First Contact

  If you are thinking about counselling or coaching, please contact me to arrange an initial free telephone or video call where we can talk about what you hope to gain from counselling or coaching. There is no obligation to commit at this stage.

We can address any questions you have and help give you a better idea of whether I am the right counsellor for you. 

If we decide to work together, we can arrange the best time for regular weekly sessions and agree the best approach for you. 

You might prefer open-ended counselling,  taking as many sessions as you need, or you might prefer a solution focused or coaching plan of 6 sessions.

It is natural to feel cautious approaching the first session. It is important to remember that your counselling session is your space and that you have control over what you choose to talk about. 

In the first session we will explore what is happening to you at the moment, about your feelings and thoughts and any difficulties you choose to discuss. 

It is useful to share anything you have found helpful in the past and what has made things worse for you. 

We can start to understand what you are experiencing and how you would like things to change. 

  To begin with, we will meet each week for 50 minutes. 

If it feels appropriate you may be given exercises to carry out between sessions, such as noting down observations, asking other people for information, or trying something new. 

It is important that the sessions work for you so please say if something doesn’t feel right.

We will review how things are going on a regular basis to make sure that you feel our sessions are useful.