My contact details are listed on this site along with an explanation of my fee structure and payment options.
It is important to read the information on this site regarding my code of ethics, how confidentiality works and ways in which you are responsible for your own safety and the safety of others.
The following information will help me to help you if you are willing to write about it in your e mail:
The country you live in
Your ethnicity (cultural belonging)
Your gender: female, male or another designation
Whether you have children or grandchildren
The age range you are in:
20-29yrs, 30-39yrs, 50-59yrs, 60-69yrs, 70yrs-80yrs, Over 80yrs
The number of people you live with and their relationship to you
The nature of your employment, current projects, goals or the ways in which you spend your time
Whether you have been or are a client of health, welfare or counselling services
Whether you are on any prescribed medication
Your main reason for contacting me
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If you are a supervisee, an educator or a health professional there are some other details I will ask you to provide before we start working together and naturally our process and the content of your e mails will differ from counselling clients.
If you are a student or a trainee in a programme it will help to describe the training you are undertaking and give me clear details regarding your enquiry
You may wish to begin by asking for a response to ideas you have about your life as it is at present or experiences you have had in the past.
Sometimes emotions are difficult to manage and you may want to describe your emotional responses to situations or people. The reasons for present difficulties may involve the past, the present or the future and I consider as many influences as possible.
Counselling takes the whole person into account so your thoughts,physical health,spiritual, cultural or philosophical beliefs, your emotions and the way you sustain yourself daily are all important factors.
Counsellors make practical suggestions as well as considering psychological, personal or social issues. You may want to ask for direction, consider a new pathway for your life, discuss employment, creative work, education, opportunities or your goals.
Relationships are important and other people affect us in all sorts of ways. I can discuss your personal relationships with you. (Bear in mind only one person’s view is being presented to me and that has an impact on the way my counselling responses are made).
As always, it helps to start at the beginning of the story you wish to tell me. A brief introduction to your concerns is helpful and then an initial outline of the main issues. From there I can respond to the story and we can 'talk' further
You may want to consider whether you need to tell someone else close to you that you are writing to me on line or whether this is something you want to do privately.