Minute 0 to 5 of 50
Getting in
Up the stairs, first door on the left. Nobody is sitting at a desk.
There is no reception and no clipboard. The waiting room is the first door at the top of the stairs and it is usually empty, because we stagger the hours so that people do not meet each other coming and going.
Your counsellor comes out and says your first name. If you are early, sit down; if you are late, come up anyway.
The rest of the hour
In the order it happens
Five pieces, and the longest is the one where you talk and nobody types.
0–5 min
Getting in
Up the stairs, first door on the left. Nobody is sitting at a desk.
5–10 min
The one form
One side of A4, filled in with your counsellor rather than at you.
10–35 min
What brought you
You talk. We ask short questions. Nobody is typing.
35–45 min
What we would do
The plan, the number of sessions, and the fee at your band, out loud.
45–50 min
Deciding, or not
Book, think about it, or say no in the room. All three are ordinary.