The cost of a counselling session is £50 per session.

A typical counselling session lasts for 50 minutes.

• Feelings of overwhelm, panic, self harm and suicidal thoughts.
• Painful or traumatic events from your past which are affecting your present.
• Anxiety, depression and low self esteem.
• Difficulties with decision making or maintaining boundaries.
• Relationship issues.
• Grief, the loss of a loved one, loneliness.

Our work is completely confidential in line with the BACP ethical framework. This means that whatever we talk about stays between ourselves. However, it also means that that if I felt you were a danger to yourself or another person, or a UK law had /or was going to be broken I would, in conversation with you where possible, bring it to the attention of the correct authorities to seek support for you directly. 

This is a difficult one to answer as it is different for everyone. It would be usual to start with the intention of having at least six sessions to start with and to see where it takes you. Ideally we work towards an 'ending' together which can take a couple of weeks but it is such a personal journey it is difficult to be specific about time. Ultimately you are in control of what you want to achieve so it is not possible for me to stipulate how long we should work together.

Nobody can 'click' with everyone and that's just fine. If you find that I'm not the right therapist for you then I can try to support you in finding someone that is  or we can leave it as you so wish. The therapeutic relationship is key to your personal growth so it is of paramount importance that you find the right therapist for you.

Person-centred counselling is one of the humanistic modalities or approaches. It was founded in the 1940s by the American psychologist Carl Rogers who believed that, given the right conditions, a person can reach their full potential and become their true self, which he termed ‘self-actualisation’. This actualisation process is within us and so anyone can achieve it.

To help you achieve self-actualisation, the person-centred therapist will offer:

• unconditional positive regard (UPR) – accepting and valuing you
• congruence - being honest and transparent in how they experience you and your world
• empathic understanding – seeing your viewpoint as if they were you

When you’re attending counselling sessions with me, I will encourage you to bring your own issues to the session – the counselling is led by you, my role is to work alongside you, not to direct what you should bring. Many clients, with no previous experience of counselling, believe that I will sort their problems out for them, person-centred therapy doesn't work like that. I, as a person-centred counsellor, believe that you are the expert in your own life, I will help you to explore your own issues, feelings, beliefs and behaviour, coming from your perspective on life, so you can become more self-aware and so able to make the changes in your life that you are looking for.