Setting

I offer sessions online via Zoom. I can also offer sessions by phone if you would prefer. Each session is 60 minutes long.

I work mainly with clients based in the UK.

Fees

Please get in touch to discuss the cost of therapy sessions.

Payment by bank transfer (BACS) is preferred.

Initial meeting

I offer an initial meeting free of charge for up to an hour. This allows each of us to get a sense of what it would be like to work together therapeutically for your benefit. If you are not used to working online, the initial meeting offers you a taste of how it would be to work in this way. After this, if we both feel comfortable, we will agree a day and time for regular weekly sessions.

Contract and privacy policy

Once we have agreed to start therapy sessions, I ask you to complete a contract form. This includes your contact details, information about confidentiality, and sets out the nature and boundaries of the therapeutic relationship. We both sign this to signify our commitment to working together ethically in your interests. As I will hold personal information about you, I also ask you to agree to a privacy policy in line with GDPR.

Length of therapy

How long therapy may take is very much as long as a piece of string. Factors that influence this include why you are looking for therapy; how you are when you start therapy; and when or how your difficulties originated.

You may have come to therapy in response to a loss or a crisis in your life, wanting support in getting through a difficult time; or you may have come with a view to deepening your understanding of something challenging, problematic, or painful in your life; or you may be looking for a better understanding of yourself and why you experience life in a particular way.

Depending on why you have come and the likely length of therapy, we will review how things are going after a couple of months or so, and from time to time thereafter.