Privacy, Disclaimers
& Limitations
Last updated: 2026 · Summit Strategies Group LLC · IP Communication Solutions GK
Privacy Policy
What we collect
SSG and IPCS collect information you provide directly through consultation booking forms, intake forms, and session notes. This includes name, contact information, and the information you share during consultations and sessions. We do not collect payment information directly — payment processing is handled by third-party processors who maintain their own privacy policies.
How we use it
Information you provide is used solely to prepare and deliver the services you have requested. We do not sell, share, or distribute your personal information to third parties for any purpose. Session notes and intake information are held in confidence and are not shared with employers, commands, government agencies, courts, or any third party without your explicit written consent — except where required by applicable law.
Mandatory reporting
Confidentiality has limits. We are obligated to breach confidentiality in the following circumstances:
- Credible risk of harm to self or others
- Child abuse or neglect
- Any other mandatory reporting obligations applicable under Japanese or U.S. law
Clients are informed of these limits before the first session. Japan APPI applies to Japan-based clients. GDPR standards apply to international clients where applicable.
Non-Clinical Service Disclaimer
Summit Strategies Group LLC and its programs — including the Summit Mentorship Program, Transition Immersion Fellowship, and Family & Military Navigation Service — are not clinical mental health services.
SSG does not provide: therapy, counseling, psychiatric treatment, psychological diagnosis, or any clinical mental health service of any kind.
All practitioners operating under SSG programs are coaches and mentors — not therapists, counselors, or psychologists. If your needs require clinical mental health support, we will refer you to appropriate licensed resources immediately and warmly.
The Family & Military Navigation Service (FMNS), operated by IP Communication Solutions GK, is a navigation and clarity service only.
FMNS does not provide: legal advice of any kind · legal representation · mediation or negotiation on behalf of clients · advocacy in legal, command, or court proceedings · filing of any documents · interpretation of law as it applies to specific cases · prediction of legal or military justice outcomes · guarantees of any kind regarding any process or outcome.
All information provided through FMNS is general educational and navigational information only. It does not constitute legal advice and must not be treated as such. At every point where legal action may be relevant, clients are advised to seek qualified legal counsel.
Referral resources: JAG Legal Assistance (free for eligible service members and dependents) · JAG Defense Counsel (Track C) · Japanese family law attorneys (bilingual referrals available through IPCS) · Military Family Advocacy Program · Domestic violence resources on request.
ORRA Assessment — Ethical Use Charter Summary
All ORRA organizational engagements require a signed Ethical Use Charter before data collection begins. The Charter prohibits: use of ORRA findings for performance management decisions · disciplinary action · adverse employment decisions of any kind · attribution of structural findings to specific individuals · sharing of individual participant responses.
Organizations unwilling to sign the Ethical Use Charter are not eligible for ORRA engagement. This is a non-negotiable term.
Theoretical Framework Disclosure
The CLR Framework (Conditioning-Legitimacy Response) is an original emerging integrative practice framework developed by Royce Parfait. It is grounded in validated theoretical literature — including Bandura, Tyler, Litz, Tajfel and Turner, Goffman, and Kelman and Hamilton — and is currently in active development. It has not undergone formal peer review or independent external validation. SSG programs are built on the CLR Framework and accumulate outcome data toward future formal validation. Claims about program effectiveness are based on practitioner experience and program design, not completed empirical validation studies.
Multi-System Attribution Analysis (MSAA) is an original structured analytical method developed by Royce Parfait, currently at v1.1. MSAA has not yet undergone interrater reliability testing or formal peer review. It is used internally to evaluate the causal adequacy of research conclusions that inform SSG program design. All MSAA outputs are treated as analytically informed assessments, not definitive determinations.
Service Limitations
Primary operations: Okinawa, Japan. Virtual services: global. In-person services limited to Okinawa region unless travel is separately arranged.
SSG programs have defined scope boundaries. When client needs exceed those boundaries — whether clinical, legal, or otherwise — referral is our primary obligation.
SSG is a small, practitioner-led organization. We do not overcommit. When capacity is full, we say so honestly and offer a waitlist or referral.
SSG cannot guarantee specific outcomes. Program design and practitioner skill are within our control. How clients engage and what decisions they make are not.
Primary: English. Japanese available for FMNS Track A and select Mentorship sessions. Other languages not currently available.
Not clinical services. Not legal services. Clear referral at every boundary. No scope creep. Ever.