What happens if you contact me about counselling

I’m happy to discuss on the phone what you might want from counselling, with no obligation on your part.  Then if you want, I usually suggest we meet for an initial session, for which I make no charge and there is no obligation on either of us to take it further.

In that session we’d discuss what you want and I could see whether that is something I can help you with.  This also provides you with an opportunity to meet me, to sit in the room you’d be working in and to ask me any questions you have.  I believe this helps people to make an informed choice about whether to work with me, as well as enabling me to see if I can help them.

Following this you may want to start with me the following week, or you are welcome to take a couple of days to consider your choices and either seek alternatives or continue with me.  I usually work with someone for six sessions to start with and we then review how the work is going.