What to Expect

Before you arrive it may help you to have a think about your expectations and worries so you are more comfortable during this initial consultation.

Your first appointment will be an assessment, this is where I will ask you a series of questions about you, your family dynamics and history and what you want from therapy. It can be very helpful to get a better understanding of what may be happening.

If are not happy with having an assessment, then it will not happen. Counselling with me is a two-way relationship, I am not here to dictate how your sessions go. If you communicate with me that there is something you do not want or like, or I do/say something that does not feel right for you, then please tell me. No counsellor is psychic or perfect in any way; just because we are trained, it does not mean we get it right every time.

If the idea of this initial assessment is scary for you, do not worry, you do not have to answer any questions you are not comfortable with, these sessions are your sessions and I am there for YOU, not myself. If you are anxious about the contents of the assessment form I am more that happy to email it to you, so you can see beforehand the type of questions I will ask you.

During our second session I will encourage you to tell me more about yourself and how you feel, as you tell your story. I may interrupt you from time to time to get a better understanding of how events have happened, how you feel/felt about them. I do this so that I can truly try to understand you, I do not want to assume I have you worked out.