Practical details

I offer an initial assessment. This offers an opportunity for you to explore in more detail what you want from Counselling. it is not a commitment to work together. It provides the space needed to find out a little more about each other and to decide if it is appropriate to work together. The inital assessment is for 50 minutes and costs £40.00.

If we do decide to work together I suggest working for a initial 6 week period, this offers a deeper exploration and to further discover if working together is fruitful. After this initial time frame we will review the work so far and to explore if you wish to work with a more open ended contract for more in-depth process of the underlying issues.

There are certain boundaries, which will enable us to work together.

Confidentiality and Records

All information disclosed during counselling is held in the strictest confidence. This includes all verbal or written information to do with our work. All records are securely stored. There are a few exceptions to this, which I would discuss with you during the initial assessment.

My Fees

My charges are £40.00 per session, each session is for 50 minutes. Sessions start and end promptly.

Couples:- Sessions 1 hour £45

Session/Cancellation

If we agree to work together we will decide on the days and times of our sessons. This time will be yours. Regularity are important and provide a clear structure to the whole process. If you cancel a session, for any reason, you will have to pay the full fee for the missed appointment, unless I can fit you in at another time that week. This is your time which I have planned for you and that you have initially planned for yourself.

Ending Counselling

I ask that you give 2 sessions notice to end the work together. If we have been working for some time then exploring together what feels right in terms of closing the work can offer many benefits. Endings are an important aspect of life’s experiences, which often we find difficult to process and move on from.

Endings in counselling are an opportunity to be more conscious of the process and therefore finding new and more satisfying ways to move on and say goodbye. Abrupt endings or wanting to close the work without notice, may be part of a pattern in relationships of getting away or cutting off from saying goodbye or dealing with conflict, anger or other feelings. To have the opportunity of processing this may be important before ending.