Updated: December 2025.
Thrivepoint®, PLLC is an online informational, educational and promotional service provided by Dr. Brandon Santan, PhD, LPC/MHSP, LCPC, NCC, CCMHC, BC-TMH and is subject to your compliance with the terms and conditions set forth below. PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE. BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THIS WEBSITE. DR. SANTAN MAY MODIFY THIS AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME, AND SUCH MODIFICATIONS SHALL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON POSTING OF THE MODIFIED AGREEMENT ON THIS WEBSITE. YOU AGREE TO REVIEW THE AGREEMENT PERIODICALLY TO BE AWARE OF SUCH MODIFICATIONS AND YOUR CONTINUED ACCESS OR USE OF THIS WEBSITE SHALL BE DEEMED YOUR CONCLUSIVE ACCEPTANCE OF THE MODIFIED AGREEMENT.
Acceptance of Terms
By accessing or using this website (the “Site”), you agree to these Terms of Use (“Terms”). If you do not agree, do not use the Site. Thrivepoint®, PLLC (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) may revise these Terms at any time by posting the updated Terms on the Site. Continued use of the Site after posting constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
Ownership; Reservation of Rights
All content on the Site, including text, images, audio, video, designs, code and other materials (collectively, “Content”), is owned by Thrivepoint, PLLC or its licensors and is protected by U.S. and international copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. All rights not expressly granted in these Terms are reserved.
Permitted Use; Prohibited Uses
Permitted use: You may view, stream, and print Content for your personal, non‑commercial use only, provided you do not remove any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices and you attribute the Content to Thrivepoint, PLLC when reasonably required.
Prohibited uses: Except as expressly permitted above or in a separate written license from us, you may not copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, distribute, create derivative works from, or otherwise exploit Content for commercial purposes.
Submissions and Idea Policy
If you submit materials to any public area of the Site (for example, comments, forum posts, or uploaded files), or send us creative ideas, suggestions, proposals or other content (collectively, “Submissions”), you grant Thrivepoint, PLLC a non‑exclusive, royalty‑free, worldwide, perpetual, assignable, sublicenseable license to use, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, publicly display and otherwise exploit such Submissions for any purpose. You represent and warrant that you have the right to grant this license and that your Submission does not infringe any third‑party rights. Do not send confidential or proprietary information you expect to remain private.
Copyright Policy and DMCA
If you believe content on the Site infringes your copyright, please follow our DMCA takedown procedure here. Our designated DMCA agent is Brandon Santan, email: info@thrivepointcounseling.com. We process valid DMCA notices and counter‑notices in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Automated Access and Robots
Automated access to the Site (including bots, crawlers, scrapers, and spiders) is prohibited unless you have our prior written permission. We publish a robots.txt file to indicate allowed/disallowed automated access; permission requests or licensing inquiries should be sent to [contact email]. We may use technical measures (e.g., IP blocking, user‑agent blocking, rate limiting, WAF) to prevent unauthorized automated access.
Disclaimer of Warranties
THE SITE AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON‑INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR‑FREE.
Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THRIVEPOINT®, PLLC, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF THE SITE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR DIRECT DAMAGES IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US (IF ANY) IN THE SIX (6) MONTHS PRIOR TO THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY, OR ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (USD $100), WHICHEVER IS GREATER. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS; IF YOUR JURISDICTION DOES NOT ALLOW THIS LIMITATION, OUR LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Thrivepoint®, PLLC and its officers, directors, employees, agents and licensors from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from your violation of these Terms or your use of the Site.
Termination
We may suspend or terminate your access to the Site at any time without notice for any reason, including breach of these Terms. Sections 2 (Ownership; Reservation of Rights), 4 (Submissions and Idea Policy), 5 (Copyright Policy and DMCA), 8 (Limitation of Liability), 9 (Indemnification) and this section survive termination.
Governing Law; Venue; Time to Sue
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Tennessee and the federal laws of the United States applicable therein. You and Thrivepoint®, PLLC agree that disputes arising from these Terms will be brought exclusively in a state or federal court located in Tennessee. Any claim or cause of action you have arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Site must be filed within one (1) year after such claim arises, to the extent permitted by law.
Miscellaneous
No waiver: Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms does not waive our right to enforce it later.
Assignment: We may assign these Terms without notice. You may not assign your rights under these Terms without our prior written consent.
Entire agreement: These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Thrivepoint®, PLLC regarding the Site.
Contact Information For questions about these Terms, or to report alleged copyright infringement, contact: info@thrivepointcounseling.com
Thrivepoint, PLLC DISCLAIMER NOTICE:
THE INFORMATION ON THIS SITE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A COUNSELOR-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP. THIS SITE IS FOR EDUCATIONAL, INFORMATION AND PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND NOT INTENDED TO SUBSTITUTE FOR COUNSELING WHEN NEEDED. IF YOU ARE HAVING A CRISIS PLEASE CALL 911.
THESE TERMS OF USE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. PLEASE VISIT THIS PAGE ON A REGULAR BASIS TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR TERMS OF USE.