Frequently Asked Questions

What type of therapy do you offer?
I offer Person-Centred Therapy, which is a classic kind of talk-therapy. This isn’t a type of counselling with tasks and homework, it’s more about the personal connection and moving you towards knowing yourself more deeply, making progress through exploration and becoming more independent!

What can you help me with?
Counselling can be helpful in a variety of ways! A summary would be that I can support you to explore your concerns in a safe and confidential context, to help you better understand your situation, and to see a healthy way forward.

What’s the difference between counselling and just talking to someone I know?
Talking to friends and family about your concerns can be very helpful as they might know a lot about you, they can give advice based on what they know of the situation, and it can be comforting to talk to someone who has a personal connection to you. Counselling is different in that your counseller doesn’t know you personally yet, and won’t be approaching the conversation with any kind of personal motive. It can be refreshing to explain how you really feel to someone new, someone who doesn’t have any preconceived ideas about you or what you’re dealing with!

How many sessions will I use?
This will be very different for each person, typically it is 12 sessions, but some use six sessions, and sometimes up to 20 or more. It depends on the reason why you’re coming to counselling and how the work progresses. We will do a check-in roughly every six sessions to check and acknowledge the progress we have made.

How much do sessions cost?
Each 60 minute session will cost £45. The first 30 minute session is completely free, and we can talk about counselling and address any questions you might have with no obligation to plan any more sessions afterwards.

Where are you based?
I am currently based in Glasgow, Scotland, but all my counselling work is done online or over the phone.

I don’t live in the UK, can we still have sessions?
Yes, as long as you have an internet connection! I am insured to see clients worldwide, apart from in Canada and the United States. We can arrange sessions with different time zones in mind.

I’m feeling nervous about counselling, what should I do?
I know it can be nerve-wracking to think about opening up to someone new, but we can work through these anxious feelings together. I assure you I bring no judgement to our counselling sessions. I understand that nervous feeling can make it difficult to reach out, and that’s why I offer a short first session to try it out, to see how you feel about the idea of counselling with me. There is no obligation to continue unless you choose to!