Testimonials
"Thank you Laura, your human approach helped me enormously." J.
Counselling in Italian
My counselling services are available in Italian. Click here for more info
Sessions
Sessions last 55 minutes and the fee of £50 is payable at the end of each session (cheque or cash). For trainee counsellors there is a reduced fee.
The first meeting gives you the chance to discuss whatever issue(s) you wish to seek help for. It gives us both the opportunity to assess whether counselling is the best form of help for you or whether other sources of help may be better suited. If we are both happy, we will agree on a suitable day of the week and time when our weekly meetings will take place.
How long are the sessions...
As each person is unique and presents with different circumstances, the length of counselling / therapy is discussed together and mutually agreed towards the start. It rarely lasts less than four sessions, and in general it will be between 12 and 24 sessions long. In some cases an unlimited number of sessions is preferred and more suitable to a client.
Discuss your progress...
There will be regular opportunities to revise our progress together, to raise any concerns, to set new goals or to change number of sessions agreed. When the time to end therapy is near, we will have the opportunity to spend some time reflecting on how counselling has helped you and where you go from there. It isn’t often in life that we have the opportunity to go through a positive ‘ending’, but it can be very rewarding to experience it in therapy.
Cancellations...
If a session has to be cancelled 24 hours notice is required, otherwise the normal fee is still payable. If at all possible that session may be rescheduled within that week at no extra cost, but there is no guarantee that it will be rescheduled. To avoid disruption to the counselling process, it is advised that you give as much notice as possible of any holidays.