Couple Therapy Terms and Principles

Confidentiality

All information will be kept confidential between me and you as a couple.

Unless, I believe:

• that either of you are going to cause physical harm to another individual.

• that either of you are going to physically harm yourself

I will attempt to let you know in the case I break confidentiality for such reasons before I do so.

I also attend supervision sessions to continue my own good practice and continuous professional development (CPD) and will discuss elements of my work with my supervisor on regular basis. I may also use such information for other (e.g. research, academic etc.) purposes. The information I will share this way will remain completely confidential and anonymous.

Safety

You will keep yourself, others, the environment and me safe. This means no matter how you feel, you will control your behaviour and not act violently or threaten with violence to anyone or anything.

You will attend your sessions free from the influence of alcohol or non-prescription drugs. You will also get additional medical support if you need it. Your health and wellbeing is your responsibility.

Sessions

Our sessions together will be held on weekly basis unless agreed otherwise. You as a couple will both attend our sessions. If only one of you comes, I will not see you and will charge a full fee.

You will pay the agreed fee in advance of  the session. I generally do not offer sessions over weekends or Bank Holidays. However, in the case we do agree to have a session on such days, I will charge a 20% premium to your regular fee.

You agree to arrive at the scheduled session on time. You will give 1week notice if you should cancel a session by email or texting me. If cancellation is not made in the period of 1 weeks’ notice, you will make payment in full regardless of attendance.

You also agree to never use material from the session against your partner.

Miscellaneous

These practice principles are time to time being reviewed and updated.