Cost of Counselling Services
Online counselling
Online counselling is offered via WhatsApp or Teams, ideal for those 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 - or be making people also walking there have concern about you.
Most sessions are hourly, but if you are unable to attend frequently you might benefit more from less frequent 90 minute session, the choice is yours. There is no requirement for it to be on the same day or at the same time each week.
£60 each for individual adults 21+ for one hour
£85 each for a 90 minute session
See also couples section
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. Towards the end of their therapy many clients have longer spaces between sessions, just to keep checking in with themselves and how they are progressing.
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. It is the work which you put in outside the sessios which determines their success.
£60 each for individual sessions for adults 21+ for one hour
£85 each for a 90 minute session
Couples counselling
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 argument you have ever had, but rather is an opportunity to look at the way in which you both interact and how you can start to communicate more meaningfully. If you waste time in waiting for the right time to bring subjects up, you deny your partner the opportunity of responding really well to your needs.
Couples In person or online
£85 Initial session of 90 minutes
£70 Subsequent one hour sessions
If we did a separate session each for the two relationship members to get to know them better this would be charged at the individual counselling rate of £55.
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 I might encourage a youngster to bring their adult to the session as a one-off if there are things which need to be discussed.
£55 Young people under 21 face-to-face or online
Concessions
Counselling Young People
Covid concerns
As I do counselling part-time, I only have a limited number of concessionary places to be able to offer. They would have to be taken during the daytime and not early evening, and sadly I do not work at weekends.
Circumstances in which you may qualify for these are;
- If you are registered as unemployed
- Receiving either Universal Credit or pension credit
- Have a PIP award
- Full-time mature students or counselling students requiring longer term counselling
The slots are still going to be offered subject to availability.
If you would like to go on a waiting list for one of these slots do let me know, unfortunately I cannot give you much indication of when one may be free.
£50 Counselling concessionary rate
Covid concerns
Counselling Young People
Covid concerns
Although not in the news as often, covid is still around and as such is an ongoing concern, I have had it three times 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 have hand sanitiser which you may feel free to use.
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 attended the week before, this allows both myself and other clients to make informed decisions.