Our first conversation is often following an email inquiry. Taking this step can feel a little daunting so I hope to reassure you and answer any questions you have about how counselling may work for you.
It may be that you would like to experience a single session, with the understanding that you have no responsibility to commit beyond this session. It is important you feel comfortable in our relationship.
If you choose to move into further sessions, our sessions will be weekly or fortnightly, lasting 50 minutes and costing £65.
I have some reduced-fee session availability for Emergency Services Personnel, and I can accommodate shift work with evening sessions and a changing session day and regularity.
If you are counselling student, I have some limited capacity to offer you reduced-fee sessions.
My practice is located in Sevenoaks, Kent, and I see clients from the surrounding areas of Surrey, Borough Green and West Kent. I currently only offer online therapy sessions, reaching clients across the UK. To find out more please see the Online Therapy page.
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Yes. This is something we can discuss in your initial session.
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The progress made during therapy can be reviewed by you and your therapist at an agreed point,
giving you a chance to reflect on your goals and how things have changed since the start of therapy.
Considering all factors, it is a collaborative decision of when and how to end therapy.
The aim is to ensure you feel comfortable and confident both upon ending therapy and in the long-
term.
Counselling is usually a good way to help with a current problem; something that can be discussed and - hopefully - resolved within a limited number of sessions. Over a certain number of weeks the understanding of the problem improves and away forward becomes clear. Therapy often describes work that goes a bit deeper, towards more substantial life issues and problems having a deeper effect on the client’s life. Therapy often requires a long-term approach, so the number of sessions can be open-ended.
Which option is most suitable depends on the client and the difficulties they are facing. In some cases counselling works well as an ongoing, longer-term option - or therapy can manage to resolve an issue in just a few sessions.
How long a period of counselling lasts will vary from person to person and depend on the depth of the issues they are facing. For some people a couple of sessions helps to bring their problems into focus, and they feel ready to move forward; other problems may require more of an open-ended approach.
Before we begin any work we will agree on the number of sessions we’ll undertake, and at the end of that number review our progress. As long as we both agree further therapy will be of benefit to you, sessions can continue.
Everything that is said within the counselling room is private - this is one of the main ways counselling and therapy differ from talking to a friend or relative. Once you are comfortable with the format of weekly sessions and the safe space they provide, you will find the freedom to speak in confidence is of great value.
Note that there are some situations where you may be a risk to yourself or others, and there the law requires that I notify an authority; in these cases I may not be able to keep total confidentiality. Breaking confidentiality is very rare though, and only happens after the person concerned has been informed.