Frequently Asked Questions

Initial Contact and Session Information

Making Contact

I offer a free call for 45 minutes call ( phone or zoom) to understand more about your enquiry. If I am the right person, we will agree to period of work together. This may include a parent intake meeting for clients under 16. For adult clients (18+) their is no parental requirement and a standard assessment session will take place prior to sessions commencing.

How long is one COUNSELLING session & how much does it cost?

Weekly sessions are 50 minutes long in person or via zoom on the same day and time per week
.Per sessions cost £80.00.
Spaces for lower cost counselling are fully booked for 2026
Face to Face Sessions occur in a private location in E4 Waltham Forest, London.

6 SESSION INTIAL TIMEFRAME FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE 16 AND UNDER

No two client’s experience their lives or difficulties in the same way. This means there is no ‘magic number’ of sessions to support a child or young adult in distress. Some children respond quickly to sessions whilst others will need more time. I will always start from where a child or young adult is today and specifically so. I work to an initial x 6 session mark and then offer all parties a review.

Why do you work to a minimum of 6 sessions

All new relationships can be anxiety provoking, take time, and require a different pacing when processing emotional experiences. In my experience, the initial x 6 session time-frame provides both a client, family and myself a clear and useful plan for this initial period of transitioning into a therapeutic relationship and sessions. There is no obligation to meet beyond this time frame is the fit or timing isn’t right. Please do bear in mind however that if i am committing to work with you, than I cannot work with anyone else.

Child Confidentiality & Safeguarding: 6 -16 yrs

Confidentiality

Session confidentiality is the foundation towards how well children or young people 16 yrs and under can make use of therapy sessions. I understand how session confidentiality may initially appear anxiety provoking for loved ones. However, therapy is fundamentally based on a trusting relationship between a Client and their Therapist, even as a minor. Confidentiality does not mean secrecy from adults if a child or young adult (16 under) is at risk of harm or disclosures a risk to themselves. Please do keep reading below for how and why I manage risk, harm, and information sharing should a child or young person under 16 disclosure themes of risk.

Breaking confidentiality if a child or young person makes a disclosure OF RISK(16 yrs and under)

As a therapeutic and Mental Health Professional, I have a ethical duty of care to keep a vulnerable child or young person under 16 years of age safe in sessions. As I cannot assure this safety of sessions this means I work within the current ethical framework of my therapeutic governing body (BACP) for managing Child Protection and/or Safeguarding concerns towards keeping vulnerable children safe in the UK. I will break session confidentiality and share information with appropriate adults around a vulnerable child should they disclose information that puts them, others at risk.

Will THERAPY affect my relationship with my child?

I know that many parents/carers and special guardians are often trying to do their best, despite being impacted themselves by vulnerable children/young adults needs. My professional relationship with a child or young adult does not seek to undermine the love and care Clients already receive. Instead, therapy can give some children and young people a greater sense of being thought about by a wider ‘community of appropriate adults’.

Will my child’s future opportunities be affected by being in THERAPY?

Absolutely not. In fact, many education providers and future employers actively look for people who are emotionally self aware, flexible, adaptive to circumstances and change, and are able to be aware of and manage their stress in most situations. Counselling & Psychotherapy offers everyone a complimenting emotional education and life skills towards greater empathy, self resilience and nuanced thinking during times of demand.