Practical Information:
Fees:
The cost of a session for anyone paying privately is £75.- payable by bank transfer prior to the session.
Health Insurance or Third-Party Payment:
Please let me know if your treatment is funded through health insurance or by any other third party because session costs will depend on your specific insurance arrangements. I will ask you to provide details of the authorisation in advance of your first appointment and will invoice the insurer directly for sessions we have had. I am registered as a provider with Bupa, Axa and Aviva.
Sessions & Cancellations:
Our sessions will be 50 minutes long and usually weekly, but it may be appropriate to arrange more or less frequent sessions depending on the stage of therapy. At our first or second meeting we will come to an agreement about the number of sessions we want to arrange, typically initially about six sessions. At the end of these, we review therapy and decide upon further sessions. A course of cognitive behaviour therapy usually lasts between 12 and 20 sessions but can be shorter or longer depending on your situation and difficulties.
Sessions take place online via a secure video-platform, or face-to-face at Brighton Consulting Rooms. Sometimes it may be appropriate to arrange a mix of online and video appointments.
If you know that you cannot attend a session, please let me know, giving me as much warning as you can. I too shall inform you well in advance of any times I shall be away. If I have to reschedule due to unforeseen circumstances, I will try to give you as much notice as possible, but you can be assured that I shall do my utmost not to cancel sessions at short notice.
Once we have arranged a session, the time is yours and, even if you arrive late, we will still have to end on time. Also, if you miss or cancel a session with less than 24 hours’ notice, I shall still have to ask you for the full fee as I have set this time aside for you. If you cancel a session with less than eight days’ notice you will need to pay a £15 cancellation fee.
The Therapy Relationship:
Therapy requires a trusting relationship, and I will aim to provide the conditions for you to safely explore your difficulties and make changes. Whilst I may encourage you to question and challenge established ways of thinking and acting, I will do so from a non-judgmental, kind and accepting stance. Our relationship will be confined to therapy, so we shall not have contact outside of these sessions except to arrange appointments. If we are to meet anywhere by chance, I shall aim to not acknowledge you first, in case you do not wish to explain to other people who I am.
In order to make sure that we both feel safe and that you can get the most out of your therapy session it is important that you do not come under the influence of alcohol or drugs. If this poses a difficulty, please let me know in advance so that we can look for solutions to this together.
There may be times whilst you undergo therapy when you are distressed, and you may feel therapy is not helping you. I would like to encourage you to come and talk about these difficulties rather than suddenly end therapy. This will give us an opportunity to understand and resolve your distress.
As a therapist and supervisor accredited with BABCP (British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy) I adhere to the association’s Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics. You can see these on the association’s website, and the details of the BABCP’s Complaints Procedure are here: https://babcp.com/About/Complaints-and-feedback.
Confidentiality and Data Usage:
The ‘Privacy’ page on my website outlines how I use information I hold about you. Please read this and let me know if you have any questions.
Please click the link below for the therapy agreement.
Please use the link below for the printable therapy agreement