Costs of Private Counselling with Dean Richardson MBACP(accred), UKRCP Reg (Portsmouth, Hampshire & Skype)

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Private Counselling – Per-Session Fees.
How to pay for counselling.
Foreign Currency / Non-UK Clients.
Fees for Private Counselling.
*Standard Fee & Sliding Scale.
Making Use of my Fee Structure.
Negotiating a Fee for Couple Counselling.
Negotiating a Fee for Individual Counselling.
Negotiating a Fee for Support/Therapy Groups.
About Online/Skype Video Counselling Fees.
Negotiating Therapy Fees: Sliding Scale & Concessions.
Individuals’ Fees.
Couple Counselling Fees.
Deposits for First Session.
Paying your deposit.
Cancellation Policy.

Private Counselling – Per-Session Fees.

Counselling with Dean Richardson can be an incredibly liberating and helpful experience and when working with a qualified and experienced counsellor, such as Dean, both the client, the couple or the group and the therapist together can make life transforming experiences.

Private counselling is not free of charge and Dean’s investment in your therapy and commitment to you is appropriately matched by his professional counselling fees.

When deciding whether or not to consider Dean Richardson as your therapist, consider the following:-

Dean is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) which confirms his years of experience, substantial training, practical experience and adherence to the BACP’s Ethical Framework.
Dean works therapeutically with: Individuals, Couples and Groups.
Dean arranges & attends a minimum of 30 hours additional training (continued professional development) per year which keeps his private practice informed and up to date.
Dean arranges & attends a minimum of 90-minutes/month clinical supervision appropriate to his therapy work.
Dean works with clients in both long-term/open-ended and short-term/brief therapies.
Dean operates a sliding fee scale on a limited number of places. When available, this can make private counselling accessible to those on a restricted or low-income.

How to pay for counselling.

Counselling fees are payable weekly and can be paid using these methods:-

Cash (exact money please).
Cheque (made out to “Dean Richardson”).
Credit/debit card* (click here to pay by card)
PayPal* (click to pay by PayPal)

I accept secured online payments service from PayPal. Payments using this method will include a small PayPal-admin fee on top of your session fee – and you will be shown the total amount before you authorise any payment.

Foreign Currency / Non-UK Clients.

I accept Skype counselling enquiries from people outside of the UK, whose primary language is English, and who wishes to work with someone trained in the British school of psychodynamic, systemic, cognitive behavioural approach and group analytic modalities.

Apart from arranging a mutually convenient time due to time-differences, payments for therapy services using PayPal may be convenient to you. PayPal will make the necessary currency transformations on your behalf. EG – you use my Online Payments page to begin paying a fee of, say, £45 – PayPal adds their commission charge (including any cross-border fees) and makes the necessary currency change (using a retail currency conversion value) presenting you with the final fee before you pay using your card.

Fees for Private Counselling.

Couples

Therapy for Relationships

Individuals
Couples
Groups
Face-to-Face
Weekly
50 minutes
Portsmouth

£50^{00 *}

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Personal

Therapy for Individuals

Individuals
Couples
Groups
Face-to-Face
Weekly
50 minutes
Portsmouth

£45^{00 *}

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Groups

Support Groups

Individuals
Couples
Groups
Face-to-Face
Weekly
90 minutes
Portsmouth

£25^{00 *}

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Skype

Online Video Counselling

Individuals
Couples
Groups
Video Conference
Weekly
50 minutes
Your Computer

£-5^{00 **}

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NB1: each fee is ‘per session’.
NB2: The session fee for couple counselling is per couple i.e. both partners are included in the session fee.

*Standard Fee & Sliding Scale.

Private counselling is not free. For all of my counselling services I set a standard fee (the fee shown above). This is the standard per-session fee that I recommend for each particular form of therapy service that I offer & that you might be interested in.

I am aware that some people cannot afford full-fee private therapy and they may have tried and found NHS therapies or charities to have been unsatisfactory for their needs. For these people on a limited number of cases I can discuss with you a lower fee.

So, it’s important that we can discuss & agree a fee that you can responsibly afford. When you are on a restricted income, discussing a fee will involve you being able to talk openly with me about your income and expenses, and what expenses you might be prepared to give up for now (i.e. what are you prepared to lose, in return for me also losing a portion of my standard fee during our work together). We would be discussing a fee that you could responsibly afford.

This negotiation isn’t intended to embarrass you, and most have found it helpful and, interestingly, therapeutic too – read more…

Negotiating a Fee for Couple Counselling.

Standard fee: £50.00

The standard fee is for a couple where one or both partners are in full-time employment … or a couple who has an independent source of funds (such as health insurance).

