Terms of Use

1. What CDRA is

CDRA (Clinical Depth Reflection Assistant) is a clinical reflection tool for registered psychotherapists and counsellors. It helps you process sessions, track patterns, and prepare for future work with clients.

CDRA is not a substitute for clinical supervision, peer consultation, or your own professional judgement. It is a thinking partner — not a clinical authority.

2. Who can use CDRA

CDRA is only available to practitioners registered with a recognised professional body (BACP, UKCP, BPS, HCPC, GMC, NCPS, or equivalent). By signing up, you confirm that you hold current registration and appropriate professional indemnity insurance.

We may ask you to verify your registration before granting full access. If you are not currently registered, you are not permitted to use CDRA.

3. Your responsibilities

• You are responsible for all clinical decisions. CDRA's reflections are a starting point, not a conclusion.
• You should bring anything that influences your clinical thinking into your supervision relationship.
• You are responsible for ensuring your use of CDRA complies with your professional code of ethics and any applicable data protection laws.
• You must not use CDRA for crisis intervention or safeguarding decisions. Follow your standard safeguarding procedures for anything urgent.
• You are responsible for keeping your login credentials and passphrase secure.

3a. Your clients

When you enter clinical material into CDRA, your clients' personal data is being processed by a third-party tool. Under UK GDPR, you are the data controller for your clients' data. CDRA is a data processor acting on your behalf. The terms of that processing are set out in our Data Processing Agreement, which forms part of these Terms.

By using CDRA, you confirm that:

• Your clients have been informed that their session material may be processed by AI tools as part of your reflective practice
• You have obtained appropriate consent from your clients for this processing
• You use pseudonyms or initials — not real names — when entering client material into CDRA
• You are satisfied that your use of CDRA is consistent with your obligations under UK GDPR, your professional body's guidance on AI and data processing, and your duty of confidentiality to your clients

4. Beta software — at your own risk

CDRA is currently in closed beta. This means the software is unfinished and actively being developed. Features may change, break, or disappear without notice. The service may be interrupted, taken offline, or reset at any time. Data continuity is not guaranteed during the beta period.

You use CDRA during the beta period entirely at your own risk.

CDRA and its creator accept no liability for loss of data during the beta period, service interruption or downtime, errors or inaccuracies in AI-generated output, or any clinical, professional, or regulatory consequences arising from use of the tool.

5. Limitations of the service

CDRA may be wrong, incomplete, or not fit your way of working. The AI-generated reflections are based solely on what you provide — CDRA has no independent knowledge of your clients.

5a. Beta confidentiality

CDRA is a closed, private beta. You have been invited personally.

By using CDRA during the beta period you agree not to share, screenshot, or publicly discuss CDRA's features, design, or content without prior written permission. You will not share your login credentials or invite others without explicit permission from the creator.

6. Privacy and data

When you enter session notes into CDRA, they go through a two-step process: first, an AI-powered scan identifies and replaces names and identifying details with neutral placeholders; then the de-identified content is passed to the clinical reflection engine. This de-identification step is a best-effort automated process — it significantly reduces the risk of identifying information being processed, but it is not infallible. It is designed to work alongside your existing professional practice of keeping notes in a way that minimises identifying information.

Anthropic's Data Processing Agreement, incorporated into their Commercial Terms of Service, confirms that API content is not retained after processing and is not used to train AI models. CDRA acts as a data processor on your behalf; you remain the data controller for your clients' data.

All stored content is encrypted. For full details, see our Privacy Policy.

7. Beta access and pricing

CDRA is currently free during beta. Founding members will receive preferential rates when pricing launches. We will always give you reasonable notice before any changes to pricing or access.

We reserve the right to end your access if you breach these terms or if we reasonably believe you are not a registered practitioner.

8. Liability

CDRA is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. We are not liable for any clinical decisions you make, any harm arising from reliance on CDRA's reflections, or any data loss. Your use of CDRA is at your own professional risk.

9. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. If we make significant changes, we will notify you by email. Continued use of CDRA after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the new terms.

10. Contact

If you have any questions about these terms: d@davidwatermanpsychotherapist.co.uk