Fees, location and starting therapy
Sessions
I offer face-to-face psychotherapy for individual adults.
Sessions are normally weekly and last 50 minutes. We can talk about practical arrangements when we first meet.
Fees
A 50-minute therapy session is £60.
Your first therapy session is also 50 minutes and charged at the standard fee of £60.
Payment
Sessions are paid in advance. Your first therapy session is paid when it is booked. For ongoing sessions, payment is due 24 hours before the appointment.
Therasee will send the relevant invoice and payment reminder.
Cancellations
If you cancel or rearrange with at least 24 hours’ notice, there is no charge. With less than 24 hours’ notice, or if you do not attend, the full session fee remains due.
If I need to cancel a session, you will not be charged.
First conversation
Before starting therapy, I offer a free telephone conversation of up to 20 minutes.
This gives us a chance to talk briefly about what brings you to therapy, what you are looking for, and whether working together seems appropriate.
You can choose a time for this conversation directly through my online booking system.
Who I work with
I work with individual adults who find themselves struggling with something that keeps coming back, getting in the way or proving difficult to change.
Sometimes you may already have a fairly good idea of what is happening. You can see the pattern, understand where it might come from, perhaps even know what you would like to do differently, and yet find that understanding it has not been enough to change it.
At other times, things are much less clear. You might simply notice that certain difficulties keep returning, or have a sense that something in your life is not working as you would like it to.
This might show up as:
- finding yourself caught in similar patterns in relationships;
- reacting strongly to situations without quite understanding why;
- being very hard on yourself, even when you know it is not helping;
- finding it difficult to say no, set boundaries or make space for your own needs;
- knowing what you would like to change but finding yourself doing the same thing again;
- feeling uncertain about who you are, what you want or where your life is going.
You do not need to arrive with a diagnosis or a clear explanation for what is happening. Sometimes the starting point is simply a sense that something needs attention.
The first conversation is also an opportunity for us to think together about what you are looking for and whether working with me seems appropriate.
Starting therapy
If you are considering therapy, you do not need to decide in advance that you want to begin.
The first telephone conversation is a chance to ask questions and get an initial sense of whether I might be the right person for you to speak with.
If it seems appropriate to continue, we can then arrange a first 50-minute therapy session.