Terms of Service for Members

1. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

Welcome to GoodTherapy.org. GoodTherapy.org provides the GoodTherapy.org website ("Website") to you, the Member, subject to the following Terms of Service. By using our Website, you, the Member, agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. Please read them carefully. If you do not agree to these Terms of Service, please do not become a Member or place a directory listing on GoodTherapy.org. You can review the most current version of the Terms of Service at any time at: http://www.goodtherapy.org/terms-service.html

2. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE AND BILLING TERMS

GoodTherapy.org provides Member with access to the GoodTherapy.org Practice Directory where the Member can create a listing to advertise their mental health, counseling, or consulting practice to potential clients, consumers, and the general public. GoodTherapy.org also provides Member with access to:

Listings on the GoodTherapy.org Network, a collection of health and mental health related websites where GoodTherapy.org powers therapist directories.
GoodTherapy.org Workshop Directory where the Member can create a listing to advertise their Workshop or Training to potential participants.
Live continuing education web-conferences and teleconferences, both free and paid
Archived/ recorded continuing education events
Opportunities to publish articles
Reputation Monitoring service
Media Relations service
The GoodTherapy.org Online Community
Reduced rate products and services from partners

Membership in GoodTherapy.org is either month-to-month or year-to-year, depending on the selection made by each member during initial registration or during the update of their payment information. As updated on December 12, 2011, the membership fee for new members is $24.95.(USD) per month OR $269 per year. The Member acknowledges that the fee and terms of service for the GoodTherapy.org Membership are subject to change, and that GoodTherapy.org reserves the right to revise rates and terms under this contract at any time. Members may cancel their membership to GoodTherapy.org at any time without refund by completing the cancellation form. The purpose of the cancellation form is to confirm identity and to gather helpful feedback; thus requests to cancel membership solely by email are not acceptable. If a Member cancels membership he or she will not be charged for the next scheduled recurring bill and all listings will be removed within 7 business days of cancellation. Absolutely no refunds or pro-rated amounts will be given to members who cancel before their term of service expires. Absolutely no refunds or pro-rated amounts will be given to members who chose not to renew their membership. Absolutely no refunds or pro-rated amounts will be given to members for any reason whatsoever. Member authorizes GoodTherapy.org to automatically charge the fee to the member's credit card either 1x a month or 1x per 365 days, depending on their membership type, during the course of membership. Member acknowledges that GoodTherapy.org does not save or maintain any credit card information on the GoodTherapy.org server and instead uses First Data to store credit card information and process credit card transactions via a secure and encrypted SSL page to ensure the highest safety for all transactions.

If and when a Member's credit card declines the periodic membership fee, our system will continue to attempt the transaction on a daily basis. GoodTherapy.org will make every effort to contact the Member should the Member's credit card decline. If a Member's account is left unpaid GoodTherapy.org will keep the Member's account active for up to 45 days from the time the Member's membership dues transaction first failed. Members will continue to be responsible for paying their past due amount and any future past due amount that accrues, up to 45 days past due. If a Member's account is left unpaid for more than 45 days, GoodTherapy.org reserves the right to hire a third-party collection agency to collect the Member's past due balance. When a Member's account goes to collections, GoodTherapy.org reserves the right to release all of the Member's membership information to the collection agency.

There is a "free month for every new member you refer" offer which is extended to all GoodTherapy.org members. Members can refer as many new members to GoodTherapy.org as wanted and will receive 1 free month of membership for every referral which subsequently joins GoodTherapy.org. Take advantage of this offer by having the referred member enter your first and last name in the "which Member referred you" field during sign-up. To receive a free-month, the referred Member must enter your first and last name during their initial sign-up.

Members with month-to-month memberships who successfully refer a new Member to GoodTherapy.org will receive a refund at the end of the month following the referral. Members with annual memberships will receive a FREE month for every successful referral to GoodTherapy.org following the expiration of their annual membership. There will be no more than one refund per month. For example, if you successfully refer 10 members to GoodTherapy.org in one 30-day period you will receive 10 refunds over the course of 10 months, one refund per month for every referral. If you cancel your membership or no longer have a membership this offer is void and you will forfeit any earned refunds

This Service may include weekly or bi-weekly service announcements and/or administrative messages from GoodTherapy.org. These communications are considered part of GoodTherapy.org Membership, and the Member will not be able to opt out of receiving them.

