Frequently Asking Questions (FAQs)
How much are sessions?
I charge between £70-80 per session, depending on a range of factors (i.e location, income, frequency, advance bookings). We can agree a suitable price over email before your consultation.
How many sessions will I need and how long will it take?
There is no set amount of sessions but therapy can typically take between 3 months and 2 years depending on what we are working on.
What days do you work and where are the sessions?
I work Tuesday-Thursday 10am-4pm (not including 12-1pm) but I offer consultations on Mondays. My sessions are available online so can be accessed from anywhere in the UK or internationally.
I also offer face to face therapy in Glossop in my therapy room in a central location.
Do you just work on friendships?
No, although Friendship Anxiety is a main speciality of mine, I am very passionate about helping people work on a all the areas that low self worth and/or anxiety affects them. For example, people pleasing, work stress, social anxiety, romantic relationships, perfectionism etc.
How do you work? I.e what is your approach and training?
I work integratively which means I draw on a variety of approaches so that I can adapt therapy for your needs (see the individual modalities below). I always ensure you feel you can offload and reflect so that we can make sense of your life together. However, it doesn’t just end there – I teach you evidence-based techniques so that you can rewire the patterns that are keeping you stuck and build the life you want. If appropriate, I used EMDR tools to help you process particularly stressful events from your past that are having a significant impact.
My clients share that they feel very safe and comfortable working with me due to my down-to-earth and personable approach. I know what it’s like to have a nagging feeling of not being good enough which affects friendships and other areas of life. So I have a huge amount of empathy and I’ll share my personal experiences from time to time, if I feel it will help you. For me, therapy should not feel stiff and serious – we are dealing with serious matters of course – but my sessions are relaxed we will laugh at life from time to time
Therapeutic Models
A brief overview of some of the therapeutic models I use.
C.B.T.
The gold standard psychological approach used in the NHS and beyond – C.B.T. is affective at helping you overcome a wide variety of mental health issues.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps you to understand the automatic thoughts which are impacting on your feelings and behaviour and helps you to make small changes by developing more useful thinking styles or breaking unhelpful vicious cyces.
Self Compassion Therapy
Compassion Focussed Therapy draws on Buddhism, CBT and evolutionary psychotherapy to form a powerful evidence based model. It uses specific techniques so people can cultivate a kinder more accepting relationship with themselves. CFT is clinically proven to work with mild to severe depression, anxiety, anger, addiction and low self worth. It is also particularly useful for people who are prone to self criticism, shame or low self worth due to past experiences.
Mindfulness- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy uses mindfulness principles to help people change their relationship with thoughts and feelings. Instead of challenging them, like CBT, you are taught practical tools to take a step back from them.
It also combines evidence based tools with clear identification of your goals and values so that you can overcome barriers to living the life you want.
