Notice of Privacy Practices

Effective Date: September 24, 2026

This notice explains how StrengthInCulture PLLC may use and disclose your health information, your rights regarding that information, and our responsibility to protect your privacy.

How Your Information May Be Used

StrengthInCulture may use or disclose your protected health information as permitted or required by law for:

  • Providing and coordinating your treatment

  • Payment and practice operations

  • Clinical consultation and supervision

  • Health oversight and licensing activities

  • Reporting abuse or neglect when required by law

  • Responding to a serious and imminent threat to health or safety

  • Court, legal, or law enforcement matters when legally required

For uses or disclosures not otherwise permitted by law, we will obtain your written authorization.

Psychotherapy notes generally receive additional protection and will not be disclosed without your written authorization except when permitted or required by law.

StrengthInCulture does not sell your protected health information.

Certain substance use disorder records may receive additional protection under federal law, including 42 CFR Part 2. When those protections apply, such records will be handled in accordance with applicable federal requirements.

Your Rights

You have the right to:

  • Request a copy of your health record

  • Ask us to correct information you believe is inaccurate

  • Request confidential communication

  • Ask us to limit certain uses or disclosures

  • Request a list of certain disclosures of your information

  • Request a copy of this notice

  • Authorize another person to act on your behalf

  • File a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated

We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

Our Responsibilities

StrengthInCulture is required to:

  • Protect the privacy and security of your health information

  • Follow the privacy practices described in this notice

  • Notify you if a breach occurs when notification is required by law

  • Provide you with a copy of this notice upon request

We may update this notice as privacy practices or legal requirements change. The most current version will be available on our website.

Questions or Complaints

For questions, requests, or privacy concerns, contact:

Elizabeth Acheampong, LCSW, LCSW-C, LICSW
Founder & CEO
StrengthInCulture PLLC

info@strengthinculturepllc.com
(703) 539-2478
www.strengthinculturepllc.com

You may also file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights at www.hhs.gov/ocr.