Terms and Conditions of Use

Last Updated: December 22, 2025

The following Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms”) are entered into by and between You and Grounded and Growing Counseling (“Company,” “we” or “us”). These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, Disclaimer, and any other documents expressly incorporated by reference, govern your use of the website groundedgrowingcounseling.com and any subdomains (hereinafter the “Website”), including all materials, resources, information, and services on the Website, whether as a guest or registered user. By visiting and using the Website, you accept and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, including our Disclaimer and Privacy Policy posted on the Website and incorporated herein by reference. You must not access or use the Website if you do not wish to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.

INTENDED AGE

All information and content on this website are intended for individuals over the age of 18. We do not permit those under 18 to use or access the Website.

LAWFUL PURPOSES

For any Content or information that you upload, display, post, transmit, send, email, or submit to us on the website or any of our social media sites, you warrant that you are the owner of that Content or have express permission from the owner of those intellectual property rights to use and distribute that Content to us.

You grant us and/or our officers, employees, successors, shareholders, joint venture partners, or anyone else working with us a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive right and license to identify you, publish, post, reformat, copy, distribute, display, edit, reproduce any Content provided by you on our website and any of our social media sites for any purpose. You shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any infringement of copyrights, trademarks, or other proprietary rights of any Content or information that you provide to us.

You agree not to upload, display, post, transmit, distribute, send, email, or submit to us on the website or any of our social media sites any information or Content that is:

(a) illegal, violates or infringes upon the rights of others,

(b) defamatory, abusive, profane, hateful, vulgar, obscene, libelous, pornographic, threatening,

(c) encourages or advocates conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, giving rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law,

(d) distribute material including but not limited to spyware, computer viruses, any kind of malicious computer software, or any other harmful information that is actionable by law,

(e) any attempts to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of the website, and

(f) send unsolicited or unauthorized material or disrupt the operation of the website. You agree to use the website for lawful purposes only and shall be liable for damages resulting from the violation of any provision contained in these Terms and Conditions.

USE OF FREE DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT

We may make resources on this Website accessible to users in exchange for providing an e-mail address. We grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Content for your own personal or internal business use. Except as otherwise provided, you acknowledge and agree that you have no right to modify, edit, copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, alter, enhance, or in any way exploit any of the Content in any manner. You agree that you may only use the Content for your personal or internal business use. You agree that you will not sell, redistribute, or create any derivative works based upon the Content, and you will not offer any competing products or services based upon any information contained in the Content.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The Website contains intellectual property owned by us, including trademarks, copyrights, text, posts, logos, graphics, files, materials, services, producted, videos, audio, applications, computer code, designs, downloads, and all other information here (collectively, the “Content”) is owned by us and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property and unfair competition laws except for any content from others that are lawfully permitted to use. You may not modify, copy, duplicate, steal, display, store, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, distribute, reproduce or perform, or in any way exploit in any format whatsoever any of our Content in part, without our prior written consent. We reserve the right to immediately block your access to the Website and remove you from any service, without refund, if you are caught violating this intellectual property policy.

You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Website and the resources available for download from the Website (the “Content”) strictly in accordance with these Terms of Use. As a condition of your use of the Website, you warrant that you will not use the Content for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You are granted a limited revocable license to print or download Content from the Website for your own personal, non-commercial, non-transferrable, informational, and educational use only. You may not use the Content in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Website or interfere with any other party’s use of the Website. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Website.

All content included as part of the Content, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used on the Website, is our property or the property of our licensors and is protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights. You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends, or other restrictions contained in any such content. You will not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the Content, in whole or in part.

The Content is not for resale. Your use of the Content does not entitle you to make any unauthorized use of any protected content. You agree not to delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any Content. You will use protected content solely for your individual use and will make no other use of the Content without our express written permission or permission from the copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to our intellectual property or that of our licensors except as expressly authorized by these Terms.

CHANGED TERMS

We may at any time and without notice amend these Terms, including our Privacy Policy and Disclaimers. The date of the last revision will be indicated by the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Any such changes are effective immediately upon notice to you by us posting the new Terms on this Website. We reserve the right to update any portion of our Website, including these Terms, at any time. If you continue to use our Website after we have made revisions, your continued use constitutes consent to the revised Terms, Privacy Policy, and Disclaimers.

NO WARRANTIES

While we make every effort to ensure that the content on this Website is free from errors, we do not give any warranty or other assurance as to the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or fitness for any particular purpose of the content and materials on this site beyond reasonable efforts to maintain the site. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we provide our Website and related information and services on an “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, OR GUARANTEES OF ANY KIND (WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE), INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

You agree that under no circumstances shall we and/or our officers, employees, successors, shareholders, joint venture partners, or anyone else working with us shall be liable for any direct, indurect, incidental, consequential, special, equitable, punitive, exemplary, or any other damages resulting from your use of the Website or resources, products, graphics, or services available through the Website.

Additionally, we are not liable for damages in connection with (1) any failure of performance, error, omission, denial of service, attack, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, or line or system failure, (2) any loss of income, use, data, revenue, anticipated profits, business, savings, or any goodwill related to the Website, and (3) any theft, destruction, alteration of, use, or unauthorized access by a third party of your information or property, regardless of our negligence, gross negligence, failure of an essential purpose, and (4) any use or misuse of the information, products, and/or services offered here.

