Appointment with Caryn

Terms and Conditions

Thank you for your interest in working with Caryn Scotto d’ Luzia and her breakthrough, pioneering models of transformation! Please read the following terms and conditions as they relate to booking her services on this site and working with her.

Overview
Caryn Scotto d’ Luzia is a thought leader in the field of holistic, life-affirming transformation and author of Alchemy of Shame Transformation, which is being used by professionals all over the world. She is innovator of breakthrough, paradigm shift models of neurobiologically-based, holistic healing and transformative resolution. As developer of the SOAR Method® (Somatic-Oriented Autonomic Repair) Method and AST Model of Holistic Shame Resolution® she provides live workshops, online webinars, courses, case consults, intensives and private, one-on one sessions in person or via Skype. She is not a licensed therapist. She is a former yoga teacher and university professor. She is a certified Somatic Experiencing practitioner, certified in DARE (Dynamic Attachment Re-patterning Experience) and a graduate of Kathy Kain’s Early Developmental Trauma and Resiliency. She has been a presenter for USABP (United States Association of Body Psychologists), SETI (Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute), and the United Nations.

How to begin & Areas of Specialties
Caryn offers a 15 minute complimentary phone consult to determine whether there is a fit for her professional services. Please understand that Caryn acts as a somatic and holistic facilitator. She does not take the place of a licensed psychologist, psychiatrist, or medical professional. To work with Caryn, you must be 18 years or older, not suicidal, and of stable mental health.

Caryn's work is most powerful as supplemental support or breakthrough facilitation in a specialized area such as transforming shame, early developmental trauma, attachment or relationship issues, social, sexual or emotional anorexia, sex or love addiction, anxiety, dis-embodiment, dissociation, medical trauma, panic attacks, disempowerment, or lack of spiritual embodiment, and overall lack of vitality. Although you are able to book single sessions with Caryn initially, it is highly recommended after that session, you book a series of 5 or 9 to enjoy the benefits of sustainable shifts and build resiliency in your autonomic nervous system that will serve your overall wellbeing and life.

Limitations of Service
Caryn never advises on issues of medication, diagnostic testing or diagnosis. It is highly encouraged that you have local medical, and mental health services and support separate from any work you do with Caryn. She is never available on an emergency basis. Work with Caryn is never a substitute for professional medical or mental health advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always consult your professional healthcare provider when in need.

Confidentiality
You will be assured of complete confidentiality in your work with Caryn. Specifically, Caryn Scotto d’ Luzia agrees to keep confidential all that is disclosed and occurs during personal sessions, private case consults, intensives, etc. However, please be aware that the privacy offered on Skype or email is not within Caryn’s control. Please be sure to contact Skype about their privacy protection before booking a Skype session with Caryn as she takes no responsibility for the privacy protection that Skype offers. Also, be aware if you are sharing personal information via email that you are doing so at your own risk.

Payment, Cancellation, Tardiness and Technological Difficulties
Please be advised, there is a standard 24 hour cancellation policy for any session or consult you book, and a 72 hour cancellation for intensive bookings. Payment for sessions or other services must always be paid for before the session or service is rendered via Caryn's website, without exception. If you book Skype sessions, please test out your Skype connection before the session time. Once you book a session you pay for that timeslot. If the first 10 minutes requires adjustment to your Skype account or technology this will take time away from your session time. Similarly, if you are running late for an in person, please call to advise Caryn and understand because sessions are booked in advance, time beyond what was scheduled cannot be extended.

Refusal of Liability
Just as Caryn cannot be responsible for Skye technology, she cannot be responsible for your overall mental or physical health and the many life factors that continue to influence your health while you work with her. Therefore, if you choose to work with Caryn, please be aware that Caryn Scotto d’ Luzia will not be liable for any reason including any injuries or suffering that might incur while you are receiving her services.

Intellectual Property Rights
All materials presented on this Site are protected by copyright or registered trademark. The Site, and Services contain intellectual property owned by Caryn Scotto d’ Luzia, including, without limitation, trademarks, copyrights, proprietary information and other intellectual property as well as our name, logo, all designs, text, graphics, other files, and the selection and arrangement thereof, also termed the “look and feel.” You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, distribute, display, reproduce or perform, or in any way exploit in any format whatsoever any of the Site or Service Content or intellectual property, in whole or in part without our prior written consent.

The Site, all materials and all online and offline services provided by Caryn, are subject to the above Terms and Conditions. These Terms and Conditions apply to all site visitors, customers, clients and all other users of the site or recipients of Caryn’s services. By using this Site or these Services, you agree to these Terms and Conditions, without modification, and acknowledge reading them.