3. AGREEMENT:

Member agrees that GoodTherapy.org is under no obligation to the Member except to post the Member's listing for the applicable term.

GoodTherapy.org makes no representations or warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied with regard to our Website, its content or its operations. To the fullest extent of the law, GoodTherapy.org, disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

Member agrees that GoodTherapy.org , has no liability of any kind whatsoever to the Member or to any individual, group, partnership, or corporation who may use the Service.

Member agrees to assume all liability for listings published (including illustrations, images, photographs, files, text, claims, etc.) and agrees to assume any and all responsibility for claims occurring therefrom against GoodTherapy.org.

Member agrees that all personal information entered by the Member and stored by GoodTherapy.org may be transferred and shared in the event that GoodTherapy.org should be sold or given to another organization, corporation, or individual.

The service known as "Reputation Monitoring" provided by GoodTherapy.org is intended to assist Members in aggregation of information available on the Internet. Reputation Monitoring is in no way guaranteed to deliver, expose, reveal, or report any specific search terms designated by the Member. GoodTherapy.org is in no way liable for results produced or not produced by the Reputation Monitoring service, including any resulting effect on Members' business, private practice, or reputation because of omission of instances of search terms from delivery results. Use of Reputation Monitoring is completely voluntary and provided on an "AS-IS" basis and without any guarantee of results.

GoodTherapy.org may offer access to free or fee-based "Web Conferences." "Web Conference" refers to a live or archived audio and/or video presentation available on and accessible from GoodTherapy.org. All Members who participate in any Web Conference offered by GoodTherapy.org do so on a completely voluntary basis. GoodTherapy.org's provision of Web Conferences is based solely on GoodTherapy.org's discretion.

It is GoodTherapy.org's intention to provide access to the Web Conference to all Members who have registered for said Web Conference. However, due to potential technical complications, presenter schedules and availability, Acts of God, or other unforeseen circumstances, registration for any Web Conference is in no way a guarantee of access or participation in the Web Conference.

By registering for a paid event, Member authorizes GoodTherapy.org to charge your credit card the associated fee for the event. In the event that a scheduled fee-based Web Conference does not occur due to technical complications related to the GoodTherapy.org Web Conference platform, GoodTherapy.org will provide a refund of this fee to all registered Members or will reschedule the event. Members who are unable to access the Web Conference because of issues related to Client phone, internet or personal computer issues are not eligible for refunds of fee-based Web Conferences. Additionally, refunds are given to Members who cancel their Web Conference registration at least two weeks prior to the event they registered for. Refunds are not given for purchasing an archived recording nor are refunds given to Members who are dissatisfied with a live or recorded Web Conference.

Through registration for access to a Web Conference provided by GoodTherapy.org, all Members agree and understand that GoodTherapy.org may contact said Members using the email address provided at the time of registration.

Web Conferences available on GoodTherapy.org are provided on an AS-IS basis and are not intended to be, in any way, a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, medical treatment, or psychotherapy. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health provider with any questions you may have regarding any mental health symptom or medical condition. Never disregard professional psychological or medical advice, nor delay in seeking professional advice or treatment because of something you have read on GoodTherapy.org. By attending a live Web Conference or viewing or listening to a recorded Web Conference, you signify your assent to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement.

Member agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless GoodTherapy.org against any loss or liability resulting from the posting of the information provided by you, the Member, including, but not limited to, any claims by third parties who may use your service.

Member agrees to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend GoodTherapy.org and its licensors, suppliers, officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries from and against any and all liability, loss, claim, damages, expense, or cost (including but not limited to attorneys' fees), incurred by or made against the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim arising from or related to your use of the GoodTherapy.org website, the placement, posting or transmission of any messages, information, Content or other materials on or through the GoodTherapy.org website by you or users of your account, or any breach or violation of these Terms of Service by you or users of your account.

