Counselling

I charge £45 for a session.

*I am able to offer a concessionary rate of £30 for remote counselling (e.g. Zoom or phone calls) for students, trainee counsellors and people on low incomes.

Payments should be made through bank transfer on or before the day of the session.

Invoice available on request

I wrote an article for Hope on this topic. 

There are a lot of different approaches to counselling and an even greater number of different people doing those approaches. It’s important we fit and that’s one of the reasons I offer a 30m call before we start working together. You can ask yourself some questions such as
What Am I Looking For From Therapy? (what are my hopes, and is this therapist able to help with those)
What Do I Imagine Therapy Looks Like (e.g. are you looking for someone to give you some exercises to work through in a manualised approach, would you like your therapist to be the expert noticing your defences that can trip you up, or are you looking for a relational approach with a therapist who treats you as the expert)?
What Kind of Person Could I Trust and Open up to? (Is it important if a therapist shares a protected characteristic with you e.g. sexuality or culture; is this therapist someone I can relate to or do they not seem to get me, do they remind me of someone and that’s getting in the way?)

A good therapist should take no offence if you’re not the right fit. Every now and again in our work together it can be useful to take a time to review how things are going (are you talking about what you’d like to, does it seem like anything’s shifting, how are you getting on with me and my way of working) so we can adapt and use the relationship to best help you. If you’re finding that I am not the right fit with you, I am happy to make some suggestions of other options.

I work in an open ended way. Some people have found the answers they are looking for after a single session, others have continued using the relationship we develop for their growth in the long term. Some presenting issues are also likely to take longer to work on than others (e.g. doing deep work on trauma is less appropriate for short term). 

I suggest that we originally talk about six sessions and then review where we’re at and how you are finding it.

With remote counselling we can meet up from anywhere in the world.

If you would like to meet in person I counsel from The Old School House (Hertford St, Oxford, OX4 3AJ) which is close to Central Oxford. I book rooms from that address rather than being based there so walk in appointments are unavailable.

I also offer home visits within the ring road

• For remote counselling I will send you some recommendations for setting up with your chosen way of doing it
• Children are surprisingly perceptive so I advise making sure they are looked after and not able to disturb you if working remotely. If face to face, I work with individuals and not with partners/children/animals
• The rooms in The Old School House unfortunately have a set of stairs leading up.
• There are toilets on the ground floor
• I provide a bottle of water for in person sessions and the Maple Room has a kettle if you would like hot water
• Parking is variable depending on other bookings and when we meet on-site. TOSH advise parking on the road which has some 2h Spots
• I sanitise the chairs before sessions and am happy to open the windows or consider our distance if it helps you feel comfortable in line with covid regulations
• I provide home visits if you are within the ring road