F.A.Q

I studied for 3 years at the award winning Northern Guild School of psychotherapy and counselling. 
The courses were BACP & UKCP accredited courses.
I am qualified to work with adults and also qualified separately to work with children and adolescents.

I am a registered member of The British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP). the BACP is a membership organisation and a registered charity. It sets standards for therapeutic practice for therapists.
To become a registered member you must graduate from a BACP accredited course and agree to their register terms and conditions, demonstrating my continued commitment to working professionally and ethically.

For further information or to check my membership with BACP please go to:
https://www.bacp.co.uk

On arrival I will meet you at the door and show you to my comfortable, non-clinical counselling space. There is some brief paperwork for us to go through together, to share how our sessions will run and confidentiality processes. We will then gently start the counselling session at your pace. All appointments are 50 minutes.

I hold an appointment known as the Parent Intake Meeting with parents/caters of children and young people under 16 (and sometimes 16-18) before I have an appointment with the child/young person.
This appointment helps me to gather background information to support the therapy planning. 
At the first appointment with your child, I invite the parent to join for the first 10 minutes to support with introductions and the remaining 40 minutes is the young person and me without the parent.

There is no set number of sessions, as everyone's needs are very individual. Some clients have short term counselling with just a few sessions, others have longer term. We can discuss this at the start of your counselling and review as we go to ensure your's (or your child's) needs are met.