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The initial appointment is an opportunity for you to tell your clinician about yourself, understand more about the service, and decide whether to continue.
Psychotherapy sessions last 50 minutes. All our clinicians work on an open-ended basis, usually long term, but the length of the work commitment can be reviewed at any stage.
If, after the initial appointment, you decide to continue, you will be asked to commit to attending regular sessions. Generally, once weekly sessions are the norm, but our clinicians also work at a higher weekly frequency.
If, after the initial appointment, you decided to continue, you would normally be offered a regular day and time which will be set aside for you as a dedicated on-going slot – and so all sessions, whether attended or not, will need to be paid for. If some notice is given, our clinicians will try to offer a replacement session within the same week. The cancellation notice period and policy will depend on session frequency and will be discussed and agreed between you and your therapist.
The content of psychotherapy sessions is strictly confidential and all our clinicians place the highest importance to the maintenance of clients’ confidentiality. In this and other ethical regards we abide by the Ethical Guidelines of the British Psychoanalytic Council and of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.
We keep confidential records about clients. All records are kept secure and subject to the Data Protection Act 1998.