I provide weekly counselling sessions in a warm and welcoming therapy practice based in Islington. Contact with families begins with the offer of an initial phonecall with a young person’s parents/carers, which can last up to 30 minutes. The task of this phonecall is to exchange information about reasons for seeking counselling, a little bit of background information, and for parents to ask any initial questions about me and my therapeutic approach. By the end of the phonecall, we will have decided together whether an assessment session with the young person and their parent(s)/carers would be helpful.

An assessment session always forms the first face to face contact between myself and the family, and lasts for approximately 90 minutes. Following this, it is usually helpful to commit to between 4-6 sessions of extended assessment, and I then hold a review meeting with both young person and parents as appropriate. We use this session to check that we are working together in a way that feels helpful and supportive to the young person and family. Counselling sessions then continue for as long as is felt to be necessary, and this varies greatly between different young people. 

For some young people who are 16 and older, there may less involvement from parents/carers in this process, depending on the wishes and needs of the client.

Therapeutic parental support sessions can also be arranged either as an adjunct to sessions for the young person, or instead of seeing the young person. Again, this can be discussed and decided on at different stages of the therapeutic process, depending on individual need.

Fees:

Initial introductory phonecall (aprox 30 minutes): free of charge

Assessment session (aprox 90 minutes): £120

Individual/parent sessions (50 minutes): £80

Cancelled sessions will be charged for. Holiday weeks will be negotiated individually.