Cookie Policy

This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience.

Third party cookies enable us to make our website as user friendly as possible, to assist with our marketing efforts (analyse website traffic and assess advertising performance), retain user preferences, personalise content and ads,  cross-device tracking and ad targeting, and provide tracking data to third party applications, some of which are based in the US, such as Google Analytics, Google Ads and YouTube.

We also share information about your use of our site with our social media (LinkedIn), advertising (Google Ads & LinkedIn) and analytics (Google Analytics) partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.

These cookies are identified by Cookiebot, who run a scan on our website once a month to keep our cookie consent form up to date.

We use the cookies listed out below, which you can view within the cookie consent banner which will display on your screen as you first access our website. We operate on an explicit consent basis. As Cookiebot run a regular scan on our website, the following list is subject to change and where this happens, we will revoke user consent so that visitors need to re opt-in if they are happy for cookies to be activated.

If you would like to change your cookie consent preferences, you can do so at any time by clicking on the Cookiebot widget on the bottom left of your screen.

As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to also disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at  the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers.

Please note: Where the Site contains links to other websites, webpages, resources, or mobile services which are proprietary to third parties, other users, advertisers or sponsors, such websites, webpages, resources and mobile services are provided for your information only and you access them at your own risk. We are not liable or responsible for the content or operation of third party websites, webpages, resources or mobile services. You should read any applicable terms and conditions and privacy policies.

Current cookies: Last updated February 2024

Necessary cookies

These help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

doubleclick.net/ test_cookie / Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies./ HTTP / 1 day

gstatic.com / rc::a / This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. / HTTP / persistent

gstatic.com / rc::c / This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. / HTTP / Session

m.stripe.com / m / Determines the device used to access the website. This allows the website to be formatted accordingly. / HTTP / 400 days

m.stripe.network / _ab / This cookie is necessary for making credit card transactions on the website. The service is provided by Stripe.com which allows online transactions without storing any credit card information. / HTTP / Session

m.stripe.network / _mf / This cookie is necessary for making credit card transactions on the website. The service is provided by Stripe.com which allows online transactions without storing any credit card information. / HTTP / Session

m.stripe.network / 1 / Registers data on visitors’ website-behaviour. This is used for internal analysis and website optimization / HTML / Session (we’ve been informed this is for fraud prevention which is why it’s in the necessary section): https://support.stripe.com/questions/privacy-and-security-of-stripe-js?locale=en-GB)

m.stripe.network / id / HTTP / Session

www.psychological-consultancy.com / __stripe_mid / This cookie is necessary for making credit card transactions on the website. The service is provided by Stripe.com which allows online transactions without storing any credit card information. / HTTP / 1 year

www.psychological-consultancy.com / __stripe_sid / This cookie is necessary for making credit card transactions on the website. The service is provided by Stripe.com which allows online transactions without storing any credit card information. / HTTP / 1 day

www.psychological-consultancy.com / CookieConsent / Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain / HTTP / 1 year

www.psychological-consultancy.com / wpEmojiSettingsSupports / This cookie is part of a bundle of cookies which serve the purpose of content delivery and presentation. The cookies keep the correct state of font, blog/picture sliders, color themes and other website settings. / HTTP / Session

youtube.com / CONSENT / Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. / HTTP / 2 years

mgsct.cookiebot.com / 1.gif / Used to count the number of sessions to the website, necessary for optimizing CMP product delivery. / Pixel / Session

Preference cookies

These enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in. 

N/A

Statistic cookies

These help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

psychological-consultancy.com / _ga_# / Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. / HTTP / 2 years

psychological-consultancy.com / _ga / Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. / HTTP / 2 years

www.googletagmanager.com / td / Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. / HTTP / Session

Marketing cookies

These are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.

doubleclick.net / pagead/landing / Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement – This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement. / HTTP / Session

doubleclick.net / IDE / Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. / HTTP / 1 year

google.com / pagead/1p-user-list/# / Tracks if the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple websites and detects how the user navigates between sites. This is used for measurement of advertisement efforts and facilitates payment of referral-fees between websites. / HTTP / Session

google.com / pagead/1p-conversion/#/ / HTTP / Session

psychological-consultancy.com / _gcl_au / Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. / HTTP / 3 months

google.com / ads/ga-audiences /  Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor’s online behaviour across websites / Pixel / Session

youtube.com / TESTCOOKIESENABLED / Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. / HTTP / 1 day

youtube.com / remote_sid / Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website. / HTTP / Session

youtube.com / LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY / Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. / HTTP / Session

youtube.com / YSC / Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. / HTTP / Session

youtube.com / VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE / Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. / HTTP / 180 days

youtube.com / yt-remote-device-id / Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video / HTTP / Persistent

youtube.com / yt-remote-cast-installed / Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video / HTTP / Session

youtube.com / yt-remote-cast-available / Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video / HTTP / Session

youtube.com / yt-remote-session-app / Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video / HTTP / Session

youtube.com / yt-remote-session-name / Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video / HTTP / Session

youtube.com / yt-remote-connected-devices / Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video / HTTP / Persistent

youtube.com / ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY / Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video / HTTP / Persistent

youtube.com / YtIdbMeta#databases / Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. / HTTP / Persistent

youtube.com / #_# / Unclassified / HTML / Session (requesting clarification on this cookie)

youtube.com / LogsDatabaseV2:V#||LogsRequestsStore / HTTP / Persistent (requesting clarification on this cookie)

youtube.com / nextId / Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. / HTTP / Session

youtube.com / requests / Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. / HTTP / Session

youtube.com / yt.innertube::nextId / Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. / HTTP / Persistent

youtube.com / ServiceWorkerLogsDatabase#SWHealthLog / Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website. / IndexedDB / Persistent

youtube.com / VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA / Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain / HTTP / 180 days

youtube.com / yt-remote-fast-check-period / Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video / HTML / Session

youtube.com / yt.innertube::nextId / Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. / HTML / Persistent

youtube.com / iU5q-!O9@$/  Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen / HTML / Session