Online Counselling

Online counselling offers flexibility by negating the need to travel to appoints, It also allows clients to access counselling in their own space so they can make sure their sensory needs are being met.

Initial Consultations

While most people will benefit from online sessions, there are a small number of clients who won’t be able to access online sessions either because they don't have access to the technology or because they are in crisis and would benefit from more specialist support.

For this reason, anyone looking to access online sessions will need to have a free, telephone consultation where we can make sure it is the right type of therapy for you before we start. These generally take 20-30 minutes and give you the opportunity to ask me any questions about counselling and how I work to make sure I am the right person for you.

To check my availability and book an initial chat, please contact me (email is generally best).

For more details on what we will talk about in the initial consultation please click here.

Booking an appointment

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Once we have had our initial, free telephone consultation and decided we are a good fit you will be able to book your first session, either during the call or afterwards via email or phone.

I will send you some information via email (a copy of my contract and privacy notice) for you to read through, as well as an information sheet to be completed prior to or at the beginning of our first session. Finally I will send you details on how to use Zoom (the platform our sessions will take place over) and a link to our session.

What to expect in your first session

At the beginning of our first session we will go through the contract I will have sent by email so you have a chance to ask questions about anything you are unsure of. The contract lays out what we can expect of each other around things like confidentiality, payment, cancellations, data storage, etc. We will also make sure that the information sheet is completed (this includes information like your contact details and who to contact in an emergency). I ask all clients to complete these before we start working together.

Once I have answered any questions we have we will start by talking about what has brought you to therapy and what you would like to get from it. Sometimes this is very straight forward, but for other clients this can be quite difficult to put into words, often we know something is not right, but we can’t quite put our finger on what it is.

If that is the case for you then I will usually suggest that we spend the first session mapping out what is currently going on in your life and talking about any areas that you might like to explore in therapy. Sometimes a focus will emerge quite quickly, whether it’s an experience, emotion or question that you wish to explore. For others we might spend several sessions sorting through the past and present before some clarity begins to emerge.

If you are already clear on what your focus is then we will discuss how you would like to approach it. I might make suggestions of possible starting points or initial steps, but you will be in control and are always welcome to say no. The important thing is that we will work together to find a way that works for you.