What are your session fees?

Sessions are priced at £50 per 50 minutes, payable preferably 48 hours prior to each session.

You can opt to pay ahead in blocks of 4 or 6, or pay as you go.

Your first session is charged half rate at £25.

What happens after I first contact you?

Once I have received your enquiry, I will contact you by email (unless you have communicated a preference for text or phone call). If your presenting issue is something I feel I can help with, I will communicate my available appointment times. If there is a slot that works for you, I will book you in for your initial session. During this session, I will talk you through a brief questionnaire with the purpose of exploring what you are looking to get from counselling and how our work together might take shape. You are charged the half rate of £25 for this initial session, as I feel it is important for you to get a sense of whether you feel I am the right therapist for you before you make the larger financial commitment.

Following your initial session, if you choose to proceed with further sessions, I will forward you a copy of our counselling contract for you to sign and return, along with confirmation of your ongoing counselling sessions.

How many sessions do I need?

This is entirely flexible and not something you have to know or decide straight away. During your initial session we can assess a suitable timeframe estimate if that is something that might benefit you. I recognise that long-term therapy is a large commitment and isn’t financially accessible to everyone. I am happy to accommodate to whatever your preferences, whether this is one single session to clear your mind on a specific topic, or long-term therapy with space to explore situations more deeply, or any time frame in between.

What age clients do you work with?

I work with clients of any age from 12+.

What is your confidentiality policy?

Confidentiality is one of the most important elements of counselling and is a pillar of the BACP ethical framework. Anything you share with me during your sessions will be kept completely confidential, meaning I will not share your details with anyone outside the therapy room, except in the specific circumstances detailed below.

I attend regular supervision, in which I discuss my case load with my supervisor in order to ensure I am working effectively and ethically. However, no identifiable details are shared, keeping each case anonymous.

Outside of this, the only reason I would ever need to break confidentiality is if anything is shared with me that concerns illegal activity, or a risk to the safety of yourself or anybody else. In this instance, my duty of care means I would need to pass this information on to relevant bodies. This can be explained further in your initial session, or if you have any questions around this, please do ask.

Can you tell me more about outdoor counselling?

Further information on walk-and-talk counselling, including outdoor-specific FAQs, can be found here.

How do I find out more, or ask a question that isn’t listed here?

Contact me using the link below, and I will get back to you as soon as possible.