Terms of Use/Disclaimer
The content on this Site (including all articles, vignettes, videos, cartoons, images, tools, links, books, and any external resources) is provided as a free resource to the general public for educational purposes only. No materials or content is permitted to be downloaded, or printed, for commercial or any other use.
Dr. Margolies’ posts and articles are not a replacement for therapy.
- The information contained on this site is general information for educational purposes only.
- The information on this site is not, nor is it intended to be therapy or psychological advice.
- Nothing posted on this website or anywhere, or written by Dr. Margolies should be considered professional advice.
- Dr. Margolies is not able to answer questions regarding your specific situation.
- If you are a current or former patient, please remember that your comments or likes online may jeopardize your confidentiality.
- The information provided does not constitute the formation of a therapist-patient relationship.
- Please consult your physician or mental health provider regarding advice or support for your health and wellbeing. If you are in crisis, please call your local 24-hour hotline or 911.
General Information
Welcome to DrLynnMargolies.com (the “Website”). The Website is owned and operated by Dr. Lynn Margolies (“I”, “we”, “our”, or “us”). These Terms of Use/Disclaimers (the “Agreement”) apply to your use of and access to any and all aspects of the Website. To make this Agreement easier to read, the Website, and its contents and related resources are collectively called the “Website.”
The Website provides general educational information on various topics as a free public service. No information contained herein constitutes or should be construed as therapy or medical advice or endorsement of any kind.
The term “you” refers to anyone who uses, visits and/or views the website.
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND OUR PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING OR ACCESSING THE SERVICES. BY USING OR ACCESSING THE SERVICES (INCLUDING YOUR SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE WEBSITE), YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREED TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE, INCLUDING THE PRIVACY POLICY (WHICH IS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE), AND TO COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
You agree that the Terms of Use, combined with your act of using the Website, has the same legal force and effect as a written contract with your written signature and satisfies any laws that require a writing or signature. You further agree that you shall not challenge the validity, enforceability, or admissibility of the Terms of Use on the grounds that it was electronically transmitted or authorized.
Please read the Agreement carefully. We reserve the right to modify it at any time without notice. By visiting and using this Website, you accept and agree to be bound by the Agreement along with our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Website constitutes your acceptance of future changes and updates to the Agreement. You must not access or use the Website if you do not agree to be bound by this Agreement.
No Medical Advice
All content and information on this website including external sources and resources are for informational and educational purposes only, and do not constitute therapeutic advice or therapy. Using this Website does not establish any kind of Therapist-client relationship. A Therapist-client or consulting relationship with Dr. Lynn Margolies is only formed with an explicit agreement including signing an Informed Consent and HIPAA form.
Although the Website strives to provide accurate general information, the information presented here is not a substitute for any kind of professional advice, and you should not rely solely on this information. Always consult a professional in the area for your particular needs and circumstances prior to making any professional, legal, healthcare and financial decisions.
THE WEBSITE MAY OFFER HEALTH AND OTHER SUCH INFORMATION, BUT SUCH INFORMATION IS DESIGNED FOR EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE WEBSITE DOES NOT AND IS NOT INTENDED TO CONVEY MEDICAL ADVICE AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE. YOU SHOULD NOT RELY ON THIS INFORMATION AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR, NOR DOES IT REPLACE, PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ADVICE, DIAGNOSIS, OR TREATMENT. PSYCHCENTRAL IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ACTIONS OR INACTION ON A USER’S PART BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT IS PRESENTED ON THE WEBSITE.
Third-Party Links and Disclaimer
This website includes information, tools and links for products or services deemed to be valuable based on research, clinical, or personal experience. All such referrals are solely based on honest opinion made in good faith.
Dr. Margolies does not have any financial relationship or profit in any way from any product, tool, book, link, or website link provided on this site. Any links or resources included on this site are not intended to be an endorsement or statement that their information is accurate or will be applicable or helpful to you. They are provided to you as general resources that may be useful to you but it is still your responsibility to conduct your own due diligence to ensure you have obtained complete accurate information about any such products, services, coaches and consultants.
By using this website, you agree not to hold Dr. Margolies or anyone associated with her practice liable for any of your successes or failures directly or indirectly related to the information, reports, reviews, products and/or services presented to you here.
Any opinions, statements, links to websites or books, or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties in the Third-Party Content are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of Dr. Lynn Margolies. Dr. Lynn Margolies does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any Third-Party Content, nor its merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Additional disclaimers and limitation of liability are noted below.
Article Content
The characters from the vignettes in my articles are fictitious and designed to be relatable to many people and common themes. They are not based on any patient’s individual situation or disclosure but were derived from a composite of people and events for the purpose of representing real-life situations and psychological dilemmas.
They are examples and are not intended to serve as a guarantee that you will achieve the same or similar results. Each individual’s performance is different and your results will vary accordingly.
By using this website, you agree not to hold Dr. Margolies or anyone associated with her practice liable for any of your successes or failures directly or indirectly related to the information, reports, reviews, products and/or services presented to you here.
Intellectual Property Ownership
Unless otherwise noted, all information, materials, images, software, photographs, articles, functions, text and other content contained on or offered through the Website (collectively, “Content”) and all copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights in or relating to the Content are the sole property of Dr. Lynn Margolies, its licensors or content providers or other third parties. The Website and all of its Content and the selection and arrangement thereof, is protected as a compilation owned by Dr. Lynn Margolies under the copyright laws of the United States and other countries. Dr. Lynn Margolies may change the Website or delete any Content or features of the Website at any time, in any way, for any or no reason. Dr. Lynn Margolies reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the Website and the Content.
