FAQ
Below are some frequently asked questions from our clients, if you can't find an answer to your question please get in touch.
Why choose a Clinical Psychologist?
Clinical Psychologists are leaders in providing the highest quality therapy due to the doctoral level training they have in working with mental health across the life span. ‘Clinical Psychologist’ is a legally Protected title that also requires registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC). This ensures you peace of mind that you are working with someone who is trained to the highest level and who is also regulated by an independent body. Clinical Psychologists are trained to treat people with a wide range of concerns and have a specialist knowledge of many different treatment modalities. This means rather than trying to fit you and or your family to a specific model (which can sometimes feel inflexible), a Clinical Psychologist will deliver a bespoke therapy, drawing on multiple therapeutic approaches, tailored to your specific needs and hopes, adapting this flexibly as needed. A Clinical Psychologist’s goal is to help reduce the psychological distress you may be experiencing and to promote your psychological well-being.
Who is therapy for?
Therapy is for everyone. It can range from a space to wanting to understand yourself more through to working on specific difficulties or mental health challenges. Individuals, families and couples come to therapy for many different reasons. You or your child might be facing a big challenge, or feeling stuck and unsure where to go, sometimes feeling that nothing is helping. You or your child might be experiencing some difficult feelings and the usual ways of managing aren’t working. Or you or your child may want to explore something from your past and make sense of how this is continuing to impact and find ways to overcome this. The aim is always to try to provide a safe space to talk about the difficulties you or your child are experiencing, without fear of judgement, and together find a way forward.
What are your fees?
Our fees are £150 per session and sessions are 50 minutes in length. The same fee applies whether online or in person.
Do you offer evening appointments?
The team offers afternoon and evening appointments. Specific availability varies by clinician.
When is payment required?
You will be invoiced ahead of your session. Payment is required prior to the session. If you are using your insurance company, you will need to provide your authorisation code and membership details to your clinician. Your insurer will be invoiced directly.
Are sessions covered by the ASGSF?
Yes we frequently take ASGSF funded work. We are registered providers with several of the Regional Adoption Agencies and organisations, in, and around London who commission this work.
What happens if I need to cancel my session?
As per our cancellation policy, sessions can be cancelled with 48 hours notice free of charge. Sessions cancelled with less than 48 hours notice will be charged the full fee.
Is therapy covered by my health insurance?
Due to confidentiality, health insurers will not disclose this information to us about members. You will need to call your insurer and check if your policy covers psychological therapy. If so you will need to get an authorisation number to provide to your therapist so that we can invoice your insurer.
What can I expect at the initial appointment?
The initial appointment will be about starting to build trust and safety in the therapeutic relationship. It is also the starting place to develop an understanding together about what is bringing you and/or your child/family to therapy and the history around this. This exploration will be done in differing ways from questions to often more activity based/interactive drawing with children. We will also begin to explore the hopes you and/or your child may have for change. The initial session is also about providing you with a space for any questions you may have for us and to get a sense of if you feel we could work well together. We will then discuss at the end if you would like to continue meeting and further discuss this process, if you would like to.