What is Counselling?
Counselling or Therapy is a broad term and has a different meaning depending on who you talk to. I see counselling as a place where you can learn more about yourself, understand where you've come from, how that has affected you and have the support of someone that is purely on your side. They don't have an agenda or vested interest in what you do, they just want you to be able to find out what you need. Through this process, people often change and change their lives.
What does therapy look like?
Therapy can feel like a strange experience if you've never done it before. Normally a weekly appointment, where we meet at the same time and the same place.
We then talk for 50 mins, looking at what brought you to therapy in the first place or that day. You can bring anything that's playing on your mind and we try to make sense of what it is that you're going through.
Once you feel that things have changed and that you don't need therapy anymore, we take a bit of time to reflect on the work that we've done together and how things have changed for you.
There isn't a 'standard' length of therapy as every individual has different needs, different life circumstances and when change happens varies.
What are the fees?
Counselling is typically done once a week and I charge from £70* for a 50-minute session. Concessional rates are available.
I appreciate starting therapy can be daunting and costly, this is why I offer a free 20-minute appointment.
*Subject to location
I see people in Central London
Situated on the south side of the river within easy reach of London Bridge and Borough.
and I see people in West Sussex
Within easy reach of Balcombe, Haywards Heath, Crawley and Horsham.
For people that live further afield or need to work remotely, I offer video counselling.