What is counselling psychotherapy?

Counselling psychotherapy is a safe, therapeutic space to explore thoughts, beliefs, feelings or behaviours that affect your life negatively.  Through counselling sessions, you gain greater awareness and work towards healthy changes.

What is the difference between psychotherapy and counselling?

Psychotherapy focuses more on long-term issues and it aims to move towards developmental change – it identifies where the presenting issue comes from, how it arises in everyday life and why it consistently plays out. Counselling aims to help people resolve current issues and is more goal-focused.

What happens in my first session?

In your first counselling session, we get a sense of each other by asking questions, talking and listening.  I gather an understanding of your current and past experiences as well as identifying the areas that are negatively affecting you.  During this initial time together, we set goals for your future appointments.

Are our sessions confidential?

Yes, counselling psychotherapy sessions are confidential.

However, there are certain circumstances where I reserve the right to consult with your next of kin, GP or other professionals.  This is when, in my professional opinion, there is a serious risk to yourself, a risk to others, or you are at risk from someone else.  I will explore all options with you before consulting with others.

How many sessions will I need?

This very much depends on what you would like to achieve from therapy and the support you have outside of the therapy space.  We can discuss a plan that works best for you during your initial session.

Regular appointments (especially upon starting therapy) help build your capacity to work
through issues and to make and embed the changes needed to live life to your best ability.

What happens if I need to cancel an appointment?

Please contact me as soon as you know you need to reschedule or cancel an appointment.

Cancellations must be made at least 48 hours ahead of the scheduled appointment, otherwise the full fee for the appointment will be payable.

Do you take in person sessions?

I am currently only accepting online sessions.

What are your fees?

My fee is 70 euros per session.

What is the duration of a session?

Sessions are 60-minutes long.