Cookie Policy
Effective Date: September 29, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Rush Counseling and Wellness (“we,” “us,” or “our”) may use cookies and similar technologies in connection with rushcounselingandwellness.com, rushcounselingcenter.com, and other webpages operated by Rush Counseling and Wellness that link to this policy (collectively, the “Website”).
This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files that websites may place or store on your browser or device when you visit a website.
Cookies and similar technologies can allow websites to function properly, remember preferences, understand how visitors use a website, measure performance, and support analytics, advertising, embedded content, and other functionality.
Similar technologies may include pixels, tags, local storage, scripts, software development tools, and other technologies that collect or store information about Website interactions.
2. How We Use Cookies
The Website is built using Squarespace and may use cookies and similar technologies provided by Squarespace and other third-party services.
Depending upon the Website's configuration, we may use these technologies to:
Operate and secure the Website;
Provide essential Website functionality;
Remember visitor preferences;
Understand how visitors navigate and interact with the Website;
Measure Website traffic and performance;
Identify technical problems;
Understand how visitors arrive at the Website;
Evaluate the effectiveness of our content and outreach;
Support embedded videos and other media;
Integrate social-media functionality; and
Support advertising or marketing measurement where such services are enabled.
3. Types of Cookies We May Use
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies support functions necessary for the Website to operate properly, securely, and reliably.
Because these cookies may be necessary for Website functionality, they may not always be capable of being disabled through Website cookie-preference controls.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies may remember choices or preferences and provide enhanced Website functionality.
Analytics and Performance Cookies
Analytics and performance technologies help us understand how visitors use the Website.
For example, they may provide information regarding which pages are visited, how visitors navigate through the Website, how long visitors interact with content, and how visitors arrived at the Website.
We may use analytics services, including services provided by Squarespace or Google, to help us understand Website usage.
Advertising and Marketing Technologies
If enabled, advertising and marketing technologies may help measure the effectiveness of advertising or communications and may allow advertising providers to understand interactions with the Website.
These technologies may include services provided by Meta or other advertising and social-media platforms.
The availability and operation of these technologies depend upon the Website's current configuration and the choices you make through available cookie-consent tools.
Embedded Content and Social Media
The Website may contain embedded content or links associated with third-party services such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Practice Better, or other platforms.
These providers may use cookies or similar technologies when you interact with their services or embedded content.
Third-party providers determine their own cookie and data-processing practices according to their respective privacy policies.
4. YouTube and Embedded Video
We may use YouTube to provide video content on the Website.
When YouTube content is embedded or viewed, Google/YouTube may collect information regarding your device, browser, interaction with the video, or other online activity in accordance with Google's applicable privacy and cookie practices.
Where technically available and appropriate, we may configure embedded content or cookie controls to reduce unnecessary tracking before visitor consent.
5. Social-Media Technologies
The Website may provide links to or integrations with social-media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram.
If social-media tracking, pixels, embedded content, or similar technologies are enabled, the applicable platform may receive information about Website visits or interactions.
Your interactions with those services are also subject to the privacy policies and settings of the respective providers.
6. Scheduling Through Practice Better
The Website may contain embedded scheduling or other functionality provided through Practice Better.
When you interact with Practice Better functionality, Practice Better and its applicable service providers may use cookies or similar technologies necessary to provide their services.
Information collected directly through Practice Better is also subject to Practice Better's applicable privacy policies and terms.
7. Your Cookie Choices
Depending upon the Website's configuration and applicable law, you may be presented with a cookie banner or preference tool that allows you to accept, decline, or manage certain nonessential cookies.
You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to view, delete, block, or limit cookies.
Blocking certain cookies may affect the functionality or performance of portions of the Website.
Your choices regarding cookies on this Website do not necessarily control cookies used independently by third-party websites you visit after leaving our Website.
8. Third-Party Privacy Practices
Third parties that provide analytics, social-media, video, scheduling, advertising, or other Website functionality may collect information according to their own privacy policies.
These third parties may change their technologies or practices independently of Rush Counseling and Wellness.
We encourage you to review the privacy and cookie information provided by any third-party service with which you choose to interact.
9. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy periodically as our Website, technologies, service providers, or legal requirements change.
The effective date at the top of this policy identifies the date of the current version.
10. Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies or similar technologies, please contact:
Rush Counseling and Wellness
Website: rushcounselingandwellness.com
Additional contact information may be provided through the Website's contact page.