What
is the Process?
Following
your initial phone or email enquiry we will arrange a meeting for the initial
assessment.
At the initial
assessment we will discuss your specific issues and the reasons you are seeking
counselling. The fee for the initial assessment is fixed. Following some questions to establish
your brief personal history,
we will discuss the range of counselling approaches and options suitable to your
needs. We will also cover issues of confidentiality, what is expected of you, such as
punctuality and payment for sessions and choose a session fee suitable to you
and your life circumstances. This will be reviewed if and when your life
circumstances change in the future.
Counselling sessions take place weekly
in central Oxford and last 50 minutes. In our sessions you will have space
and time to share with me anything
you wish.
I
will listen to you with attention and empathy and simply ask you to explain
your feelings and thoughts, so that you can understand them better and gain
perspective.
The
number of sessions varies from person to person and it is something we discuss
and review together every six weeks. You can stop counselling at any time,
giving two weeks' notice.
