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14 Richmond Road  
Seaforth, NSW, 2092  
Australia.  

Ph: 02 9294 7046  
Fax: 02 9907 9351  
Moblie: 0416 256 745  

Methods of Consultation

Face to Face Psychotherapy

How to start
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Call to make an initial appointment or ask questions to ascertain that I can be of assistance.
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Consultations are generally one hour unless specifically arranged.
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Consultations take place in my clinic at the appointed time.

Method of payment
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Payment takes place at time of consultation, unless other arrangements have been agreed.
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Payment is cash, cheque or with prior arrangement, telephone/internet banking.

Conditions
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Once appointments are made, 3 working days are required for cancellation. Cancellations within this time will be charged.
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Clients will not be seen outside clinic hours, unless prior arrangements have been made.
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It is essential that I ascertain whether I can be of use to the client. There are times when I might decline to offer therapy.
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I may cease work with an individual if I do not think it is in the client's or my best interests.

Telephone Psychotherapy

How it works
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Telephone counselling or therapy works on similar principles to face to face therapy sessions.
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Each phone call counts as a consultation and lasts up to an hour.
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You would arrange for a phone consultation to take place at a pre-arranged time.
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You might have identified a topic in advance for discussion or you might decide what to talk about at the time.

How to start and method of payment?
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The first thing to do is to ring me to check whether telephone therapy can be of assistance for you.
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You can ask any questions you might have about how phone therapy works.
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Once we have agreed an initial contract for phone therapy, an arrangement will be made for the first phone consultation to occur at a pre-arranged time.
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Payment for consultations must be received one week in advance of the consultation and how this payment will take place will be confirmed at this time.
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At the end of the first consultation, we would discuss whether to make more phone consultation times.

Why telephone therapy?
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It can be useful for people living in areas where it is difficult to arrange suitable face to face therapy.
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For people who travel as part of their work.
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For people whose schedules make attending appointments difficult.

Sometimes, it can be helpful to arrange an occasional face to face or email consultation as part of ongoing phone therapy.


Conditions
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No telephone or email therapy will take place without payment in advance.
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It is essential that I ascertain whether I can be of use to the client. There are times when I might decline to offer therapy.
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I may cease work with an individual if I do not think it is in the client's or my best interests.

Psychotherapy Via E-Mail

What I Offer
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Therapy consultations via email
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One-off consultations or a series
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This works as a correspondence form of therapy. You write, I respond
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We discuss at the beginning how often this correspondence will take place.
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A "consultation" is a single email exchange between the client and myself.
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Payment for consultations must be received one week in advance of the consultation.

Why Email?
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It can be useful for people living in areas where it is difficult to arrange suitable face to face therapy.
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For people who travel as part of their work.
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For people whose schedules make attending appointments difficult.

Sometimes, it can be helpful to arrange an occasional face to face consultation, or phone consultation as part of ongoing email therapy

How it works
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Ring first to ascertain that this is the best form of therapy for you.
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You can ask any questions you might have about how email consultations work.
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Once we have agreed on email therapy, we confirm method of payment .
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Payment must be received one week before first consultation.
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I send you the set of questions which I use for a first consultation.
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You respond to the set of questions for the first consultation.
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I will respond to your email within 48 hours where possible.

Subsequent consultations are pre-arranged and consist of a single two-way email exchange between the client and myself.

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I try to respond to communications within 48 hours and slightly longer over weekends.
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No email or telephone therapy will take place without payment in advance
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It is essential that I ascertain whether I can be of use to the client. There are times when I might decline to offer therapy.
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I may cease work with an individual if I do not think it is in the client's or my best interests.