Sessions

 

What happens?

I like to run a flexible service in response to your needs as a client.

Sessions last for one hour and are often once a week although this can be discussed.

The number of sessions will depend on your needs. 

Fees

For one-to-one counselling, I charge £60 per hour.

For couples, I charge £70 per session and due to the nature of the work the sessions work better if they are 70 minutes.

I offer the first session at half price, as this session could be seen as a session for you to decide whether working with me is right for you. It is important that you find the right counsellor for you, and you may want to see how it feels working with me and others before deciding.

I charge £60 per hour for supervision, and £80 for 90 minutes of supervision. I offer a free half-hour chat with people considering working with me as their supervisor.

I charge half price for cancellations made with less than 24 hours’ notice. I charge full price if no notice is given for a cancelled session.

Sessions 

I offer a mixture of online work and face-to-face sessions, and am happy with either, acknowledging that we are all different and different ways of working suits us differently at different times. 

Frequent buses to Tavistock & Plymouth stop close by my therapy room – which is a bit of a ‘posh shed’ in my garden in Horrabridge. I have two very friendly golden retrievers who don’t come into the therapy room with us but will give you a warm greeting and are likely to get in your way as you are walking in and out!

 

Working Online

“I realize that if I were stable and steady and static, I would be living death. So I accept confusion and uncertainty and fear and emotional highs and lows because they are the price I willingly pay for a flowing, perplexing, exciting life.”
– Carl Rogers

 

Working Online During the Pandemic and Beyond…

Like many of us, I discovered during lockdown that there are gifts in dark places. And that humans can adapt. I have discovered how satisfactory working from online platforms can be.

My initial response to offering therapy online was that of resistance. Surely it would not be the same, that it would be hard to pick up all the visual clues that come with physically being with someone and we might not feel so connected?

When lockdown started and I needed to continue my work online, necessity became the mother of discovery. I could see that working online really is ok. It is not the same, but the differences are not bad ones. I have experienced levels of deep connection and relational depth with clients and supervisees, and therapy is just as possible. There is a focus and ease that I was not expecting. The worst that has happened is that connectivity with wi-fi can be frustrating – connectivity with the relationship is not the issue.

I now continue to offer online therapy for those that prefer not to travel and to be able to receive therapy in the comfort of their own home.

 

 

Here are some things to consider when working online

• I will use providers and electronic platforms that meet the privacy and quality standards for healthcare digital communication.
• I have become familiar with using Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Facetime and WhatsApp.
• It is perhaps worth acknowledging that absolute security in a digital world does not exist.
• I shall work from a quiet and confidential room in the house, with the door closed, and any members of my household will be informed not to interrupt.
• If you would struggle to find a private, confidential space to meet me are there any other alternatives that could work? Clients have arranged to meet me in different houses, or even gone to their car for the meeting!
• If wi-fi lets us both down, it might be a good idea for us to agree in advance that I call you to continue the session by phone – this is a last resort and, in my experience so far has rarely been needed.