Getting started is often the hardest part

Even looking to start a therapy journey takes courage. It means you’ve already opened up the possibility of the future being different from the past and you’ve touched your own inner resources and desire for things to change and heal.

This is why the first small steps on this journey of deciding to talk, choosing a therapist and starting some sessions, can be really tough, but also has massive potential.

What is Counselling Like?

Within a safe relational space, therapy brings movement to what is stuck within us. We believe we all have a right to be listened to and that being heard creates the basis for us to to take both small and transformative steps. This type of therapy is called Person Centred and it aims to create the conditions for deeper healing and discovery to happen.

Your therapist will be there for you, non-judging, empathic and fully present. Your time together will be driven by your needs as a unique individual.

What does the Counsellor do?

We believe that the individual is the expert on their life, even if we don’t see it or believe it sometimes. The therapist is not wiser or more knowledgeable,  their skill is in allowing the real issues that have brought you to counselling to emerge.

Through discussions in the earliest sessions we establish a simple agreement or ‘contract’ for how we want to work and a sense of what you as a client want to achieve. We will review this regularly to check we are on track.

Counselling sessions can include talking, quiet times, creativity or bodywork and care of your spirit as a person.  What happens is always agreed between you and your counsellor. Sessions can be in person or online by Zoom, Facetime or similar.

How do you assure the quality of Counsellors?

All of our counsellors sign up to regular group supervision to sustain us and help us grow in knowledge and skills.  All are independent of Celebrate People in their counselling role with their own insurance and Continuing Professional Development activities.  All share the Celebrate People values which include:

• Unconditional Compassion and Kindness
• Equality
• Respect for different beliefs and ways of being

Counselling Fees and Times

Sessions are 50 minutes. Appointment times are agreed between you and your Counsellor.  Create a safe space for the work – online or face to face –

• Single session – £60
• 10 sessions – £450
• Students – £45 per session

We want counselling to be accessible to all, so please don’t hesitate to mention or describe any challenging financial circumstances.