​Counselling provides you with a safe, secure and confidential 'container' where you can talk about your issues and concerns with a trained professional. We will explore your thoughts, feelings, experiences and behaviours so that you might arrive at a greater understanding of yourself. I will not give you advice, solve your problems or tell you what to do, but I will support and help you to arrive at your own solutions.

Great question!  This is entirely dependent on you and what you are looking for from counselling.  You may be wanting support at a difficult time, or to address a specific issue in your life, which could be complex and take time to unravel  - or you may not know quite what you are looking for.  We will explore what you are hoping to achieve together in the early stages of therapy together.
Counselling does not always offer instant solutions to problems, and it can take time for a therapeutic relationship to develop. You can continue for as long as the sessions are of benefit to you. Our work will be reviewed regularly, usually every six sessions.

Yes. Any cancellations within 24 hours of our session will be charged the full amount, except in exceptional circumstances.

Yes - your privacy is essential to me, therefore everything you say in our sessions is confidential. However, there are a couple of exceptions, which I will run through in our first session together.

The therapeutic hour is 50 minutes. Sessions start promptly, so if you are late the session still ends at the normal time and the full fee still applies.

Sessions usually take place weekly, on the same day, at the same time.  I believe it is important to meet weekly initially.
We will review our work together regularly, part of which includes checking that the frequency of sessions is still appropriate.

The frequency is also dependent on what you are hoping to get from therapy.