Website Terms of Use
Kind Therapy Ottawa
Effective Date: August 13, 2026
Version 1.0
1. About These Terms
These Website Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the Kind Therapy Ottawa website and its content.
This website is operated by Emely Alcina, MEd, RP, CCC, carrying on business as Kind Therapy Ottawa.
The website provides information about psychotherapy services as well as retreats, breathwork, workshops, and other wellness experiences offered or facilitated by Emely Alcina.
Certain retreats, breathwork offerings, workshops, and other wellness experiences are separate from psychotherapy. The nature and scope of a particular service will be identified in the information and agreements relating to that service.
These Terms apply to your use of this website.
2. Website Information Is General Information
Information on this website is provided for general educational and informational purposes.
Website content is not intended to provide individualized medical, psychological, psychiatric, legal, financial, or other professional advice and should not be relied upon as a substitute for assessment or advice from an appropriately qualified professional.
Descriptions of psychotherapy approaches, breathwork, retreats, workshops, wellness practices, or other services are provided to help visitors understand the nature of those offerings. They are not recommendations that any particular service or practice is appropriate for a specific individual.
3. No Therapist-Client Relationship Through Website Use
Visiting this website, submitting a general inquiry, joining a mailing list, downloading information, or reading website content does not create a therapist-client relationship with Emely Alcina.
A psychotherapy relationship is established only through a separate clinical intake and informed-consent process and mutual agreement to provide psychotherapy services.
Participation in a stand-alone retreat, breathwork session, workshop, or other wellness offering does not by itself create a therapist-client relationship.
4. Website Is Not an Emergency or Crisis Service
This website, its contact forms, and general email communications are not monitored as emergency or crisis services.
Do not use the website, contact forms, or ordinary email to seek urgent medical, psychiatric, or emergency assistance.
If you are experiencing an emergency or require immediate assistance, contact appropriate emergency or crisis services in your location.
5. Psychotherapy Services
Psychotherapy services provided by Emely Alcina in her capacity as a Registered Psychotherapist are governed by separate clinical agreements, informed-consent processes, policies, professional standards, and applicable law.
Where there is a conflict between these Website Terms and a specific psychotherapy agreement or policy provided to a psychotherapy client, the specific clinical agreement or policy will govern the psychotherapy relationship, subject to applicable law and professional requirements.
Emely Alcina is registered with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario and is required to comply with the professional obligations applicable to Registered Psychotherapists in Ontario.
6. Retreats, Breathwork, Workshops, and Wellness Offerings
Retreats, stand-alone breathwork, workshops, and other wellness experiences are not psychotherapy unless expressly identified and agreed upon as psychotherapy.
Participation may be subject to separate documents, including, where applicable:
Participation agreements
Health-screening and informed-consent forms
Waivers and releases of liability
Event-specific policies
Booking or payment terms
Travel-provider terms
Safety instructions or participation requirements
Those documents govern participation in the applicable service or activity.
Completing an inquiry, readiness questionnaire, health screening, or other preliminary form does not guarantee acceptance, registration, or participation in an offering.
7. Retreat Travel and Third-Party Services
Some retreats or events may involve services provided by independent third parties, such as travel agencies, accommodations, transportation providers, excursion providers, venues, guides, or other service providers.
Where retreat travel arrangements, payments, registrations, cancellations, or refunds are administered by an independent travel provider, the applicable travel provider's terms and conditions also apply.
Third-party providers are responsible for their own services and may have separate contracts, privacy practices, cancellation policies, waivers, or participation requirements.
Nothing in these Website Terms replaces the specific terms provided for a particular retreat, booking, or third-party service.
8. Fees, Registration, Cancellation, and Refunds
Fees, deposits, payment schedules, cancellation terms, and refund policies vary depending on the service or offering.
The applicable terms will be provided through the relevant booking process, service agreement, registration information, travel-provider documentation, or other service-specific documentation.
A general statement elsewhere on this website does not override a specific agreement governing a particular service.
Nothing in these Terms is intended to limit any consumer or other legal right that cannot lawfully be waived.
9. No Guarantee of Outcomes
Psychotherapy, breathwork, retreats, workshops, and wellness practices are individual experiences, and responses vary from person to person.
Information describing possible benefits, intentions, themes, experiences, or outcomes is not a promise or guarantee of a particular result.
No specific physical, psychological, emotional, relational, spiritual, professional, or other outcome is guaranteed.
10. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise indicated, original text, written materials, exercises, graphics, branding, program descriptions, downloadable materials, and other original content appearing on this website are owned by or licensed to Emely Alcina and may be protected by copyright and other intellectual-property laws.
You may access website content for your own personal, non-commercial use.
Unless permission has been provided or use is otherwise permitted by law, you may not reproduce, distribute, republish, sell, modify, create derivative commercial materials from, or use substantial portions of original website content for commercial, educational, training, or promotional purposes.
The names, logos, branding, and other identifying elements associated with Kind Therapy Ottawa may not be used in a manner that suggests sponsorship, endorsement, affiliation, or authorization where none exists.
11. Appropriate Use of the Website
You agree not to intentionally use this website in a manner that:
Violates applicable law
Interferes with the security or operation of the website
Attempts to gain unauthorized access to forms, accounts, systems, or information
Introduces malicious code or other harmful technology
Impersonates another person
Provides information about another person without appropriate authority or permission
Uses website content in a misleading, unlawful, or unauthorized manner
Access to the website may be restricted where reasonably necessary to protect its security, integrity, users, or operation.
12. Third-Party Links and Resources
This website may contain links to websites, booking platforms, videos, resources, social-media platforms, travel providers, or other services operated by independent third parties.
Links are provided for information or convenience and do not necessarily constitute an endorsement of all information, services, products, opinions, privacy practices, or content provided by the third party.
Independent websites and services are governed by their own terms and privacy practices.
13. Website Availability and Accuracy
Reasonable efforts are made to keep website information accurate and current.
However, website content may occasionally contain errors, become outdated, or require revision. Programs, schedules, availability, fees, facilitators, locations, features, and other information may change where reasonably necessary.
Material terms relating to a purchased or registered service will be governed by the applicable service-specific agreement or booking terms rather than a later change to general website content.
The website may occasionally be unavailable because of maintenance, technical issues, third-party service interruptions, security concerns, or circumstances outside reasonable control.
14. Limitation Regarding Website Use
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Emely Alcina is not responsible for losses arising solely from reliance on general website information, temporary website unavailability, or the acts or omissions of independent third-party websites or services.
This section does not exclude or limit liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited.
Nothing in these Website Terms is intended to function as a waiver or release of liability for participation in a retreat, breathwork session, workshop, or other activity. Where a separate waiver and release applies to an activity, it will be provided separately.
15. Privacy
Personal information collected through this website is handled in accordance with the Privacy Policy posted on this website and applicable privacy requirements.
Some forms may contain additional privacy, consent, or information-use provisions appropriate to the particular information being collected.
The Privacy Policy should be reviewed together with these Terms.
16. Electronic Communications and Mailing Lists
Submitting an inquiry or providing an email address for an administrative purpose does not automatically mean that you have agreed to receive optional promotional communications.
Where consent is required for newsletters, retreat announcements, workshop information, or other marketing communications, consent will be obtained separately.
You may unsubscribe from optional promotional communications using the unsubscribe mechanism provided or as otherwise described in the Privacy Policy.
17. Governing Law
To the extent permitted by applicable law, these Website Terms are governed by the laws of Ontario and the applicable laws of Canada.
To the extent legally permitted, disputes concerning use of this website will be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of Ontario, subject to any mandatory jurisdictional or consumer-protection rules that may apply.
18. Relationship to Other Agreements
These Website Terms apply generally to use of the website.
Where you enter into a separate agreement relating to psychotherapy, a retreat, breathwork, a workshop, travel services, or another offering, the specific agreement governing that service takes precedence regarding matters addressed in that agreement.
Independent third-party providers are responsible for the services they directly provide and may have separate contracts, privacy practices, cancellation policies, waivers, or participation requirements, subject to applicable law.
Nothing in these Terms overrides rights or obligations that cannot lawfully be excluded or modified.
19. Changes to These Terms
These Website Terms may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in services, website functionality, legal requirements, or business practices.
The current version will be posted on this website with its effective date.
Updated Terms will apply to use of the website from the date they are posted. Changes to these Website Terms do not retroactively modify a separate service agreement, booking agreement, or other contract already entered into.
20. Contact
Questions about these Website Terms may be directed to:
Emely Alcina
Kind Therapy Ottawa
Email: kindtherapyottawa@gmail.com
Phone: 613-209-4052
Last Updated: August 13, 2026