Session plans

Hypnotherapy is one of the shortest forms of therapy. However, it is not a one-hit wonder therapy, or something that is just ‘done to you’, but a collaborative process and one which you can learn and develop just like any other new skill. In the same way as you might invest your time and energy to train for a 5k run to achieve a fitness goal, you need to be committed and motivated to achieve your therapy goals too.

I am absolutely committed to helping you make positive changes in your life and want to see you succeed. Which is why I work with clients for a minimum of four sessions, including the initial assessment session (90 minutes), to ensure that we provide a realistic framework for you to achieve and sustain your therapy goals and monitor progress along the way. It also gives you a chance to engage in, work on, and practice any psychological exercises, self hypnosis and other self-care tasks that we agree upon for you to do between sessions as part of the treatment plan and which help to embed the learning and any changes. Working in this way offers my clients a greater chance of success than can typically be offered in a single session and gives them the resources they need to continue accessing and sustaining these new skills, long after leaving the therapy room.

A 4-session, individually tailored, treatment plan (£350) includes:

• 90 minute assessment and initial mental skills training

• 3 x 1 hour follow-up sessions

• Session notes emailed to you after each session, along with homework tasks and further reading

• Progress check-ins between sessions, during the time we are working together

• Follow-up support phone-call to check on progress

Appointments

Appointment duration is 1 hour (except for assessment sessions which are approximately 90 minutes). Please arrive for your appointment so we can start on time.

Lateness policy

If you are running late for your appointment, please either call or text me on 07985 358083 as soon as you can to let me know. If I haven’t heard from you within 20 minutes from the start of the appointment, I will assume you do not plan to attend and will charge the full amount (see cancellation / no shows, below). If you arrive late the appointment will still finish at the scheduled time and be charged at the full amount.

Cancellation policy

When you book your 4-session programme, or subsequent appointments with me, you are reserving a room and my time exclusively for your needs - so I will be available and have committed my time and the clinic resources to your appointment, whether you turn up, or not. As such, I operate a strict cancellation policy of 48 hours notice which means you can cancel your appointment(s) without incurring any charges and which enables me to rebook the appointment time to others, with minimal disruption.

• Cancellations made up to 48hrs of the appointment time will not be charged and where upfront payment has been made, I will provide a full refund.

• Cancellations made without 48hrs notice but prior to the start of the appointment will be charged a 50% late cancellation fee.

• No shows, or cancellations made after the start of the appointment time will incur the full fee for that session, with no refund owing.

If you need to cancel your appointment, or 4-session programme, please call or text 07985 358083 stating:

• That you wish to cancel

• Date and time of appointment

• Your name and phone number

• Whether you wish to reschedule. I can then contact you to make other arrangements, should you wish to.

There may be a time when I am forced to cancel, or reschedule, but I will let you know at least 48 hours in advance unless there is an emergency, or due to unforeseen illness.  Where I have to cancel our appointment, a full refund of that cancelled appointment will be given.

Session conduct

In order for therapy to be effective and beneficial it is important that the client-therapist relationship is based on trust and mutual respect. I have the right to refuse treatment if you arrive at a session under the influence of alcohol, or drugs, or if you are offensive in any way or behave inappropriately.

Confidentiality

All my clients can be assured that any information they share with me, whether verbal or written, will remain strictly private and confidential and will only be used to assist with the purpose of therapy and achieving our therapy goals. Any information shared for the purpose of referral, or consulting with another healthcare provider, will only be done with your express permission. There are some situations, where ethically or legally I may be required to make an exception to the general rule of confidentiality, for example, where I believe disclosure is necessary to safeguard the wellbeing of yourself, or others, or where the law requires me to disclose certain information. If this is the case, then I will aim to discuss the reasons with you at the time.

Privacy Policy & Data Protection

Any data you share with me, whether via email, or during treatment sessions, is bound by confidentiality, as stated above and will not be shared with any third parties. For full details please see my privacy policy.

Commitment & responsibilities

Hypnotherapy programmes are a collaborative exercise. I am wholly committed to working with you. During the course of our working together, I will invest my time, energy and expertise in you and will wholeheartedly support you in achieving your therapy goals. The success of the therapy is also reliant on you, the client. You will be required to be 100% committed & motivated and complete the exercises we agree upon. You agree to communicate honestly, be open-minded and create the time and energy to participate and engage fully in the treatment plan. Working together in this way, will greatly increase the chances of success.

I am not a counsellor or medical professional and our sessions are not a substitute for professional medical advice or the treatment of other qualified healthcare professionals. It is my responsibility to you, to check that you have consulted with a relevant healthcare professional prior to the treatment of certain issues. It is your responsibility to seek independent advice for issues that fall outside of my expertise, but support for which I may be able to help guide you towards.

Professional conduct

I am a professionally trained clinical hypnotherapist and certified NLP Master Practitioner and abide by the Code of Conduct & Ethics as set out by the National Council for Hypnotherapy, which you can read in full here NCH code of conduct. I have also gained post-graduate qualifications in Acceptance Commitment Therapy.

I am a registered member of the National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH) and have full professional indemnity and public liability insurance.