About Counselling

People seek counselling for many different problems. Whatever the problem it can be helpful to talk about it with someone who can listen sensitively to you as you explore your difficulties. I am not there to judge or criticise you, or to offer advice, but to work with you to help you to understand your difficulties.

People often ask – How can talking help? What I need is to get on and deal with my problem!

When we have a particularly difficult problem in our lives we often think that we know all about it – indeed we usually think we know too much about it! In fact, though, we usually get obsessed about particularly difficult or frightening aspects of the problem and forget about the rest. Talking things over with a counsellor can help to face the really difficult parts and to think about aspects you may have forgotten about. When you have got a different way of thinking about your difficulties then you can decide more easily what to do about them.

How does it work?

Usually we will meet together two or three times to get to know one another and to decide if we feel that we can work together productively.

We will meet on the same day and at the same time each week. Your appointment will last for 50 minutes.

My fees are currently £30–£40 per session, including the assessment sessions. This covers the time I take to prepare for our meetings, my time spent in supervision, and in professional development, as well as the counselling session itself.