Information for People who may wish to become Clients

Location and Hours   General Information    Fees     

Client Rights  Client Responsibilities    Appointments

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LOCATION & HOURS

   Wednesday - Friday 9.00 A.M. to 5.00 P.M.

    Counselling and Psychotherapy Associates
    3rd Floor
    Tramway Building
    1 Thorndon Quay (corner of Mulgrave Street & Thorndon Quay, near Railway Station)
    Wellington

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Services provided:  

• Counselling - help in changing the way you think, feel or behave in a particular situation or situations where you experience difficulty, generally taking from 1 to 8 sessions.

• Psychotherapy - longer term treatment (two months to three years) to resolve more deeply seated problems, often originating in childhood.

• Couples counselling - Working with couples who wish to improve their relationship or whose relationship is ending and who wish to part with dignity.

Most people find that one fifty minute session per week is sufficient. However under some circumstances clients may wish to meet with me more or less often.
 

Who sets the agenda?

I will work with you to develop a contract which sets out what you want to change. Mostly you will tell me what you want to change. Sometimes I may make suggestions. We can, of course, renegotiate our contract at any time, if you realise that there is a more urgent issue.
 

What techniques will we use?

I have trained in Transactional Analysis, Gestalt, Psychodrama, Couples Counselling and dream work. I make available techniques from any of these modalities depending on your interests and the nature of the problem we are resolving.
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FEES

How much will it cost?

• My normal fee for an individual is $120.00 per session (including G.S.T.). 

• If you do not pay each session at the time of the session (e.g. if you want me to bill your organisation) the fee is $135.00 per session (including G.S.T.).

• If you are covered by an EAP scheme this pays the full charge.             
  

STATEMENT OF CLIENT RIGHTS

As a client in psychotherapy you are entitled to work with me free of financial or any other exploitation. You may be assured that I will not have sexual contact of any kind with you and will not have social contact deliberately. If I meet you in a social setting I will acknowledge that I know you only if you first acknowledge me. As an ethical practitioner I do not form friendships with clients.

Any contact you have with me will be treated as confidential, with the following exceptions. I may take some of our work together to my supervisor to ensure that you get the best possible service from me. If you have been referred by your doctor, I will, with your permission, keep her/him informed of the course of our work together. Otherwise, I will only break this confidentiality if I have reason to believe you or someone else is at risk.

I am bound by the ethical codes of the following organisations:

New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists; New Zealand Association of Counsellors; the International Transactional Analysis Association.

Full copies of these codes of ethics are available on request.

Should you believe that I have behaved unprofessionally toward you in any way you may:

Take the matter up with me directly, with an agreed mediator if necessary

and/or

Write to: The Executive Officer
N.Z. Association of Psychotherapists
P.O. Box 17 361, Karori,  Wellington

and/or

Write to: The Executive Officer
International Transactional Analysis Association
436, 14th Street, Suite 1301
Oakland, CA 94612-2710, USA

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STATEMENT OF CLIENT RESPONSIBILITIES

As my client I will ask you to agree to:

Keep me informed of any medical treatment you may be receiving.

Let me know if you believe your condition is such that you or any other person may be at risk.

Let me know if you are taking any recreational or prescribed drugs (including use of alcohol and tobacco).

Ring me only in cases of urgency (e.g., if you believe you may need hospitalisation), if you have an urgent need to change an appointment or if we have a contract for you to ring me.

Keep appointments you have made. If you are unable to keep an appointment because an emergency arises then you will inform me as soon as possible, so that I can arrange for another client to use the time.

Pay the agreed fee unless at least one full working days notice of cancellation is given.

Pay the agreed fee at the end of each session.

Give me honest feedback about what you find helpful and unhelpful during the course of counselling or psychotherapy.
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If you want to make an appointment or discuss counselling and psychotherapy with me, please ring me on (04) 562 7101 

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