The limitation of liability shall apply whether such liability arises from negligence, contract, tort, or any other theory of legal liability, even if we have been advised of the possibility of or could have foreseen the damages. You agree that we provide no express or implied guarantees to you for the content presented here, and you accept that no particular results are promised to you.

NO GUARANTEE OF AVAILABILITY

Your use of the Website and any associated services may sometimes be subject to interruption or delay. We reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Website and any service or material provided on the Website in its sole discretion without notice. Due to the nature of the Internet and electronic communications, we and our service providers do not make any warranty that our Website or any associated resources or services will be error-free, without interruption or delay, or free from defects in design. We will not be liable to you should our Website or the resources or services supplied through our Website become unavailable, interrupted or delayed for any reason. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or the entire Website, to users, including registered users. Information provided on the Website and any resources provided on or available for download from the Website are subject to change. We make no representation or warranty that the information provided, regardless of its source, is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. We disclaim all liability for any inaccuracy, error, or incompleteness in the information provided.

TERMINATION

We reserve the right in our sole discretion to refuse, remove, restrict your access, revoke, and terminate your use of our website including any or all Content published by you or us at any time for any reason, without notice.

MALICIOUS CODE

Although we endeavor to prevent the introduction of viruses or other malicious code (“malicious code”) to our Website, we do not guarantee or warrant that our Website, or any data available on the Website, does not contain malicious code. We will not be liable for any damages or harm attributable to malicious code. You are responsible for ensuring that the process you employ for accessing our Website does not expose your computer system to the risk of interference or damage from malicious code.

SECURITY

The security of your contact information is of utmost importance to us. However, you acknowledge the risk of unauthorized access to, or alteration of, your data. We do not accept responsibility or liability of any nature for any losses you may sustain as a result of such unauthorized access or alteration. All information transmitted to or from you is transmitted at your own risk, and you assume all responsibility and risks arising in relation to your use of this Website and the internet. We do not accept responsibility for any interference or damage to your computer system that may arise in connection with your access to this Website or any outbound hyperlinks.

THIRD-PARTY RESOURCES

The Website may contain links to external websites that are not provided by, maintained by, or in any way affiliated with us. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the availability, accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of these external websites or any information thereon. Links to such websites or resources do not imply any endorsement by or affiliation with us. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such websites or resources. We shall not be liable for any damages resulting from your use of these third-party websites or resources.

We may, from time to time, provide information from a third party in the form of a guest post or interview, in written, audio, video, or other medium. We do not control the information provided by such third-party guests, are not responsible for investigating the truth of any information provided, and cannot guarantee the accuracy of information presented on these third-party websites.

INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify and hold the Company and/or its officers, employees, successors, shareholders, joint venture partners, or anyone else working with us harmless from all losses, claims, damages, demands, actions, suits, proceedings, or judgments, including costs, expenses and reasonable attorneys' fees ("Liabilities") assessed against or otherwise incurred by you arising, in whole or in part, from (a) actions or omissions, whether done negligently or otherwise, by you, your agents, directors, officers, employees or representatives; (b) all your actions and use of the website including purchasing products and services; (c) violation of any laws, rules, regulations or ordinances by you; or (d) violation of any terms and conditions of this website by you or anyone related to you; e) infringement by you or any other user of your account of any intellectual property or other rights of anyone. The Company will notify you promptly of any such claims or liability and reserves the right to defend such claim, liability, or damage at your expense. You shall fully cooperate and assist us if requested, without any cost, to defend any such claims.

You agree that any dispute arising from or related to this Agreement will be resolved solely between you and the Company. You waive your right to bring a class action against us and agree not to bring claims against us as a member of a class or as a representative.

SEVERABILITY AND WAIVER

If any provision in these Terms and Conditions is deemed by a court, regulatory authority, or other public or private tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision is deemed to have been omitted from this Agreement. The remainder of this Agreement remains in full force and effect and is modified to any extent necessary to give such force and effect to the remaining provisions, but only to such extent.

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and Disclaimers, constitute the entire agreement between us pertaining to the Website and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations, and understandings between us. Any waiver by us of a breach of or right under these Terms will not constitute a waiver of any other or subsequent breach or right. No waiver shall be binding unless executed in writing.

MANDATORY ARBITRATION AND GOVERNING LAW

The parties agree to attempt to resolve any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms by mediation. The parties further agree that their respective good faith participation in mediation is a condition precedent to pursuing any other available legal or equitable remedy, including litigation, arbitration, or other dispute resolution procedures.

You expressly waive any legal claims you may have now or in the future arising from or related to the Website and our products/services. In the event of a dispute, claim, or controversy arising from or relating to your use of this Website, these Terms, including the Privacy Policy and Disclaimers, shall be construed in accordance with, and governed by, the laws of the State of Texas, and the courts of Texas shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any dispute arising in relation to these Terms.

You agree to first resolve any disputes or claims through mandatory arbitration, and you agree that any proceeding relating to use of this site must be filed exclusively in the appropriate courts located in Tarrant county, Texas, and you consent to and submit to the jurisdiction of those courts and waive any objection based on an inconvenient forum or other reasons.

All rights not expressly granted in these Terms are reserved by us. If you do not see a usage scenario here that applies to your intended usage, contact us at the information provided below.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONTACT

By using any of our products or services or accessing the site, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. For any questions, please contact us at margaret@groundedgrowingcounseling.com.