What Can I Expect From the Service?
You will be helped to explore your issues with
compassion and respect in a secure, confidential
environment. My goal is to provide you with the
ability and strength to cope with these issues for
yourself and to find the answers that lie within you.
You will not be given advice or told what to do. Rather,
I will act as a guide on your journey, in what may often
be a painful process.
As the emphasis will be on your personal needs, which
may be short-term or long-term, you will be encouraged
to go at your own pace. However, I believe that a balance
between freedom and structure is important and we will
normally assess your progress after the first six sessions
and regularly thereafter to focus on your needs and to
ensure that they are being met.
Counselling sessions will generally be for fifty minutes per
week but I will always try to accommodate your particular
needs. I believe it is important for you to feel comfortable
with your choice of counsellor. I therefore provide a
preliminary session in the form of an initial assessment,
at a reduced rate, so that you can discuss your issue and
we can decide whether we can work together.
Please enquire for specialist rates for organisations and
training.
Concessions are available for students and trainees.