Session Options
The first stage of working together is always a free, no-obligation 20-minute call.
This initial conversation gives us both a chance to get a sense of whether we’d work well together before committing to ongoing sessions. During this call we can:
- Discuss briefly what has brought you to reach out and how I would be able to support you
- Discuss any questions you have including about therapy or how I work
- Discuss if regular or ad-hoc sessions would be best suited to your situation
If, after our conversation, you feel that I’m the right fit for you, you’re welcome to book your first full session whenever you’re ready. I offer 2 formats of session:
Frequently Asked Questions
This depends on what you want to take from therapy. An ad-hoc session is a great opportunity to pause and focus on a specific challenge, with the aim of leaving the session with greater clarity and an idea of your next steps forward. These sessions can often be helpful if you would like to contemplate a difficult decision, you would like to consider how you can draw upon your existing strengths and skills to help you with a current challenge, or you would like some brief and targeted support in managing your challenges. With the ad-hoc sessions, we treat that session as whole and complete in and of itself (i.e. we don’t expect to come back to review or build upon points in future sessions) but of course you can access more support in the future if it is valuable to you.
Ongoing sessions are more suitable if there are multiple challenges you are experiencing or you have longer-standing or more impactful challenges that you would like to explore in more depth and work on over a longer period of time.
We can discuss what approach feels most suitable in our free introduction call (book here).
As long as we can still work together in a way which is supportive for you, and your child is not at an age where they are able to understand the context of what is being discussed, they are very welcome to be with you during sessions.
I’ve written more about this topic in this blog post where I explore further what you may want to consider when deciding if it is best for you to bring your child to sessions with you.
It’s perfectly normal and okay to feel nervous when considering starting therapy, it’s a huge step forward. Often reaching out and having your first session is the hardest part. Many people find that once they get started with sessions, they soon start to feel more at ease.