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Our first session together. 

Following an initial 15 minute call, I will email you a contract to have a read through. We can then go through this together at the first session. 

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I will complete a short assessment with you, where I aim to deepen my understanding of what has brought you to counselling. This will include collecting your basic personal details such as next of kin’s contact and GP details. I aim to gain some understanding of the issues you are facing and how I might be able to support you. This assessment and any other written work or notes made are held securely under data protection/GDPR.

During this initial session we can explore how you would like us to work so that I can ensure a collaborative relationship. We will establish our working boundaries and arrange following sessions. We can discuss anything you want to during each session as staying within your frame of reference is the most important aspect to my work.

There is no specific time limit on how many sessions you can have. Some people choose to have a specific amount of sessions and for others the work can be ongoing and longer term. We will talk about this on an ongoing basis and review how our work is going regularly.

If there is anything else you would like to know please do get in touch.