If we're just starting out and it feels wrong, we can stop. But if we've been working together for a while and you suddenly hate everything about it, that's usually worth exploring before we call it quits. There's a month's notice for established clients - partly practical, partly because the urge to run often happens right when we're getting close to something important.

£65 per session. Yes, it's expensive. Yes, I know you could buy a week's groceries for that. But you're not paying for an hour of my time - you're paying for years of training, supervision, and learning how to sit with people's pain without trying to fix them. If money's genuinely tight, we can discuss options. If you're just resentful about paying, that's something we should probably talk about.

No. I'm not here to diagnose your personality or tell you your attachment style (sorry, TikTok). I'm here to help you understand patterns that aren't serving you anymore. Sometimes that's uncomfortable. Most of the time it's not what you expect.

Then we start there. "I don't know what to say" is actually saying quite a lot. The silence won't kill you, and I'm not going to fill it with therapeutic small talk.

I'm interested in patterns - how the ways you learned to survive in your family show up in your relationships now. We'll pay attention to what happens between us too, because that often mirrors what happens with other people in your life.

Possibly. Sometimes things get messier before they get clearer. I'm not going to promise you'll feel better immediately - that's what self-help books are for. But falling apart in a controlled environment with someone trained to help you put the pieces back together differently? That's often exactly what needs to happen.

You'll start noticing things differently. You'll catch yourself mid-pattern and think "oh, I'm doing that thing again." You'll have conversations that go differently than they used to. It's usually gradual, not a lightning bolt moment.