What to Expect

I will review your referral to consider:

• Whether your needs are within my scope of practice
  
  

• Whether I have current availability to offer you support
  
  

I will then contact you to let you know whether I am able to offer therapy. If we are a good fit, I will invite you to a free 30-minute initial phone consultation.

This consultation is a relaxed, no-obligation conversation where we can:

• Briefly discuss what you are hoping to gain from therapy
  
  

• Go over what therapy might involve
  
  

• Answer any questions you may have
  
  

• Plan practical details, such as when and where sessions would take place

Payment is requested within 48 hours of booking your first session. This confirms your appointment time while giving you some breathing space before committing fully to therapy. Following your free 30-minute initial consultation:

• Individual sessions: £110 per 50 minute session
  (The average fee for a UK Clinical Psychologist is around £130 per 50 minute session)
  
  

Because therapy is often reviewed for helpfulness after the first six sessions, I also offer a discounted block option:

• Block of 6, 50 minute sessions: £600 total
  (Equivalent to £100 per session)
  
  

How many sessions someone finds helpful varies greatly and depends on individual needs and goals. There is no expectation to commit beyond what feels right for you.

For face to face sessions, we will meet at the beautiful Georgian 1-2 Lemon Villas on Lemon Street Truro, which is a five minute walk from two central car parks and ten minute walk from Truro train station. For video sessions, I will send a secure link for us to meet online.

Once therapy begins, we will take time to build a shared understanding of you and what you would like from our work together. Early sessions typically focus on getting to know you in a meaningful and respectful way, while ensuring therapy feels safe and supportive.

We will talk about your strengths and interests, and where possible, we will look to incorporate these into our therapeutic approach. Alongside this, we will explore your current difficulties, any previous experiences of therapy, relevant personal history, safety information, and your hopes and goals for therapy.

We may use a range of creative and reflective approaches to help understand what has contributed to your current difficulties. This can help us make sense of patterns, experiences, or challenges, and identify how to build on your existing strengths while working through difficulties step by step, together.

You may be invited to take part in home practice between sessions. This involves applying ideas or skills from sessions to everyday life. Any home practice is always optional and is used as a way to support learning and insight, which we can then reflect on together in sessions.

You can also choose whether you would like to review your progress using evidence-based questionnaires that look at symptoms and wellbeing. Some people find this helpful for tracking change, while others prefer not to use formal measures. This choice is entirely yours.

As therapy progresses, we will regularly reflect on how helpful the work feels and adjust our approach as needed. When you feel you have gained what you need from therapy, we will plan for ending our work together thoughtfully. This includes developing a “staying well” plan, so you feel supported to continue building on your progress and successes beyond therapy.