One of the main differences between the various types of therapy and counselling is the
active approach the therapy takes, and therefore how active a role you will be expected to play.

In CBT your role is as an active participant, where you and your therapist collaborate and work together to come to a shared understanding of your problems and develop strategies together for overcoming them. CBT is empowering in that you will learn how to help yourself so that if the same issues occur again in future, you will be better prepared with tools to help you deal with them.

NICE (The National Institute for Clinical Excellence) issues guidelines for the treatment and care of people with depression and anxiety and sets National Standards for care for people
with depression and anxiety.

NICE recommends CBT as the psychological therapy for the treatment of depression and
anxiety. Clinical trials have been carried out which have demonstrated CBT’s effectiveness,
compared to other talking therapies.

Over the years, CBT has received a lot of coverage in the media because it is evidence-based and has shown to be effective in treating emotional and behavioural problems.

All information disclosed to me is treated as confidential. Your confidentiality will be
maintained at all times however, as part of my own professional development, I will need to
discuss the clients I see with my supervisor. My supervisor is bound by the same ethical
guidelines regarding confidentiality as I am. I never disclose names when discussing my
clients with my supervisor. I will not disclose your details to a third party without your prior
consent, except under the following circumstances:

1) if, in my opinion, you are at imminent risk of hurting yourself,
2) if, in my opinion, you present a risk to others.

 Under these circumstances, I reserve the right to inform appropriate external agencies, normally your GP (as in circumstance 1) or the police (as in circumstance 2).

In the event that I need to disclose information to a third party, I will always attempt to discuss this with you beforehand. We will discuss all of this at the assessment and in session and will sign a contract confirming these details.

I offer a free 30 minute consultation call where we can chat through the issues leading you to
consider therapy and also what you can expect from therapy. If you’re happy to proceed we will
then get you booked in for your first session. Sessions are offered both in person and online and we will discuss your preference during the consultation call.

Payment is made in advance for sessions, so you will pay for the first session when you make the booking and then at the end of each session you pay for the next one. You can re schedule at no cost by giving at least 24 hours notice. 

Payment can be made by bank transfer or cash for in-person sessions.

Everyone is different and therefore everyone responds to therapy differently so before we start working together it’s impossible to say how many sessions you will need. It’s usually somewhere between 5 and 20 sessions but it very much depends on the nature of the presenting issues and how long standing they have been. We will regularly review progress against your goals and discuss how things are going so we can make sure you’re moving in the right direction.

This is something only you can answer. However, chances are if you’re aware of some issues that are having an impact on your day-to-day life and you’re looking into different therapies and therapists then you could benefit from speaking to someone. This is something we would talk about in the initial consultation appointment.

No, you can refer yourself for therapy by completing the online form.