Guides
Records, consent and data protection, answered by jurisdiction.
How long should a UK therapist keep client records?
15 August 2026
No statute sets a retention period for private psychotherapy records. What actually governs the decision, and how to write a policy you can defend.
Can I work with a client who is in another country
17 August 2026
Whether a UK therapist can see a client abroad is four questions, not one. Title, activity, insurance and data, with what is settled and what is interpretation.
What does the Data Use and Access Act 2025 mean for a solo therapy practice
18 August 2026
Three things in the Data Use and Access Act 2025 reach a one person therapy practice. The complaints duty in force since 19 June 2026, the reasonable and proportionate standard for access requests, and what the Act did and did not do to Article 9.
Recording and transcribing sessions, what is permitted and what breaches
18 August 2026
Recording a session makes you a controller of special category data, and the transcript is health data too. What Article 9 allows, why explicit consent is the usual route, and where recording is a criminal offence.