Questions about counselling

DFor both of us, it's a place to understand yourself better, where you've come from, and how that has shaped you, with someone who's on your side. We don't have an agenda or a stake in what you decide to do. We just want you to be able to find out what you need. People often change through that process, and sometimes their lives change with them.escription text goes here

It can feel strange if you've never done it. Usually it's a weekly appointment, at the same time and in the same place. We talk for fifty minutes about what brought you, or what's on your mind that day, and try to make sense of it together. When you feel things have shifted and you don't need therapy any more, we take time to look back at the work and what's changed. There's no standard length, because everyone's needs, circumstances and timing are different.

Gavin: £100 in Borough, £80 at held in Haywards Heath, for a fifty minute session. Elina: £80 for individual counselling and £100 for couples.

Honestly, we don't know, and anyone who claims to before they've met you isn't being straight with you. It depends on you, your life and what you're carrying. What we can say is that therapy shouldn't become a dependency. We watch for that together, and as you get stronger you reach a point where you simply don't need it.

We'd also push back on the idea that therapy is only for crisis or a diagnosis. Life is hard and complicated, and at some point it throws something at all of us. An hour a week to think about where you've been, what you're going through and where you want to go is a good investment.

No. It means you're wrestling with life, and life is genuinely complicated. The complexity doesn't go away, it just changes shape depending on where you are. Society prizes the person who copes alone and never asks for help. But we're pack animals. We do better when we lean on each other, and it takes real strength to say this is a bit much right now. It happens to everyone. Life can be too much to carry or work out alone.

It's low stakes. You tell us a little about why you're looking for therapy, then you ask whatever you like. It isn't really us assessing you, it's you getting a feel for us.

Gavin offers a free twenty minute appointment. Elina begins with an introductory meeting [free? how long? confirm].

We'll answer as honestly as we can, and then it's entirely up to you. Neither of us is the right therapist for everyone. If it doesn't feel right, that's exactly what the meeting is for. No pressure, no obligation.