Therapy Offered
Counselling and Psychotherapy
Investment: £50 per session
Sessions last for 50 minutes and are held weekly at the same time and day of the week. Our first session will be an assessment session, during which I will ask you to complete a client contact sheet and pre-counselling questionnaire to gather relevant background information (my privacy policy advising how collected data is used and GDPR statement can be found here), We will discuss what has bought you to counselling and go through our client contract together. All forms can be viewed by clicking the highlighted word.
I promise to be transparent with session boundaries, confidentiality limitations and honest about whether I feel it within my competence to help you. This will hopefully enable you to make an informed choice about whether you would like to work with me.
I’m client-led with the number of sessions and will never tell you how many sessions you ‘will need’ - as it’s not a question that can be easily answered. However, I recommend committing to 6 sessions initially. This will hopefully give us time for you to feel comfortable to share what you need to, in order to work on what is causing you unhappiness. After 6 sessions, we will review and agree on more sessions, change the frequency or work towards ending. However, you are under no obligation to book further sessions and can choose to finish your therapy when you want to; although I would always recommend having a final ending session.
I offer a free15 minute telephone consultation prior to therapy commencing if you would like to speak to me before deciding to go ahead. It’s my belief that how comfortable you feel with me, will be key in the therapy process.
Payment for sessions will be required 24 hours before each session, by bank transfer or PayPal. For face to face sessions, you can also chose to pay with cash in the session if preferred.
24 hours notice must be given to cancel a session, otherwise a cancellation charge will apply.
Please note due to my insurance restrictions, I can only work with clients who are over 15 years of age.
Single Session Counselling
Investment £65
Single Session Counselling may be an ideal if there is a particular scenario or problem in your life that you would like to explore, offload about or find a solution for. This way of working is particularly good for crisis management, as I will endeavour to see you at the point of need. So if you chose this way to work, I will see you as quickly as possible. You will be sent a preparation form to complete and return to me before the session. This will help us make best use of the time we have together and make me aware of what it is that has led you to seek help. We will have up to 50 minutes to explore the situation and hopefully find a solution, that we can rehearse in the session if appropriate.
Should you wish to come for weekly counselling after your single session, we would enter into a weekly contract and fee. Should you wish to have further Single Sessions in the future, this would be possible.
Please email me with any questions, or to book.
Rewind Technique Sessions
Investment: £50 - Up to one hour - 2/3 sessions
Dubbed “closure without disclosure” the Rewind technique can be incorporated into our counselling sessions, or if you would prefer not to go into your traumatic memories verbally - booked as a standalone treatment. In the first session you will be invited to complete a questionnaire and answer some questions about the impact the trauma is having on your life. If the questionnaire score result suggests the Rewind technique may be beneficial,, we will then do the rewind itself. This will consist of (explained briefly) you remembering the incident in your mind and rewinding back to a time when you last felt safe before it happened.
Two weeks later we will meet for a second session, where we will repeat the questionnaire so that we can compare scores to assess the impact the Rewind has had. We will then repeat the process. This may be all is needed or we can book a further third session two weeks later, if required. I will follow up with you six months later.
The Rewind technique may benefit you if you were victim, witness, first responder or perpetrator of a life threatening event and are struggling with PTSD, flashbacks and life debilitating feelings as a result.
For more information and research on the Rewind Technique, please go to founder David Muss’s website International Association for Rewind Trauma Therapy www.iartt.com
Online & Telephone Counselling
Investment £50 for 50 minute session or £30 for 30 minute session
I have completed comprehensive training in online and telephone counselling, completing an 80 hour course. This will enable me to ethically and competently provide therapy to my clients via video online and by telephone. For information about online and telephone counselling please click here.
Online sessions will be held via Psychology Today’s Sessions Platform at an agreed time and date, in a private meeting room and will last for 50 or 30 minutes. I will call you at an agreed time and date for a telephone session. Please read my online & telephone therapy guide and online client contract for more information. My privacy and GDPR policies can be found by clicking on the highlighted words.
I offer a free 15 minute telephone consultation prior to therapy commencing, if you would like to speak to me before deciding to go ahead. It is my belief that how comfortable you feel with me, will be key in the therapy process.
Session fees will need to be paid by bank transfer 24 hours prior to the session.
24 hours notice must be given to cancel a session, otherwise a cancellation charge may apply. In the case of illness or unavoidable emergency, the session fee would be carried over to the next session.
Any inappropriate dress or behaviour will result in my ending the session and retaining the fee.
Please note, due to different worldwide regulations in the counselling & psychotherapy profession and my insurance restrictions, I can only work with clients who reside in the British isles and are over the age of 18. I can work with 16 and 17 year olds with parental consent, but this would involve a parent or legal guardian attending the first ten minutes of the online session. I cannot offer this with telephone work.