Adult Counselling

I charge £50.00 per hour, but as a therapist who believes that therapy should be available to everyone, I offer a sliding scale of payment for students and those on low incomes.

My aim is never to turn anyone away based on their financial situation. Please ask for further information during our consultation.

Please note that I may ask to see proof of student or low-income status if I offer you a discounted rate.

Some people come with a fixed idea of how many sessions they can commit to. In these cases, our initial session will consider what area you wish to focus on and set goals that realistically may be achieved.

Open-ended therapy has no fixed end date. Instead, we will regularly check in with where you are in the work you are doing and you have the right to end your therapy whenever you want.

Sessions run for 60 minutes and take place in my office.

During the session, you can bring whatever you need to talk about. Some people like to work on a single issue throughout their time in therapy, other people bring a range of areas of their life that they want to explore.

The choice is up to you, this is your session, you are the expert in what you need to bring.

Sometimes you may be working through events that may require some between-session support.

To support you with this I do offer 20-minute phone sessions to help during experiences of distress.

If this extra support is accessed regularly this may be a sign of needing to increase the number of sessions you need.

To enquire about booking a session, please contact me using the form at the bottom of this page.

Also, if you are only considering therapy at this time and have any questions, please do feel free to contact me, I am happy to help ensure that you find the right path for you.

You may have someone in your life, whether that be a member of your family, friends, partners or a work colleague who you feel may benefit to have someone to talk to.

Psychotherapy works when a person makes the choice to access help.

This however does not mean that you cannot contact me to discuss someone you care about. This may support you in beginning to talk to the person you are concerned about.

Missed Sessions

You are welcome to cancel a session up to 24 hours before the session. Sessions cancelled within the 24 hour period will be charged at the full session cost.

Lateness

Sessions will go ahead up to 20 minutes after the agreed start time of your session. If you are over 20 minutes late the session will be cancelled with the full fee payable.

Therapy works at different paces for everyone, but most people know therapy is working by how they are reacting to stressful situations.

People who attend therapy see an increase of self-awareness and use this to make decisions that do not result in the same levels of distress. It is hoped that by knowing yourself better you will be able to make better decisions for yourself.

Therapy aims to make you your best friend and your greatest ally so that you live your life in a way where you are taking care of yourself as well as meeting the needs around you.

There is no set time that anyone stays in therapy.

Some people prefer to work within a set number of sessions. This may require yourself and me to agree upon a set of goals that we feel are achievable within the timescale.

Other people have no timeline. In those cases, endings are when you are ready.

Endings are part of a considered process where we will spend time identifying how you feel, what has been achieved and how you’d like to move forward.