Can Psychotherapy Help Me?

Psychotherapy has helped many people deal with mental or emotional distress, which can be experienced in many ways, including:

• Anxiety or an inability to cope or concentrate
• Inability to deal with stress or recover from stressful situations
• Lack of confidence or excessive shyness
• Feelings of depression, sadness, grief or emptiness
• Extreme mood swings
• Difficulty making or sustaining relationships, or repeatedly becoming involved in unsatisfying or destructive relationships
• Sexual problems
• Impact of abuse
• Difficulty in coming to terms with losses such as bereavement, divorce or loss of employment
• Feelings of anger and fears of losing control
• Identity issues
• Experiencing racism.
• Impact of suffering bullying or prejudice
• Eating disorders
• Personality disorders
• Self harm
• Obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviour
• Panic attacks and phobia
• Addiction

Relationship with your therapist

Whether psychotherapy can help YOU will depend largely upon the quality of the relationship between you and your therapist.

Consultation for Psychotherapy

The purpose of the consultation is to  your see if psychoanalytic, psycho-dynamic, intercultural or EMDR psychotherapy can be of help to you.

Being referred

You can be referred for a confidential assessment consultation by your GP or other agency (e.g. Social Services, Mental Health Services, Psychiatrist, Counselling Service, Psychotherapist). You can also refer yourself to me by contacting me to arrange a consultation (see 'Contact' page).

What to expect

You may be anxious or bewildered or simply unfamiliar with the consultation process. You will most likely be trying to get an impression about whether this kind of psychotherapy will meet your needs and help deal with your problems.

I will need to get an idea of what you think has made you the person that you are. You will need to tell me about the specific issues that are distressing you and I will try to give you my professional views about this. We will think together about some of the issues that are suggested by the consultation process that takes place between us and what meanings this may have for you. The meeting is not a test or something you have to pass. It is about your care and the best way to help you.

I will tell you a little about the therapeutic approaches I offer and you will be able to ask me questions about this if you want to.

We will consider the practical implications of therapy for you: likely length of treatment, frequency of sessions, fees, couch versus the chair, holidays, confidentiality.

I will outline the professional boundaries around treatment: session times, my availability to you, cancellations, breaks, fee payment, roles and responsibilities. You can ask me to explain or clarify any of these issues further if you wish.

A consultation for psychotherapy lasts for 90 minutes.

Fees 

Psychotherapy Fees & Prices for different sessions

Assessment consultations:

£100.00. Individual consultations last for 80-90 minutes.

£150 for couples. Consultations last for 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Follow-up consultations for ex-patients:

£80 for a one-off session lasting an hour.

Psychotherapy:

• Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy = £70 per session. Sessions last for fifty minutes.
• Psychodynamic Psychotherapy = £70 per session. Sessions last for fifty minutes.
• Intercultural Psychodynamic Psychotherapy = £70 per session. Sessions last for fifty minutes.
• EMDR Psychotherapy = £70 per session. Sessions last for 50-60 minutes.
• Couples = £125 per session. Sessions last for 75 minutes.

Clinical Supervision

Psychoanalytic, Psychodynamic, Intercultural clinicians = £80.00 per hour.

Groups

Closed groups

Fees are £30.00 per session per person. There are twelve sessions (usually coinciding with academic year term dates), and fees for the twelves sessions (= 12 weeks) are payable in advance.

Open group

Fees are £25.00 per session per person, payable one month in advance.

Reports and Teaching

Expert and Professional reports for insurance and legal purposes are available and may be negotiated on request.

Teaching and training seminars and workshops: fees negotiated and agreed on enquiry.