TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Effective date: August 4, 2026
Last updated: August 4, 2026

These Terms and Conditions govern your use of the Cognitive Edge Counseling website, including its pages, forms, features, and content. In these Terms, “Cognitive Edge Counseling,” “the practice,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to COGNITIVE EDGE LLC, Michigan LARA Identification No. 803264353, doing business as Cognitive Edge Counseling.

By accessing or using this website, you agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the website.

ABOUT THE PRACTICE

Cognitive Edge Counseling is a private counseling practice based in Alma, Michigan. This website provides general information about the practice, its approach, and the services that may be available. It also provides ways for prospective and current clients to contact the practice.

Information on this website does not guarantee that services will be available, appropriate, or offered to any particular person.

NO MEDICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH ADVICE

The content on this website is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice, mental health advice, diagnosis, treatment, crisis intervention, or a substitute for an evaluation or care from a qualified professional.

You should not rely on website content when making decisions about your health, mental health, treatment, medication, or personal safety.

NO COUNSELOR AND CLIENT RELATIONSHIP

Accessing this website, reading its content, calling the practice, or submitting a contact form does not create a counselor and client relationship.

A counselor and client relationship begins only after:

1. The practice has determined that it can appropriately provide services;

2. The client and practice have completed the required intake and consent process; and

3. The practice has expressly agreed to provide counseling services.

The practice has no professional duty to a website visitor merely because the visitor accessed the website or submitted an inquiry.

EMERGENCIES AND CRISIS ASSISTANCE

This website, its contact forms, email addresses, voicemail systems, and social media accounts are not monitored continuously and must not be used for emergencies or urgent mental health concerns.

If you or another person is in immediate danger, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department.

If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts, emotional distress, or a mental health or substance use crisis, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

Veterans and service members may call 988 and press 1 or text 838255 to reach the Veterans Crisis Line.

Cognitive Edge Counseling cannot guarantee an immediate response to any website submission, email, telephone message, or other communication.

WEBSITE COMMUNICATIONS AND PRIVACY

Please do not submit detailed clinical information, diagnoses, treatment records, Social Security numbers, payment card information, or other highly sensitive information through a general website contact form or ordinary email.

Although the practice takes reasonable steps to protect information, no website, form, email system, or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Submitting information through the website does not guarantee that the information will be treated as part of a clinical record.

Information submitted through the website may be used to respond to your inquiry, determine whether the practice may be able to assist you, schedule an initial conversation, maintain website security, and operate the website as described in our Privacy Policy.

If Cognitive Edge Counseling is a covered entity under HIPAA, its Notice of Privacy Practices separately explains how protected health information may be used and disclosed and describes applicable patient rights. These Terms do not replace that notice or any authorization, consent, or clinical privacy document required by law.

COUNSELING SERVICES

Counseling services are governed by separate documents provided during intake, which may include informed consent, privacy practices, telehealth terms, financial policies, cancellation policies, communication policies, and other clinical agreements.

If these Terms conflict with a signed clinical agreement concerning counseling services, the clinical agreement will control with respect to those services.

The practice may decline to provide services or may refer an individual to another provider when permitted by applicable law and professional standards.

GEOGRAPHIC AND LICENSING LIMITATIONS

Counseling services are available only where the treating professional is legally authorized to practice and where the client is physically located at the time services are delivered.

Information about services on this website is not an offer to provide counseling in a state or jurisdiction where the practice or counselor is not authorized to provide those services.

FEES AND PAYMENT

Cognitive Edge Counseling is a private-pay practice unless the practice expressly states otherwise in writing.

Applicable fees, payment expectations, cancellation charges, refund terms, and other financial policies will be disclosed before counseling services begin or before a charge is authorized. Visiting this website or submitting an inquiry does not authorize the practice to charge you.

Payments for counseling services are governed by the financial agreement or other written policy provided to the client. Nothing in these Terms changes any rights or obligations established by applicable law.

ACCEPTABLE USE

You agree not to:

• Use the website for an unlawful, fraudulent, abusive, or harmful purpose.

• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website, its hosting environment, accounts, records, or connected systems.

• Introduce malware, malicious code, automated attacks, or disruptive technology.

• Interfere with the operation, availability, or security of the website.

• Submit false, misleading, threatening, harassing, or unlawful material.

• Use automated systems to scrape, copy, or extract website content without written permission.

• Impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity or authority.

• Use website content in a manner that infringes intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other legal rights.

We may restrict or block access to the website when reasonably necessary to protect the practice, its clients, its systems, or other users.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Unless otherwise stated, the website’s original text, graphics, branding, design elements, photographs, downloadable materials, and other content are owned by or licensed to Cognitive Edge Counseling and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

You may view and print reasonable portions of the website for your personal, noncommercial use. You may not reproduce, republish, sell, modify, distribute, or commercially exploit website content without prior written permission.

Names, logos, trademarks, and materials belonging to third parties remain the property of their respective owners.

THIRD-PARTY SERVICES AND LINKS

The website may contain links to or features provided by third parties, such as maps, scheduling systems, payment processors, video platforms, social media services, or informational resources.

Cognitive Edge Counseling does not control and is not responsible for the availability, security, privacy practices, accuracy, or content of third-party services. Your use of a third-party service is governed by that provider’s own terms and privacy policies.

A link does not constitute an endorsement of the third party or all information appearing on its website.

WEBSITE AVAILABILITY AND ACCURACY

We try to keep website information accurate and current, but we do not guarantee that all content will always be complete, error-free, or up to date. Service descriptions, availability, hours, fees, clinician information, and other website content may change.

The website may occasionally be unavailable because of maintenance, technical problems, security concerns, or circumstances outside our control.

DISCLAIMER OF WEBSITE WARRANTIES

To the fullest extent permitted by law, this website and its general informational content are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied.

This disclaimer applies only to the website and its general informational content. It does not waive or limit any professional duty, client right, consumer protection, or other responsibility that cannot legally be waived.

LIMITATION OF WEBSITE LIABILITY

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Cognitive Edge Counseling will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising solely from your use of, inability to use, or reliance on this website or its general informational content.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for professional negligence, gross negligence, willful misconduct, violations of applicable law, or any other liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited.

CHILDREN AND MINORS

This website is intended for general audiences and is not designed to collect personal information directly from children under 13.

A parent, legal guardian, or other legally authorized person should contact the practice regarding services for a minor. Whether and how counseling services may be provided to a minor will be determined under applicable law and the practice’s informed-consent procedures.

CHANGES TO THESE TERMS

We may update these Terms when our website, practices, or legal obligations change. Updated Terms will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.

Changes apply prospectively from the date they are posted unless applicable law requires otherwise. Continued use of the website after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

GOVERNING LAW

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Nothing in this section deprives a consumer or client of a protection, remedy, or right that cannot lawfully be waived.

SEVERABILITY

If any provision of these Terms is determined to be unlawful, invalid, or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law. The remaining provisions will continue in effect.

NO WAIVER

A failure by Cognitive Edge Counseling to enforce a provision of these Terms does not waive the right to enforce that provision later.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT FOR WEBSITE USE

These Terms and the website Privacy Policy constitute the agreement governing general use of this website. They do not replace the agreements, notices, disclosures, or consent documents governing counseling services.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Cognitive Edge Counseling

Legal business name: COGNITIVE EDGE LLC

Mailing address: 524 LIBERTY ST, ALMA, MI 48801

Email: DanielKlaasse@gmail.com

Telephone: +1(989)506-1172