FAQ’S

How long is each session and can I have fortnightly counselling?

Each session lasts a “counselling hour” which is 50 minutes. This allows the therapist to make required notes and to review his notes for the next client. Sessions can be weekly or fortnightly depending on your needs and circumstances.  

Do I have to sign up for a minimum amount of sessions?

No. You can choose to have any number of sessions. You can choose to terminate your counselling at any point up to 24 hours before your next scheduled session. Within 24 hours, cancellation is still charged.

What is the difference between counselling and psychotherapy?

Both are talking therapies but counselling generally is concerned with a specific, contemporary issue such as bereavement, divorce, redundancy. Psychotherapy deals with longer standing issues and patterns of thinking, feeling and behaviour. It is broader in scope and sometimes longer in duration but there are common characteristics between the two practices.

What is the difference between psychiatry and psychotherapy?

292c37Psychiatry is the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness and frequently involves drug therapy combined with talking therapy. Psychotherapy is talking therapy.

What are your qualifications?

I am a registered Person Centred Counsellor, with further training in Gestalt Psychotherapy, CBT, solution focused therapy, TA and an am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy