I think it’s important to be transparent about what your payment supports, so you know what you’re investing in if you choose to work with me.
Your fee covers my time and energy in the hours we work together. Behind the scenes it also covers:
- Preparation and recuperation time before and after the session.
- Ongoing supervision (essential to maintaining a high standard of therapeutic work).
- Many years of ongoing training and study.
- Relatedly, I have paid and continue to pay significant fees to training providers. (I train with high quality providers such as the internationally recognised Metanoia Institute in London).
- I put time aside each week for admin, such as responding to emails, maintaining practice paperwork, and keeping things like insurance and professional memberships up to date.
- I offer a few slots at low cost to clients who cannot afford to pay full fees – this is an important aspect of my practice.
- We have invest a lot in creating and maintaining our comfortable therapy space.
- Being self-employed I don’t receive holiday pay, pension contributions or sick pay, so your fee also covers these aspects of income usually paid by an employer.
- I also spend time thinking about client work, especially where it feels like there is a challenge to overcome within a person’s therapeutic process.