Terms and Conditions for AST Model® Private Case Consults

Thank you for your interest in working with Caryn Scotto d’ Luzia and her breakthrough, pioneering models of transformation! Please read the following terms and conditions as they appply to private AST Model® case consults with Caryn.

Overview
Caryn Scotto d’ Luzia is a thought leader in the field of holistic, life-affirming transformation and author of Alchemy of Shame Transformation, used by professionals worldwide. She is an innovator of breakthrough, paradigm shift models of neurobiologically-based holistic healing and transformative resolution. As developer of the SOAR Method® (Somatic-Oriented Autonomic Repair) Method and AST Model of Holistic Shame Resolution®, it is from these perspective that she provides her opinion, suggestions, and advice in consultation of cases that are brought forward to her. Caryn is not a licensed therapist, psychologist, or psychiatrist. She is a former yoga teacher, university professor, certified Somatic Experiencing practitioner, and somatic-based holistic facilitator. She has been a presenter for USABP (United States Association of Body Psychologists), SETI (Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute), and the United Nations. She is a member of the United Nations Committee on Mental Health & is a curriculum advisor to the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute.

The Extrapolation Process of Case Consults
The process of case consults is one of extrapolation. When Caryn consults on a case she is relying solely upon the information she is given. Without directly consulting with the client, this form of consult is done by a process of extrapolation which is far from full proof. It is the responsibility of the person bringing forth the case to discern whether the advice, information or suggestions given will be appropriate or not. Caryn’s consult does NOT take the place of a licensed psychologist, psychiatrist or medical professional. Her consult is recommended as supplemental support in a specialized area of shame resolution and resiliency building as it relates to her AST Model of Holistic Shame Resolution and Resilience®.

Limitations of Service
The information provided in any case consult with Caryn Scotto d; Luzia is intended for your general knowledge only and is not a substitute for professional psychological and/or medical advice or treatment for specific psychological or medical conditions. You should not use this information to diagnose or treat a health problem or disease without consulting with a qualified healthcare provider. Caryn never advises on issues of medication, diagnostic testing or diagnosis. It is highly encouraged that you and your clients are working with local and dependable medical, and mental health services professional for support separate from any consult you may engage in with Caryn. She is never available on an emergency basis. Consult with Caryn is never a substitute for professional medical or mental health advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always consult your professional healthcare provider when in need.

Confidentiality
To ensure confidentiality, it is required that all clients presented for case consult be given an alias by the case consult presenter. It is also required that no geographical locations except country of origin be named, nor the details of any crimes involved in the case for consult. As a case consult presenter you have sought Caryn’s advice on your client’s or clients’ case(s), and you present your cases understanding the limitations of this process and its advice.

Specifically, Caryn Scotto d’ Luzia agrees to keep confidential all that is disclosed and occurs during the case consult. This is a private one-on-one consult with Caryn, as such, she will not record, video, or duplicate the case consult or information presented. Similarly, recording, videoing, transcribing, duplicating or presenting to anyone else (including the client) the advice that was given is strictly prohibited. However, please be aware that the privacy offered via online technology is not within Caryn’s control. Please be sure you are comfortable with the Skype or freeonferencecall settings and privacy protections they offer as Caryn takes no responsibility for the privacy protection that either provides. In order to provide this case consult service, Caryn Scotto d’ Luzia is unable to accept liability for any conduct, acts or omissions. In no event will Caryn Scotto d’ Luzia be liable.

Technological Difficulties
Please be advised either Skype or freeconferencecall.com are the platforms that will be used for the private case consults. Please test out your connection before the case consult begins, and understand Caryn is not responsibility for technological difficulties.

Refusal of Liability
Just as Caryn cannot be responsible for technological issues, she cannot be responsible for your client’s overall mental or physical health. Therefore, if you choose to present your client for consult with Caryn, please be aware that Caryn Scotto d’ Luzia will not be liable for any reason including any injuries, trauma, illness or suffering that might incur while you are working with your client whether or not you act upon Caryn’s suggestions or not.

Intellectual Property Rights
All materials, advice, suggestions, exercises or concepts verbal or written presented during these case consults are protected by copyright or registered trademark. The AST Model case consult is a form of intellectual property owned by Caryn Scotto d’ Luzia, including, without limitation, trademarks, copyrights, proprietary information and other intellectual property as well as names, logos, techniques, exercises, practices, suggestions, affirmations, products, or other files or documents for download, You may not duplicate, modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, distribute, display, reproduce or perform, or in any way exploit in any format whatsoever any of the group case consult content or intellectual property.

The AST Model case consult, all materials and all online and offline expressions of it are subject to the above Terms and Conditions. These Terms and Conditions apply to all case consult presenters, customers, clients and all other recipients of these case consults. By participating actively or passively, you agree to these Terms and Conditions, without modification, and acknowledge reading them.