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I currently have limited weekday evening and weekend availability.

Fees per session:

Online (Zoom) £40.00 

In-person (Chatham) £40.00

My particular areas of interest are trauma and childhood abuse.  Both can have a harmful and lasting impact on an individual's life and require sensitive handling by an experienced and dedicated therapist.  

Whatever you bring to the therapy space, you'll take things at your own pace, so you won’t be expected to open up straight away (unless of course you want to).   I'll seek to understand what it's like to be you, listen attentively, with understanding, empathy and without judgment.  

All that said, I’m not a counsellor who believes that your counselling objectives will be achieved by solely listening and exploring feelings. I actively work WITH you to come up with coping strategies, different perspectives and ideas that give you food for thought, and that can be realistically applied to your situation in a way that works for you personally to bring about meaningful and positive change.

I offer open-ended work, so there is no limit to the number of sessions available to you.  How long a course of counselling takes varies greatly between individuals.  Some clients need only a few sessions to get what they need from counselling and others require a lot longer.  It's important that we work together at your pace .  I conduct regular informal reviews to check the extent to which you feel you're making progress, so that anything which is working well can be built on, and anything which isn't can be appropriately omitted or adjusted accordingly.  Counselling certainly is not a 'one size fits all' process, and it's vital for me (and you) to develop an understanding of what you personally need from the process in order for it to work.  

During your first session, I'll meet with you to gain a basic and broad understanding of your personal background and circumstances, what’s going on for you and what you hope to gain from counselling. This helps to ensure my skills and experience suit your needs so that we can work together effectively and safely. This initial session is also a chance for you to get a flavour of what I offer and go get a sense of whether I’m someone you’d like to work with.

I allow 75 minutes for this initial session (although it doesn't always take that long). The fee for the initial session is £40.00.