The website available at https://www.barbelgin.com, including each of its subdomains and sections ("Website"), is owned and operated by Barb Elgin LCSW-C.

By accessing the Website, you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms and Conditions of Use ("Terms"), all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from accessing this site.

Through the Website, the user can search content, such as blog posts, articles, mental health worksheets, treatment guides, videos, and interactive tools ("Content"). The Content is intended to be used as education, but never as a replacement for a professional diagnosis, psychotherapy, or other treatments. The Content does not constitute medical advice, and does not establish a therapist-client relationship. 

User agrees to not use the website to:

• upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable;
• upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships;
• upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party;
• intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law;
• create a competing website offering the same or substantially similar services to those provide through our Website or Service;
• decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer our Website, Service, and any related software found herein;
• redistribute our Content in any manner, including, but not limited to, sale, license, lease, rental, subscription, or any other distribution mechanism.

The Content on the Website is provided "as is". Barb Elgin LCSW-C makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights. Further, Barb Elgin LCSW-C does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the Content on its Website.

In no event shall Barb Elgin LCSW-C or its suppliers be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption,) arising out of the use or inability to use the Website, even if Barb Elgin LCSW-C or a authorized representative has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage.

The Content appearing on the Website could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. Barb Elgin LCSW-C does not warrant that any of the Content on its Website is accurate, complete, or current. Barb Elgin LCSW-C may make changes to the Content contained on the Website at any time without notice. Barb Elgin LCSW-C does not, however, make any commitment to update the Content.

Barb Elgin LCSW-C has not reviewed all of the links available on the Website and is not responsible for the content of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Barb Elgin LCSW-C.

Barb Elgin LCSW-C may revise these Terms at any time without notice. By using the Website you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these Terms. If the terms of use are modified, notice of modification will be posted on the website for a reasonable time after the modification. Use of the Website after the posting of the notice constitutes agreement to the modified terms.

Any claim relating to the Website shall be governed by the laws of the State of Maryland without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

To access some Content, the user must create an account by providing an email address and password. The user is responsible for providing and confirming a valid email address where they will receive notifications about their account. The user is solely responsible for keeping their account information up-to-date.

The user must protect and keep confidential the account password and must not disclose it to third parties. The user must neither allow other users to access the Content through the user's account, nor use the account of another user to access the Content.

The user is responsible for all operations carried out through their account through any device. If the user suspects that another user is using his account, he/she should immediately inform Barb Elgin LCSW-C.  Barb Elgin LCSW-C may suspend or cancel the account of the user if it believes that the user has breached these Terms.