Cost of Counselling Services
Online counselling
Face to face sessions
Face to face sessions
Online counselling is offered via Skype or Whatsapp video calling, ideal for those who need to self-isolate or who find it difficult to create a larger window during their day in order to attend a face-to-face appointment. You will need a quiet place in order to do your session where you preferably cannot be overheard, and a good broadband connection or mobile phone signal. For this reason it is not always ideal for you to be walking in the park, for example, as you may find it difficult to concentrate or may be concerned if you felt upset at the content of your session.
£55 each for individual adults 21+
£50 for young persons
See also couples section
Face to face sessions
Face to face sessions
Face to face sessions
What most of us have in mind when we think about counselling, you visit for a hour appointment and speak individually with me about what is concerning you in your life. Ideally once per week, I can also entertain the idea of fortnightly sessions with the possibility of 'homework' in between.
Counselling will not work for you simply by attending sessions, if you do not reflect upon what we discuss and start to apply it to your life outside the counselling room.
Individual sessions £55 for adults 21+
Couples counselling
Face to face sessions
Counselling Young People
When working with couples I tend to offer a longer first session of 90 minutes for both parties to really air their concerns, after that sessions are for 60 minutes each. Couples counselling is not about confronting your partner about every past misdeed and argument, but rather is an opportunity to look at the way in which you both interact and how you might improve your communication.
Couples In person
Initial session 90 minutes £75
Subsequent one hour sessions £60
Couples Online
Initial session 90 minutes £75
Subsequent one hour sessions 60
Counselling Young People
Counselling Young People
Counselling Young People
I offer counselling for students from teenage upwards. My setting is a very informal office in my own home, parents can bring their youngsters inside to the first session but unfortunately I cannot offer them anywhere to wait.
All counselling by its nature needs to be confidential so I do ask that parents or guardians not pressure their youngsters to discuss the content afterwards, nor prohibit them from discussing with me things which they might prefer 'stay within the family'. Please feel free as a parent to call me before your child starts if you would like to discuss any safeguarding concerns you may have.
I cannot offer progress updates unless a young person requests one, but occasionally I might encourage a youngster to bring their adult to the session as a one-off.
Young people face-to-face or online £50
Concessions
Counselling Young People
Covid concerns
I offer a limited number of concessionary appointments for the unemployed, OAPs receiving pension credit and any counselling student* who needs to undergo longer term counselling as part of their training. These appointments unfortunately cannot take place after 6pm in the evening.
Cost of concessionary sessions £45
*Please note, it is counselling students responsibility to check with their college that my setting complies with their individual study requirements
Covid concerns
Counselling Young People
Covid concerns
I know that not everybody has the privacy to be able to do counselling online in their own home or place of work, so am still offering face to face sessions whilst regulations allow.
Covid however is a real concern, I have had it twice now and you should avoid it at all costs if you can. My counselling room is sufficiently large for us to sit 2m apart. I have an air purifier which improves air quality and removes some airborne viruses. I disinfect my table and seat between clients, in addition to door handles and the doorbell. I do lateral flows twice per week, and at the first sign of any sniffle. I will ask you to clean your hands on the way in.
It is not fail safe and I can offer no guarantees, so do ask that if you have any cold symptoms at all you do a lateral flow before attending, or consider an online session instead. If I catch it again then nobody has any counselling.
Please be sure to inform me if you need to go into self-isolation, even if you have not been the week before, this allows both myself and other clients to make informed decisions.