Effective Date: 11/08/2026

Welcome to The Inner Smile, operated by Aparna Aggarwal.

Please read this Disclaimer carefully before using this website or engaging with any of our services.

By accessing this website, booking a session, or using any information, resources, or services provided by The Inner Smile, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to this Disclaimer.

1. Purpose of Our Services

The Inner Smile provides Emotional Wellbeing Coaching, delivered through an integrative approach drawing on psychology-informed counselling skills and psychotherapy-informed techniques and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), to support emotional wellbeing, self-awareness, personal growth, emotional resilience, and overall psychological wellbeing.

The information shared through this website, social media platforms, workshops, webinars, digital resources, newsletters, and counselling sessions is intended for educational and informational purposes and to support personal development. It should not be interpreted as medical, psychiatric, psychological, legal, or financial advice.

2. Not a Medical or Emergency Service

The services offered by The Inner Smile are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical or psychiatric condition and are not a substitute for medical care, psychiatric treatment, diagnosis, crisis intervention, or emergency services. These services are offered in the capacity of a NHCA certified coaching, counselling-trained, and psychotherapy-informed practitioner, and do not constitute psychiatric treatment, medical advice or treatment, or licensed clinical psychological services (i.e., services requiring statutory registration as a psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, or other “mental health professional” under the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017).

The Inner Smile does not provide emergency, crisis intervention, or 24-hour support services.

If you are experiencing:

• Thoughts of harming yourself or others;
• A psychiatric or psychological emergency;
• A medical emergency; or
• Any situation requiring immediate professional intervention,

please contact your local emergency services, the nearest hospital, or an appropriately qualified healthcare provider without delay. In India, you may also contact emergency services at 112, iCall (9152987821), or the Vandrevala Foundation helpline (1860-2662-345, available 24 hours), consistent with the crisis resources listed in the Client Intake Form.

3. Individual Results

Every individual is unique.

The counselling process varies from person to person depending on individual circumstances, participation, readiness for change, personal commitment, and many other factors.

The Inner Smile does not guarantee any specific outcome, result, or improvement.

4. Personal Responsibility

By choosing to participate in counselling or related services, you acknowledge that:

• You remain responsible for your own decisions, actions, and wellbeing.
• Meaningful change requires your active participation and commitment.
• Any decisions made following counselling sessions remain your personal responsibility.

5. Accuracy of Information

Reasonable efforts are made to ensure that the information shared through this website and associated platforms is accurate and current.

However, The Inner Smile makes no representation or warranty that all information will always be complete, accurate, current, or free from errors.

Content may be updated, revised, or removed without prior notice.

6. External Links

This website may contain links to third-party websites, services, or resources for your convenience.

The Inner Smile does not control, endorse, or assume responsibility for the content, privacy practices, accuracy, or availability of external websites or services.

Accessing third-party websites is entirely at your own discretion and risk.

7. Professional Relationship

Viewing this website, reading articles, downloading resources, following social media accounts, subscribing to newsletters, or communicating through general enquiries does not establish a coach-client (practitioner-client) relationship.

A professional relationship begins only after:

• An appointment has been confirmed;
• Any required informed consent has been completed; and
• Professional services have commenced.

8. Online Communication

Communications through email, website contact forms, or social media messaging are intended for general enquiries and administrative purposes only.

These communication channels should not be used to report emergencies or urgent mental health concerns.

9. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, all content on The Inner Smile website – including text, graphics, logos, branding, worksheets, articles, downloadable resources, videos, audio recordings, and other materials – is protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

No material may be copied, reproduced, modified, distributed, published, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from The Inner Smile.

Any use of Intellectual Property of The Inner Smile will amount to infringement or violation of its rights and is prohibited.

10. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, The Inner Smile and Aparna Aggarwal shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special loss or damage arising from the use of this website, its content, digital resources, or services.

Users remain responsible for their own decisions and are encouraged to seek appropriate professional or medical assistance whenever necessary.

Nothing in this Disclaimer excludes liability where such exclusion is prohibited by applicable law.

11. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This Disclaimer shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Disclaimer shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts at New Delhi, India, consistent with the governing law and jurisdiction clause in the Informed Consent for Emotional Wellbeing Coaching.

12. Changes to This Disclaimer

The Inner Smile reserves the right to amend this Disclaimer at any time.

Any updates will be published on this website together with the revised Effective Date.

Continued use of the website after such changes constitutes acceptance of the updated Disclaimer.

13. Contact

If you have any questions regarding this Disclaimer, please contact:

The Inner Smile
Aparna Aggarwal
Email: aparnaaggarwal18@gmail.com
Website: theinnersmile.in