Unless otherwise noted, Dr. Lynn Margolies and all other trademarks, service marks, trade names, and logos displayed on the Website are the trademarks, servicemarks, trade names, and logos of Dr. Lynn Margolies. All other trademarks, logos and service marks are the property of their respective owners. Nothing on the Website shall be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark, trade name, logo or service mark displayed on the Website without the owner’s prior written permission. Unauthorized use of Dr. Lynn Margolies and all other trademarks, service marks, trade names, and logos displayed on the Website is strictly prohibited.
Content may not be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, re-delivered using framing technology, transmitted, displayed, performed, distributed or used in any way without Dr. Lynn Margolies’s prior written permission; provided however, that users may download one copy of any Content on any single computer and print a copy of that Content solely for their personal, private, non-commercial use. No permission is granted to use the Website icons, addresses or other means to hyperlink other web sites with any page in the Website.
Patient Reviews
All the Google and other patient reviews of Dr. Margolies services that are included on this website and online are real and were written by patients who requested to write reviews.
Changes to Agreement
We may, at any time and in our sole discretion, amend, modify, delete or add (collectively “Amendments”) to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Your use of the Website after such Amendments have been posted constitutes your agreement with and acceptance of such Amendments.
Changes to Services
We may, at any time and in our sole discretion, modify, add to, delete, suspend or terminate the Website and any content, resources or material offered on or through the Website, for any or no reason, and with or without notice.
Your Privacy Rights
Please refer to our Privacy Policy for information on how we collect, use and disclose information from our users. You acknowledge and agree that your use of the Services is subject to our Privacy Policy and by using the Services, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.
No Warranties
ALL CONTENT, INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES ON THE WEBSITE ARE “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW. COMPANY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE CONTENT, INFORMATION, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES PROVIDED ON THIS WEBSITE. COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTIES THAT THE WEBSITE WILL PERFORM OR OPERATE TO MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE INFORMATION PRESENTED HERE WILL BE COMPLETE, CURRENT OR ERROR-FREE. COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, IMPLIED AND EXPRESS FOR ANY PURPOSE TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Limitation of Liability
You agree that under no circumstances, Dr. Margolies or anyone associated with her practice shall be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, equitable, special, punitive, exemplary or any other damages resulting from your use of this website including but not limited to all the content, information, products, services and graphics presented here.
You expressly agree that your use of the website is at your sole risk and that you are solely responsible for the accuracy of the personal and any information you provide, outcome of your actions, personal and business results, and for all other use in connection with the website.
You also expressly agree that Dr. Lynn Margolies and/or officers, employees, successors, or anyone else working on this website shall not be liable to you for any damages resulting from (1) any errors or omissions on the website, delay or denial of any products or services, failure of performance of any kind, interruption in the operation and your use of the website, website attacks including computer virus, hacking of information, and any other system failures; (2) any loss of income, use, data, revenue, profits, business or any goodwill related to the website; (3) any theft or unauthorized access by third party of your information from the website regardless of our negligence; and (4) any use or misuse of the information, products and/or services offered here.
This limitation of liability shall apply whether such liability arises from negligence, breach of contract, tort or any other legal theory of liability. You agree that neither this website nor Dr. Lynn Margolies provides any express or implied guarantees to you for the content presented here, and you accept that no particular results are being promised to you here.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold Dr. Lynn Margolies and/or its officers, employees, successors, or anyone else working with her practice or website harmless from all losses, claims, damages, demands, actions, suits, proceedings or judgments, including costs, expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees (“Liabilities”) assessed against or otherwise incurred by you arising, in whole or in part, from: (a) actions or omissions, whether done negligently or otherwise, by you, your agents, directors, officers, employees or representatives; (b) all your actions and use of our websites including purchasing programs, products and services; (c) violation of any laws, rules, regulations or ordinances by you; or (d) violation of any terms and conditions of this website by you or anyone related to you; (e) infringement by you or any other user of your account of any intellectual property or other rights of anyone. Dr. Lynn Margolies will notify you promptly of any such claims or liability and reserves the right to defend such claim, liability or damage at your expense. You shall fully cooperate and provide assistance to us if requested, without any cost, to defend any such claims.
Complete Agreement; Amendments
These Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Agreement constitute the entire agreement between you and Dr. Lynn Margolies with respect to the use of the Services and Content.
We, in our sole discretion, reserve the right to update, revise, supplement and to otherwise modify these Terms of Use, and to impose new or additional terms and conditions on your use of the Website from time to time. Such updates, revisions, supplements, modifications and additional rules, policies, terms and conditions (collectively referred to in these Terms of Use as “Additional Terms”) will be effective immediately and incorporated into these Terms of Use upon notice thereof, which may be given by any reasonable means, including by posting to the Website. Your continued viewing or use of the Website following such notice will be deemed to conclusively indicate your acceptance of any and all such Additional Terms.
Termination
This Agreement is effective unless and until terminated by either you or Dr. Lynn Margolies. You may terminate this Agreement at any time by discontinuing use of the Website (subject to the surviving terms set forth herein). We also may terminate this Agreement at any time and may do so immediately without notice, and accordingly deny you access to the Services, if in our sole discretion you fail to comply with any term or provision of this Agreement.
No Waiver
Any failure to enforce strict performance of any provision of these Terms of Use will not constitute a waiver of the right to subsequently enforce such a provision or any other provision of this Agreement, nor will any delay or omission on the part of Dr. Lynn Margolies to exercise or take advantage of any right or remedy that we have or may have hereunder, operate as a waiver of any right or remedy.
