Frequently asked questions

The sessions provide you with an opportunity to discuss the things that you are struggling with and explore the impact they are having on your life and emotional wellbeing. I will work alongside you in order to help you gain greater understanding and insight

Finding a therapist that you feel comfortable with is important, so we can meet for an initial session where you can begin to get a feel for the way in which I work, ask questions and tell me why you are coming into therapy. You will get a sense of whether you would like to work with me from this session and as Iong as I feel able to help you with your difficulties we can make further appointments.

Whatever is discussed during our sessions is confidential, though I do receive regular supervision from a trained supervisor to ensure that I am working safely and ethically. During these sessions I may discuss our work but I will not use your name or other identifying features.

Sometimes when you begin therapy things can feel worse because you are bringing issues that may have been buried and avoided for a long time but over the course of the work and as you gain insight into your difficulties and behaviour you should begin to feel more hopeful about the future and your ability to be autonomous. Every person is different and will respond individually to therapy depending on their difficulties.

Therapy will hopefully come to an end when you are feeling much better about the issues that you first bought to therapy. An ending is an important part of the work so requires thinking about and planning for. This is done collaboratively and within a manageable time frame so that thoughts about endings are given enough time to be explored.