counselling, cbt and psychotherapy
counselling supervision and training
welcome to my website.
umm... so you think you need counselling? ...
About me... well - about Covid and gdpr first. sorry.
Covid 19 Statement!
Before
Covid, most counsellors were of
the opinion that remote therapy over video links like Skype, or FaceTime
were less effective, but as we have all adapted to social distancing,
in the same way that people have discovered that they can work just as
well from home as the office, more and more great work is being done
safely over media platforms like FaceTime, Zoom, Watsapp with encrypted
(confidential) video calls. Where before, I would perhaps only offer a
phone session as a last resort say if you were unable to attend a
cancelled session in person, rather than you lose the session fee, we
now routinely find phone sessions can be really effective and useful.
Hence I offer telephone and video sessions. For those who prefer to work
face to face, I have confidential and covid friendly consulting rooms
in Southsea where social distancing is easily achievable and every
effort is made to separate clients effectively so hygiene can be
maintained. FACE TO FACE ACCESS WAS REDUCED WHILST WE WERE IN THE
HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT
PLEASE CALL TO DISCUSS AS THIS IS BEGINNING TO BE MANAGED DIFFERENTLY AS
WE
PROGRESS THROUGH THE TUNNEL TO THE VERY DIM LIGHT AT THE END.
(ALLEDGEDLY). As I cannot maintain this level of care on the Isle of
Wight,
Island clients can only be accepted remotely, by phone, FaceTime, Watsapp or Zoom
at this time.
GDPR PRIVACY NOTICE:
Please be aware that should you contact me by email and become a client, I keep your e mails electronically for the duration of our relationship, whereupon they are deleted. I would keep them longer if our sessions have determined issues of risk or crime. Sorry to be one of these informed consent - opt in types, but I'll assume you're OK with this if you e-mail me! Please ask if you want more information. Thank you!!