Frequently asked questions

How long does a session last?
Sessions last for 50 minutes, starting and finishing on time.

How much do you charge?
The fee is £40 in day-time and £45 from 6pm onwards.

Are you in ongoing personal psychotherapy yourself and undertaking continuous professional development?
Yes, I am committed to ongoing self-development.

Who do you work with?
I work with clients from all sorts of backgrounds, ranging from chefs, merchants over students to actors, lawyers and high ranking hospital consultants, with issues across the spectrum from self-development and mild depression to anger management, relationship issues, sexual orientation and suicidal ideation.
Everybody is welcome. Everybody is deserving of time and attention.

Are you experienced at working in conjunction with other health care professionals?
Yes. While Transpersonal Psychotherapy is very effective at releasing trauma held in the body, we sometimes make referrals to other practitioners to help release trauma acquired in a difficult birth or major accidents.

I like your way of working, but live in a different area - can you help?
Yes, Psychotherapy with Heart and Soul is very well connected in the field and happy to refer to a therapist in your area.

Over the years I have also gathered a lot of experience of working over the phone. This can be very helpful for clients who struggle with leaving the house for one reason or another. If you are willing to engage, this can be a very deep and rewarding way of working. To book a phone session, please ring or email me to arrange a time.

What is your philosophy?
My outlook is humanistic, non-judgemental and transpersonal, encouraging the enfoldment of each client’s unique potential.

The following words, formerly attributed to Nelson Mandela, spring to my mind:

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frighten us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God*. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Marianne Wilson
(Author of “A return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles”)

*Like Jung, I tend to use the word “God” referring to what in Eastern traditions is often referred to as ‘presence’, neither negating a personal nor a non-dual relationship with spirit.