For those couples who are on a restricted income that might make private counselling inaccessible, you are invited to discuss with me my sliding scale.

Negotiating a Fee for Individual Counselling.

Standard fee: £45.00

The standard fee is for an employed individual or one who has an independent source of funds (such as health insurance).

For those who are on a restricted income that might make private counselling inaccessible, you are invited to discuss with me my sliding scale.

Negotiating a Fee for Support/Therapy Groups.

Standard fee: £25.00

The standard fee is for an employed individual or one who has an independent source of funds (such as health insurance).

For those individuals who are on a restricted income that might make private counselling inaccessible, you are invited to discuss with me my sliding scale.

Note: the initial assessment session(s) before joining a group is charged at the Individual Counselling rate.

About Online/Skype Video Counselling Fees.

** Online Video/Skype counselling is charged in the same way as the above ‘standard’ fees, except I offer a £5.00 reduction due to there being no room-hire costs and no travel costs.

Negotiating Therapy Fees: Sliding Scale & Concessions.

A “sliding scale” is where a therapist may be able to reduce their fees on a case-by-case basis. The aim here is to be able to discuss openly about your finances in order for us to find a fee that you can responsibly afford and which I can accept. This is available on a limited number of cases and you are invited to participate equally in this discussion with me.

Individuals’ Fees.

If I am taking on additional cases where I can reduce the fee, our negotiated fee will be based upon your gross income deducting only your essential expenses. If you are thinking about asking me to give up a proportion of my fee, you must also think about what non-essential expenses you’re prepared to give up for the length of our work.

To discuss a revised fee with me, firstly work out what could you responsibly afford to pay each week (e.g. take your gross income, deduct essential expenses and do not include any expenses that are a choice or a luxury (such as entertainment, social expenses, holidays etc.)). Remember that counselling is an essential expense – not an optional luxury – and you must temporarily prioritise your other expenditure accordingly during the time of therapy.

After calculating what you can responsible afford to pay per session, bring this information to our first session to discuss.

Couple Counselling Fees.

If I am taking on additional cases where I can reduce the fee, our negotiated fee will be based upon your combined gross income deducting only your essential expenses. You need to think about what non-essential expenses you’re prepared to give up for the length of our work, in return for me reducing my fee.

To discuss a revised fee with me, firstly work out what you can responsibly afford to pay each week (both of your incomes combined). For example, take your gross income and deduct essential expenses from this figure (do not include any expenses that are a choice or a luxury (such as entertainment, social expenses, holidays etc.)). Remember that counselling is a temporary essential expense – not an optional luxury – and if you are asking me to give up a proportion of my fee you must also think about what you are prepared to temporarily give up in order to negotiate a new therapy fee with me.

As part of the assessment for couple therapy, it will also be important for us to note how you and your partner deal with money matters, and we can talk in more detail about that after the fee has been agreed.

Whilst this may seem an involved process, negotiating a couple counselling fee with me during therapy can also be revealing & helpful with respect to your relationship problems.

After calculating what you can responsible afford to pay per session, bring this information to our first session to discuss.

Deposits for First Session.

When arranging an initial appointment with me, I will usually invite payment of a minimum deposit of £30 (or 50% of your fee if your session fee is concessional). This will usually be only for the first assessment session appointment.

Your deposit secures our first appointment together and is subtracted from your session fee, the remainder of which becomes due on the day of our appointment. Your deposit is refundable minus a £15 administration fee if you cancel the appointment giving me more than 2 working days notice, otherwise the deposit is not refunded (e.g. by giving no notice for an absence).

Paying your deposit.

Methods of payment I accept for deposits are:-

Paying online (which incurs a small admin fee )
Sending a cheque made out to Dean Richardson – or postal order – to my Portsmouth address

Deposits need to be arranged before the session date in order to secure your appointment booking.

Cancellation Policy.

Because I offer regular weekly counselling and reserve your appointment for you each week I cannot make the session available for anyone else without sufficient notice. Therefore, I operate a cancellation policy which I will discuss with you in full when we first meet.

A summary of which is:-

Sessions cancelled with two or fewer days notice will be charged at the full fee.
Sessions cancelled with more than two days notice will be charged at half the full fee.
The first five sessions missed due to a planned holiday will incur no fee. Note – a ‘planned’ holiday is a vacation that has been planned in advance and does not include missing a session at the last minute.
There is no charge for sessions missed due to public/bank holidays, or when Dean cancels a session or is on vacation, or the building in which we meet is closed, or if Skype video conferencing software/network is not available.