1What will be expected of me during a session?
Intake Session:
During this session you will need to inform your therapist of the issue that has brought you for help, answer some questions about yourself to build context around the issue and ask any questions you might have about therapy or working with Storm’s Edge.
By the end of the session you and your therapist will make a plan for future treatment, or an onward referral, as well as discuss the practicalities of treatment. Please bring any relevant documentation to be discussed (such as referral letters, medical records, previous treatment reports, or any personal documents you’d like to discuss such as diaries, artwork, photographs etc if you would like to share these).
Therapy Session:
After the initial consultation process we should have a treatment direction which is focused and dynamic. We will then progress through a collaborative process of finding greater clarity as well as investigating what helps and what doesn’t.
This can be a difficult process as the topics may be very sensitive and/or not easy to understand. It is normal to feel some reluctance taking some time to build trust in the therapy and to have the courage to engage with painful experiences. Your therapist is there to support you through the process and to keep your moving forward safely.
2How long is each session? What if I'm running late?
A therapy session in 50 minutes. Please arrive 5 minutes ahead of time and register with reception to ensure we can start on time.
If you arrive late the session may still need to finish at its scheduled time to ensure the next session is not affected.
If you have created an account and saved your payment details to our secure portal, you can request charges are made automatically off your card 7 days prior to each appointment. This can be discussed with your therapist at your intake assessment.
3Is everything I say confidential?
The contents of sessions are confidential.
We have a duty to report when a client is considered to be a danger to themselves or to others. This will be done, whenever possible, in consultation with that client. We also have a duty to report when there is a suspicion that a child is being harmed or could be harmed; this includes emotional distress and neglect not only physical and sexual abuse.
If this should happen, all information shared will be subject to the The Data Protection Act; therefore, the principle of “Need to Know” applies. This means if there is a concern, only the information related directly to that particular issue can be shared and nothing more.
The content of sessions and any notes are kept confidential; aside from the above conditions.
All therapists a legally obliged to take part in supervision. Sessions maybe discussed in supervision making every effort to keep the client’s identity concealed and again only the information related to the issue at hand will be considered. Supervisors are bound by the same confidentially codes and standards as your therapist.
4What if I need help between sessions?
Storm’s Edge Therapy is not a crisis service, but rather the space to work on reducing the number of crises and impact these have in your life. We do not offer crisis interventions; nevertheless, we will make a Crisis Plan if needed. This involves identifying triggers, potential interventions and resources that may help.
Therapy itself can, from time to time, be unsettling so a plan for support is an important part of a successful process.
5Do you offer online or telephone consulations?
We have offered remote therapy for a number of years now, using both audio and video resources. There is a well established expertise in the developing field of virtual therapy with which we have been actively engaging.
We are following the British Psychological Society’s recent guidance on remote therapy published in response to the escalating need to avoid personal contact.
We do not offer therapy using online messaging tools.
The Virtual Therapy Clinic is conducted from Monday to Friday between 11:00 and 8pm GMT. Sessions are a standard therapeutic 50 minutes and cost £110.
The following option are available:
Audio call: Phone or WhatsApp
Video call: Zoom, WhatsApp Video, FaceTime, Google Duo or Skype.