Sessions are available face to face and online through Zoom conferencing.

• Counselling & Psychotherapy session is  €60.
• IACP clinical supervision is €60.

Note:

• Payment can be made through PayPal or AIB transfer.
• Receipts for all sessions are issued upon request and in some cases your medical insurance may cover partial costs of this service.

Psychotherapy sessions are generally 50 – 60 minutes long and scheduled at an agreed time every week.

Sometimes clients opt for bi-monthly sessions; however, anything less would not be considered Counselling or Psychotherapy.

Note: During zoom conferencing sessions, clients must dress appropriately, have a strong Wi-Fi connection, have good quality headphones and locate in a confidential and appropriate setting to ensure their privacy.

If you have to cancel a scheduled appointment, please give at least 24 hours’ notice unless an emergency arises. An arrangement can be made to reschedule your cancelled appointment if there is availability during the same week.The total cost of the missed session will be charged for insufficient notice given without reason.

Therapy can last a few weeks, months, or even years. It depends on the depth and nature of the issues presented.
It is often helpful to have an identified goal when coming into therapy, for example, “I do not want to feel anger or hurt or anxiety anymore’. In this way, we can work toward this goal and will know when to end therapy once the goal is achieved.

However, suppose you cannot identify issues precisely yourselves. In that case, the first appointment in this service involves an assessment session giving the space and time to help thoroughly explore and identify what issues might be necessary to focus on initially, and we can also discuss and try to estimate a suitable number of sessions at this stage.

Remember that each client manages their own time and money, what they talk about in sessions, if they feel the benefit of the sessions, and when it is the right time to end therapy. It is important to feel comfortable discussing any of these things when they arise, and from time to time, an invitation to check in about how therapy is going will give the opportunity.

If a client wants to end therapy, attending a final closing session is highly recommended. A proper ending can create a sense of closure for both therapist and client, allowing 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. Suitability for these arrangements can be considered and discussed in context to each client’s therapeutic process.

Apart from professional requirements and exceptions concerning safety, everything that clients tell me is entirely confidential.

However, if a client becomes a serious risk to self or others, in my professional judgment, I reserve the right to confer with the client provided emergency contact, GP or other professionals but only after making every effort to discuss this with the client first.

Doctors often suggest medication as the solution to psychological issues and problems.

My view is that medication is a necessary component for the treatment and recovery of specific conditions and can sometimes enhance the effectiveness of psychotherapy , but 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.