Therapy options and fees
An Initial Consultation Session lasts 60 minutes and costs £175. A brief summary report is available on request. Ongoing Therapy Sessions cost £110 per 50 minute session. For Ongoing Therapy Sessions between 09:00 and 17:00 UK Time I am able to offer a sliding scale. Please contact me to discuss this if you require this facility. Payment is taken at least 48 hours prior to sessions by BACs transfer (UK clients) or Stripe (international clients). If you have health insurance I am registered with BUPA, Aetna Global Benefits, Aviva, Axa PPP and Vitality Health as a recognised provider. Rates for health insurance clients vary so please contact me for details. Therapy can be by video call or face to face (in person in my Worthing consulting rooms). Therapy has the following three elements:
Assessment: The assessment phase typically lasts at least two sessions, with more complex assessments sometimes requiring further sessions, especially if a diagnosis is sought. Typically these first few meetings are about getting to know one another. The Initial Consultation is 60 minutes (£175) and subsequent assessment sessions are 50 mins (£110 or sliding scale depending on the time of day). The Initial Consultation will involve the completion of some questionnaires prior to the appointment and includes a brief report (on request). Over the assessment sessions you can expect to share your concerns, experiences, and personal history. You’ll learn about my therapy style, practice policies, and my assessment of your concerns. My objective is to gather information, and in collaboration with you offer an understanding of what started and now maintains your problems (known as a 'psychological formulation'). In conjunction with your goals, this formulation or 'road map' will be used to construct a treatment plan. I am happy to include a diganosis (if appropriate) for those patients who require this. When the assessment phase is completed we complete a written Therapy Contract together. This clearly indicates the focus for the work, how we will work togther, how long it is likely to take, information on appointment times and fees, and when we will review.
The therapy: Therapy sessions last 50 minutes and are ‘blended’. That means we will use different combinations of online materials and ways of communicating (email, telephone and/or video calls). Ongoing therapy sessions will focus on your goals and be informed by our formulation and treatment plan. We will review your progress every 6 weeks, using questionnaires to assist our understanding. Sessions have a common structure: they have a beginning (reviewing the previous week and home-based tasks completed before collaboratively setting an agenda for today's session); middle (focusing on one or two problems and sharing techniques to overcome them), and an ending (reviewing the agenda, providing feedback and setting home-based tasks for the following week).
End of therapy review: Therapy always ends with a review to discuss your progress and next steps. It may be that you are feeling much better and ready to go it alone and don’t require any more help. If there are outstanding problems and you would like further help, we may agree further sessions.
Please note that my fees are reviewed 1st June every year.
How do I know therapy will suit my kind of problems?
I will conduct an initial face to face assessment via secure video call, or in person at my Worthing consulting rooms. I will also ask you to complete some questionnaires. Depending on your needs I will recommend a treatment plan drawn up in collaboration with you. Generally if your problems are milder, as few as 6 sessions may be sufficient. If you have long standing problems, or they are more severe, more sessions will be needed. Either way, we will start by contracting 6 sessions and in that time you can find out if my approach is for you.
Therapy models
I specialise in CBT, but as a clinical psychologist I am also trained in a broad range of other therapy approaches. The therapy I offer is informed by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Compassion Focused-Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Mindfulness is a thread throughout.
Click on the links above to learn more about what these types of therapy are like.
