Costs of Counselling & Therapy

The Costs of Private Therapy from BACP Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist: Dean Richardson.

Costs of Counselling & Therapy
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Private Counselling – Per-Session Fees.

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

However, private counselling is not free of charge and my investment in your therapy and commitment to you is appropriately matched by my professional counselling fees.

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

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

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How to pay.

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

Pay by PaypalI accept secured online payments service from PayPal. Payments using this method will include a small surcharge 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, CBT and group analytic principals.. 

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.

Read more at PayPal:- https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/UserAgreement/ua/EUUA-outside#fees-policy

Fees for Private Counselling.

Couples

Therapy for Relationships

  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Groups
  • Face-to-Face
  • Weekly
  • 50 minutes
  • Portsmouth
£5000 *
more...

Personal

Therapy for Individuals

  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Groups
  • Face-to-Face
  • Weekly
  • 50 minutes
  • Portsmouth
£4500 *
more...

Groups

Support Groups

  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Groups
  • Face-to-Face
  • Weekly
  • 90 minutes
  • Portsmouth
£2500 *
more...

Internet

Online Skype Counselling

  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Groups
  • Video Conference
  • Weekly
  • 50 minutes
  • Your Computer
£-500 **
more...
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.

Post-Christmas Offer:

20% reduction of the fees for first 4 sessions / individuals or couples counselling / new cases.
Individuals: First 4 sessions @ £36/session. Couples: First 4 sessions @ £40/session.
No obligation to continue counselling past your desire to leave therapy.  Subsequent sessions after the 4th session charged at the standard rates (above) or other negotiated arrangement.
Offer ends Friday 10th February
(read more about the offer…).

*Standard Fee & Sliding Scale.

Making Use of my Fee Structure.

Private counselling is not free.  For all of my counselling services I set a standard fee (the fee shown above).  This is the per-session fee that I have set 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.

It’s important that we agree a fee that you can responsibly afford. 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…

Couple Counselling Fee.

Standard fee: £50.00

The standard fee is for an employed couple (one or both partners in 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.

Individual Counselling Fee.

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.

Support/Therapy Group Fee.

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 Counselling Fees.

** Online counselling is charged in the same was as the above fees, except I suggest a £5.00 reduction due to there being no room-hire costs and no travel costs.

Sliding Scale & Concessions on Therapy Fees.

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 and 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 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 and 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 an essential expense – not an optional luxury – and you must think about what you are prepared to temporarily give up in order to afford therapy fees.

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 ask for 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 must be paid before the session date to secure the appointment.

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.

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