Counselling & Psychotherapy

The difference between counselling and psychotherapy can be described like this;

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Counselling works with one room in the house whereas psychotherapy works with the entire house, including the foundation and previous land history.

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Counselling is also typically shorter term work and psychotherapy can be some months or a number of years.

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What happens when you make contact?

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You are welcome to contact me via text, phone call (voicemails are welcome) or email.

The first contact is for you to ask questions and I will briefly ask what you would like to explore in therapy. This is so I know that it is worth your while having an initial appointment with me (for example, I do NOT work with sexual intimacy issues, so I would not want to waste your time or money and book an IA with you).

It is then up to you to book an initial appointment - I ask that a payment is made to secure the booking; this is to reduce no shows which are unfair on my time and to other clients interested in starting.

Following the initial assessment, I would encourage you to reflect on whether you feel we could work well together, and I reflect on whether I believe I am competent enough to support you with your therapeutic goals.

It is healthy for clients to have IA's with various therapists, and to get a feel for who they get on with the most - the therapeutic relationship between client and therapist is vital to successful therapy, as proven by research over the decades.

If we are both agreed on continuing, we will agree on a day/time to regularly suit you to begin with therapy and a contract of confidentiality will be signed by you and I.

I conduct informal reviews as part of therapy rather than separate appointments and it is important for me to take your feedback on board.

Therapy with me can be for as long as you would like. Many of my clients have come for some years and others have come for a shorter period of time.

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