FAQs
Individual psychotherapy: £120/session
Payment in advance of sessions
Cancellations and requests to reschedule must be made at least 24 hours in advance to avoid being charged. Sessions cancelled or rescheduled with less than 24 hours notice will be charged as full price.
Sessions take place either in person near Regents Park or online with Zoom.
I offer a 20 minute complimentary initial consultation, this first session is an opportunity to get to know each other and explore what brings you to therapy. We’ll talk through your concerns, your hopes for therapy, and answer any questions you may have. It’s also a chance for you to see if the I feel like a good fit for you.
Sessions usually last 50 minutes. Most clients meet their therapist weekly, but we can discuss what works best for you.
There is no obligation to engage in ongoing services. The first appointment is an opportunity for the client to decide whether or not they wish to work with me. If you don’t feel I am right for you or I feel someone else better suited for you unique needs, the I am very happy to refer you to someone who would be a better fit.
For some clients, a brief period of around 6-12 sessions is all that is needed to achieve a healthier position or to feel less alone or less anxious about a particular life stage or decision. For others, however, longer-term therapy might be more suitable, particularly with trauma informed work or where unhelpful patterns have become more chronic.
Yes. What you say in therapy is treated with respect and confidentiality. There are only rare exceptions (for example, if there is a risk of serious harm to yourself or others), which I will explain at the outset.
Yes, I adhere to the ethical frameworks of my accrediting bodies, BACP and UKCP. I take confidentiality, professional boundaries, and client care extremely seriously.
Everyone has a unique experience after someone they were close to has died and each person has to find their own individual way through their feelings.
Alongside sadness and pain, they may also experience guilt, anger, resentment, confusion about changes in surviving relationships, a reassessment of the past or uncertainty about the future. The bereavement might be recent, or a long time ago. People use counselling support for many different reasons. Some may have friends and family but feel reluctant to burden them with their grief or wish to protect those who are also grieving from further pain. Sometimes people surrounding the bereaved person fail to understand what they’re going through or do not want to hear. Perhaps the bereaved person is far from family and friends who may be living in different parts of the country or even across the World. Others may be coping with demanding work or family commitments and find there is little time to grieve or that they have to put on a ‘brave face’ for much of the time, despite complex feelings which may be affecting their day to day life.Counselling offers the opportunity to meet each week, to talk about all the different thoughts and feelings following bereavement or loss.