this introductory rate indefinitely. The SurvivorForum is highly appreciative of your willingness to help this service get started, and we thank you for being here, for taking part in the forum, and for having the courage to try something new.
  2. If your membership is cancelled or revoked for any reason, you have forfeited the right to keep that same promotional pricing rate should you decide to re-join the SurvivorForum at a later time.

13. Legalities

  1. Click here for information concerning credentialing / licensing information, advertising policies, complaint paths, copyright information, etc.
  2. The SurvivorForum.com, AbuseConsultants.com, and Kathy Broady are NOT responsible or liable for any of the posts and comments made by other people. We will edit / remove any posts that are inappropriate as quickly as possible. However, the posts / comments made by other members are the responsibility of the poster, not of the SurvivorForum.
  3. The guests and members of the SurvivorForum assume all responsibility for the words / comments / information they post on the site. Remember, anything posted on an internet forum becomes public information. Post ONLY the information that you are willing to post.
  4. Guests and members of the SurvivorForum will not be required to post personal information on the forum that will cause harm or bring damage to themselves. Each individual person is the judge of that for him / herself, and will be personally responsible for making the decision for what is safe to post, and what is not.
  5. All posting is done completely on a volunteer basis, with consent, and with the agreement and acceptance of the policies and guidelines of the SurvivorForum.
  6. SurvivorForum.com, AbuseConsultants.com, and Kathy Broady are NOT responsible or liable for any of the behavior of the guests or members of the forums. Each person, guest, and member is responsible for his or her own behavior.

14. Confidentiality

  1. The SurvivorForum is an effective type of online therapy, but it is viewable to many other people. Anything posted online will become public information. Do not assume that a forum holds the same level of confidentiality that is maintained in individual sessions with a therapist.
  2. All forum members are expected to maintain confidentiality and respect for other group members. Please do not gossip. Exposing the privacy of other members may be very dangerous for those survivors. Respecting and maintaining their confidentiality is highly appreciated.
  3. Any and all posts made on the SurvivorForum are done on a voluntary basis. You will not be required to expose personal information to the public if you choose to not do so. At the same time, please make sure that you are prepared and ready for any personal fall-out from posting personal information into a public forum / message board setting.
  4. The poster (guest/member) assumes ALL responsibility and all liability for any and all information he/she chooses to post in a public forum.
  5. Your posts can be deleted or edited at any point in time after being initially submitted to the SurvivorForum. Please contact the forum moderators and/or administrators for further assistance.
  6. Click here for additional information regarding confidentiality, record-keeping, internet security, and protection issues.

By registering as a guest member and/or by purchasing a therapeutic membership on the SurvivorForum, you are in acceptance of and in agreement with all policies and guidelines as outlined above. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.