Cookie Policy & Settings

Last Updated: September 21, 2026

This page explains what cookies thomasblaketherapy.com (the "Site") uses, why, and how you can control them. The Site is operated by Thomas Blake Family Therapy, Inc., d/b/a Thomas Blake Therapy.

We keep this short and specific on purpose, because there is not much to report. This Site runs one thing: Google Analytics, which tells us which pages people actually read. That's it.

We do not run advertising or retargeting pixels. We do not sell or share your information. Our website platform adds no cookies of its own.

What Cookies Are

Cookies are small text files a website places on your device. They let a site remember something between page loads — that this is your second visit rather than your first, for instance. Similar technologies, like local storage and tracking pixels, do comparable things; where we say "cookies," we mean all of them.

Cookies are described as:

• First-party — set by this Site
• Third-party — set by another company whose service runs on this Site
• Session — deleted when you close your browser
• Persistent — stored until they expire or you delete them

Cookies Used on This Site

1. Analytics & Performance — the only cookies we set

These help us understand which pages get read, where visitors come from, and where people lose interest. We look at this in aggregate to decide what to write next and how to organize the Site. We do not use it to identify individual visitors, and we never connect it to anyone's clinical information.

Google Analytics on this Site is configured with IP anonymization enabled and Google Signals and advertising features turned off, so the data is not used to build advertising profiles.

2. Strictly Necessary — essentially none

Our website platform, Webflow, states that it does not add cookies to sites published through its hosting. There is no login, no shopping cart, and no personalization on this Site, so nothing needs to be remembered between visits in order for it to work.

Two narrow exceptions may appear depending on how a page is served:

These are security functions, not tracking, and they cannot be disabled without breaking the relevant feature.

3. Advertising & Targeting — not used

None. There are no Meta pixels, Google Ads conversion tags, LinkedIn Insight tags, TikTok pixels, or other advertising or retargeting technologies on this Site. Nothing here follows you to other websites. If this ever changes, we will update this page and add a consent banner before turning anything on.

4. Functional — not used

This Site does not use cookies for optional conveniences such as saved preferences, embedded video, or chat widgets. If we later add an embedded scheduler or similar tool, its cookies will be listed here first.

Why There Is No Cookie Banner

You may have noticed that this Site does not interrupt you with a cookie consent pop-up. That is a deliberate choice, not an oversight.

Consent banners exist primarily to obtain permission for advertising and cross-site tracking cookies. We don't use any. Under California law and the other U.S. state privacy laws that apply to us, the obligation is to disclose what we collect and to honor opt-out requests — not to force every visitor through a modal before they can read an article about EMDR.

Rather than ask you to click "Accept All," we've written down exactly what runs here, and given you three straightforward ways to turn the one thing off.

How to Opt Out of Analytics

Option 1 — Google's official opt-out extension

Install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, which blocks Google Analytics on every site you visit, not just this one: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

This is the most durable option — it survives clearing your cookies.

Option 2 — Block cookies in your browser

Every major browser lets you view, block, and delete cookies:

• Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Third-party cookies
• Safari: Settings → Privacy → Manage Website Data
• Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions
• Safari on iOS: Settings → Apps → Safari → Advanced → Website Data
• Chrome on Android: ⋮ → Settings → Site settings → Cookies

Firefox's Enhanced Tracking Protection and Safari's Intelligent Tracking Prevention already block or curtail Google Analytics by default in many configurations.

Option 3 — Use a private window

Browsing in a private or incognito window discards all cookies when you close it. If you would rather not leave any trace of having visited a therapy website on a shared computer, this is the simplest approach — and a reasonable thing to want.

Note: Opting out of analytics does not change your experience of the Site in any way. Every page will look and work exactly the same. Blocking the security cookies listed in Section 2 may prevent the contact form from submitting.

Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

Some browsers send a "Do Not Track" header. There is no agreed standard for how sites should respond, and this Site does not respond to it.

This Site also does not process Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals, because there is nothing here for them to act on. GPC communicates an opt-out of the sale or sharing of personal information for advertising — and we do neither. If we ever adopt a practice that GPC would govern, we will implement GPC handling and update this page before doing so.

What Opting Out Does Not Do

Opting out stops future collection. It does not delete data already collected, and it has no effect on:

• Information you send us through the contact form
• Your clinical record, if you are a client

To request deletion of information associated with you, see the "Your Privacy Rights" section of our Privacy Policy.

Cookies and Your Clinical Information

To be explicit, because this matters more here than on most websites: cookies on this Site never contain protected health information. They do not record what you typed into the contact form. They cannot tell us anything about your health, your history, or why you came here.

Analytics tells us that a page about EMDR was read 400 times last month. It does not tell us who read it.

Once you are a client, all clinical communication happens through our HIPAA-compliant client portal, which is entirely separate from this website and is not covered by this page.

Changes to This Policy

We will update this page whenever we add, remove, or change the technologies used on the Site — and, in the case of any tracking or advertising technology, before turning it on. The "Last Updated" date at the top reflects the most recent revision.

Questions

Thomas Blake Family Therapy, Inc.
d/b/a Thomas Blake Therapy
210 S Orange Grove Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91105

Email: thomas@thomasblaketherapy.com

See also: Privacy Policy · Terms of Service