Appointment Availability for
'Intensive' Infrequent Therapy/Single Session Therapy

Infrequent, 'intensive', one-off, or 'single session' therapy sessions aren't right for everyone, but might suit you if you have one particular thing you want to explore or address without committing to longer-term, weekly therapy. 'Single session' doesn't mean that you're limited to only meeting once. Instead, it means that when we meet, we have the intention of working on or towards a specific thing in one session. You might like to think of this as infrequent, intensive therapy. After that one session, if you have found it beneficial and would like to meet again we can potentially arrange that for a few weeks' time without long-term commitment. All you commit to is one session at a time.

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I no longer offer weekly appointments, so you need to consider whether gaps of several weeks between appointments are the best way forward for you, or whether a different therapist would be more suited to your needs. There is no particular formula or plan for each session. As an experienced counsellor of some 15 years, I am guided by your needs and will adapt each session to suit what you bring.

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Here are some examples of the kinds of things that you might use a one-off, intensive, counselling session for: 

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• to learn skills that help you manage anxiety more effectively

• as a 'sounding board' for something you've been mulling over

• to help you reach a decision about something

• to learn and use self-regulation techniques

• to explore how you might change the way you relate to another person

• identify a goal and create a plan that feels right for you

• remind yourself of what you can do

• feel listened to, heard and validated

• experience Rewind Technique to help you process difficult memories or experiences (email me to discuss suitability)

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Or, given my many years' experience as a 'birth-worker', devising and delivering antenatal education and hypnobirthing courses for 100s of new parents, you might like to...

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• unpick a previous difficult birth experience, gaining greater insight into what might have happened

• blend counselling with antenatal education 

• consider, plan and prepare differently for your next baby's birth​

• book a 2-hour breathing and relaxation session for you and your birth partner

• explore hypnobirthing

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If you had a difficult birth experience last time, I am trained and experienced in working with previous birth trauma and grief. However, if you are processing a difficult or devastating experience, you might prefer to work with a counsellor who has weekly availability.

 

Single session therapy tends to be more goal-orientated than weekly ongoing therapy, so if you want to explore something in ongoing great relational depth, you might prefer to seek a counsellor who offers this.

 

Please note that single session therapy will be most effective if we arrange to meet for a minimum of 90 minutes. Two hours would be ideal. I will email you some forms to complete and return before we meet. This will include asking you in advance to tell me more about yourself and about what has brought you to counselling, so that when we meet, we use our time together as efficiently as possible. ​If, at the end of your single session, you decide that you would like another session, we can book this (depending on availability) for the following month, or later.