Member understands that all trademarks and other claims of intellectual property rights, information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials ("Content"), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated. This means that you, the Member, and not GoodTherapy.org, are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the Service. GoodTherapy.org does not control the Content posted via the Service and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. Member agrees to observe all statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations with respect to the use of GoodTherapy.org and the intellectual property rights of all persons who may claim an interest in any Content. Under no circumstances will GoodTherapy.org be liable in any way for any Content.

Member agrees GoodTherapy.org does not claim ownership of Content which you, the Member, submit or make available for inclusion on the Service. By submitting Content for inclusion on the Service, Member represents to GoodTherapy.org that with respect to such Content, Member is the owner of all brand names, logos, and trademarks, or the duly authorized representative or licensee of such owner, and will indemnify and save GoodTherapy.org free and harmless from any liability arising out of the use of such brand names, logos and trademarks included in such Content.

Member agrees to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about themselves and their mental health practice as prompted by the Service's sign up procedure and to maintain and update the Service's Listing Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.

Member agrees choose an email/username and password as part of the Service's registration process. Member is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account and is fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account or membership. Member agrees to immediately notify GoodTherapy.org of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session.

Member agrees that GoodTherapy.org has the right to suspend or terminate your membership and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service for any cause and without prior notice.

Member agrees that GoodTherapy.org reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that GoodTherapy.org shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

Member agrees that GoodTherapy.org shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to promote the GoodTherapy.org Directory through various partnerships, promotional activities, advertising, and through direct use of the GoodTherapy.org Directory by selected partner websites which GoodTherapy.org deems useful, effective, and in the interest of GoodTherapy.org and its Members. Member agrees and understands that through these promotional relationships the Member profile can be displayed and hosted on other third party websites with whom GoodTherapy.org has a trusted relationship.

Member agrees that the Listing space provided to the Member will not be sublet to others, nor used for other purposes than herein named.

Member agrees that any links to third party sites are provided solely for convenience. Such sites are not under the control of GoodTherapy.org, and GoodTherapy.org is not responsible for their content, any changes or updates to them, or the collection of any personal data or information by the operators of such sites.

Member agrees that advertisers and sponsors are not related to GoodTherapy.org other than by a business relationship. Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Service, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser. Member agrees that GoodTherapy.org shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings, products or services or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the Service.

Member consents to receive communications from GoodTherapy.org electronically. GoodTherapy.org will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on this site. Member agrees that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Member agrees to not use the Service to:

a. 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;

b. 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;

c. 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;

d. intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law.

e. create a competing website offering the same or substantially similar services to those provide through our Website or Service.

f. decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer our Website, Service, and any related software found herein.

g. re-distribute our Content in any manner, including, but not limited to, sale, license, lease, rental, subscription, or any other distribution mechanism

Member agrees that these Terms of Service, the Membership and placement and publication of information and content on the GoodTherapy.org website are governed be the laws of the State of Alaska, without regard to its conflict of law principles. Member agrees that the City of Anchorage, and the Municipality of Anchorage, in which GoodTherapy.org is located, shall be the forum for any legal action relating to our Website, Content, Service, and listings placed or published. Any cause of action by you with respect to our Website, Content, or Service, must be instituted within one (1) year after the cause of action arose or be forever waived and barred. Should any part of this Terms of Service be held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed consistent with applicable law and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. To the extent that any Content is in conflict or inconsistent with this Terms of Service, this Terms of Service shall take precedence. The failure of GoodTherapy.org to enforce any provision or right of these Terms of Service will not constitute a waiver of such provision or right.

Member also acknowledges the existence of the Terms of Service and Use Agreement which outlines the service and use conditions applicable to all users of GoodTherapy.org and agrees, by virtue of visiting GoodTherapy.org, to all of the conditions contained in the Terms of Service and Use Agreement.

These Terms of Service constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter.

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Terms of Service for Members