Price per session is  €60 

Online Skype, Zoom or Phone counselling  sessions are available.

Psychotherapy sessions are generally 50  minutes long and are regular weekly appointments. Appointments are usually made once weekly until therapeutic goals are met. Sometimes clients opt for bi-monthly sessions anything less would not be considered counselling or psychotherapy. 

Online Counselling is available via skype as an alternative to coming into the office.  When skype sessions are conducted clients are expected to be in a confidential and appropriate setting e.g. not in a public space. Payment for skype counselling is made in advance of the session.

If you have to cancel your appointment it is very important that you give at least 24 hours notice. An arrangement can be made to reschedule your cancelled appointment if there is availability during the week. Unless an emergency arises that may cause you to miss your booked appointment the full cost of the missed session will be charged if insufficient notice is given.

Therapy can last a few weeks or several years depending on your needs and the therapeutic approach used to address your identified needs. Much depends on the depth and nature of the issues that you wish to work on. This will be discussed in the initial assessment session.  It can be helpful to have an identified therapeutic goal when coming into therapy, for example,’ I don’t want to be disturbed by anger, or anxiety anymore’. In this way when the goal is set – we have something to work towards and will know when to end therapy once the goal has been met.

It is recommended that if a client feels they would like to end therapy that they attend a final closure session. A proper ending can create a sense of closure for both therapist and client and permit the foundation for a new beginning. Some clients like to take a ‘break’ from therapy for a time or return for a few ‘refresher’ sessions after we have formally ended therapy. I am always open to this and we can always discuss when it is relevant.

Apart from professional requirements and exceptions concerning safety everything that I am told by clients is completely confidential. If in my professional judgement you become a serious risk to yourself or to others I reserve the right to confer with your next of kin GP or other professionals but only after making every effort to discuss this with you first.

Medication is often suggested by Doctors as the solution to all kinds of psychological issues and problems. My view is that whilst medication can sometimes enhance the effectiveness of psychotherapy and at other times is a necessary component of psychotherapy it is rarely sufficient in itself to achieve lasting change. Many problems which bring people into therapy – difficulties with relationships, loss of a loved one, problems with anger, or lack of meaning and purpose in life – may not be significantly helped by medication.