Privacy policy.

Last Updated: March 28, 2025

This Privacy Policy explains how and why Melissa Wasserman, PsyD, A Psychological Corporation ("the Company," "we," "us," or "our") might collect, store, use, and/or share your information when you visit our website www.drmeli.com (the “site”) or interact with our online advertisements or marketing emails.

We use your personal data to provide and improve our website. By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. 

Please note, this Privacy Policy does NOT pertain to Protected Health Information (PHI) of persons who have agreed to become patients at Melissa Wasserman, PsyD, A Psychological Corporation, as such information is governed by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Reading this Privacy Policy will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, do not use our site or engage with our marketing. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at info@drmeli.com.

Information that is collected and stored

  • This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

  • Information about your browser, network and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Web pages you view while on this website

  • Usage Data: Usage Data may include information such as your device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of you visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized form.

You may voluntarily provide your to us via the website’s therapy inquiry form, which can be used to contact you. The contact inquiry form where we collect this information can be found at www.drmeli.com/contact. The information that is collected on this form includes:

  • First and last name

  • Telephone number

  • Email address

  • Preferred method of contact

  • Services interested in

  • Additional information (optional)

Marketing e-mails

We may send you marketing emails, which you can unsubscribe from by clicking the link at the bottom of the email. We share your contact information with Squarespace, our email marketing provider, so they can send these emails on our behalf.

Tracking technologies and cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

Retention of your personal data

Our website and company retains your data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The company will also retain usage data for internal analysis purposes. This data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our site, or when we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Disclosure of your personal data

If Melissa Wasserman, PsyD, A Psychological Corporation is involved in a merger, acquisition or sale, your personal data may be transferred. You will be notified before your data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Under certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency). We may also disclose your personal data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: a) comply with a legal obligation; b) protect and defend the rights or property of the company; c) prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with our website; d) protect the personal safety of users of the website or the public; and/or e) protect against legal liability.

Security of Your Personal Data

While the security of your personal data is of the utmost important to us, it is critical to remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use acceptable means to protect your data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Links to external sites

Our website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by this company. If you click on a third party link or website, you will be directed to that third party's site. You are advised to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We assume NO responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

SMS Disclaimer

If I provide my phone number to Melissa Wasserman, PsyD, A Psychological Corporation, I agree and acknowledge that Melissa Wasserman, PsyD, A Psychological Corporation may send text messages to my wireless phone number for any purpose. Note that text messaging only occurs with your permission and is only for administrative purposes. That means that email exchanges and text messages should be limited to things like setting and changing appointments, billing matters and other related issues. Do not text me about clinical matters because email and text are not secure methods of communication. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary, and you will be able to Opt-out by replying “STOP".”

Changes to Our Website’s Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. You will see the date of revision located at the top of this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.