What are the fees?
The first consultation is free and is for up to 50 minutes, depending on what you need. Each session afterwards costs £60, and last 50 minutes.
What happens first?
You can tell me what's brought you to therapy and what you hope to get from the sessions; and you can check I'm the right therapist for you. I'll tell you about confidentiality, and we can plan when and how you'd prefer to meet.
Can we work online?
Yes - a lot of my therapy is provided over Zoom video calls, so you can access counselling from your home.
Where can we meet?
If you prefer in-person sessions, they take place in centrally-located rooms in either Baildon, Saltaire or Bingley, near Bradford.
How often do we meet?
Sessions are usually weekly - however, I am happy to consider alternatives, e.g. fortnightly.
Availability?
I provide therapy on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, daytimes and evenings.
How many sessions?
You may want just a few sessions, or you might be considering longer work. We can review this.
Where to go for urgent help?
See the contact details given below for other useful organisations.
Where to get support from other organisations - phone helplines and website links:
If you are in a life-threatening emergency:
Emergency Services – 999
Non-urgent calls for the Police – 101
If you are feeling suicidal, or in crisis:
Samaritans – 116 123
CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) – 0800 58 58 58
National Suicide Prevention Helpline – 0800 587 0800
Suicide Prevention UK Help & Support
NHS mental health crisis help – 111 (choose the mental health option: option 2 at the time of writing)
Children and young people:
Childline: confidential support for people aged under 18 – 0800 11 11
Childline | Free counselling service for kids and young people
NSPPC Helpline: if you have concerns about a child coming to harm – 0808 800 5000
Adults:
Age UK advice line for older people – 0800 678 1602
Worried about elderly person: what to do & who to contact
Andy’s Man Club: support groups for men across the UK, Mondays at 7pm
ANDYSMANCLUB - It's Okay To Talk
Counselling:
Domestic Abuse Support:
Refuge’s Domestic Abuse Helpline: help for women in abusive relationships – 0808 2000 247
Homepage - National Domestic Abuse Helpline
ManKind Initiative: helping men escape domestic abuse – 0808 800 1170
Anah Project: for lone Black & Minoritised women & girls fleeing domestic abuse - 0300 102 1625
Galop: LGBT+ domestic abuse helpline – 0800 999 5428
Galop - the LGBT+ anti-abuse charity
Karma Nirvana: honour-based abuse helpline
0800 5999 247
Grief and loss:
Cruse Bereavement Support: for people who are grieving
0808 808 1677
Home - Cruse Bereavement Support
Spiritual and church abuse:
Safe Spaces: an independent support service for adults who have experienced abuse by someone in the church
0300 303 1056
Safe Spaces - England and Wales
Health:
Enquiries to the NHS about your health – 111
NHS Bradford and Craven Talking Therapies – 01274 221 234
Bradford and Craven Talking Therapies