Notes
Written down so you do not have to ask
The things people ring up and ask, and the two or three they would rather not ask out loud: what we write in a note and who can read it, how the sliding fee is actually decided, and why the fourth session is the one most people want to skip.
If you have never done this before
What to expect of yourself in week one, which is usually less than you think.
Read itWhat we write down and who can see it
Four or five lines per session, in a locked cabinet, kept seven years.
Read itHow the sliding fee is decided
You pick the band. We do not ask for payslips, and we do not check.
Read itWhy we ask about sleep first
It is the one thing that moves fastest and makes everything else workable.
Read itComing with someone else
Partners, parents and friends in the waiting room, and where the line is.
Read itWhen we say we are not the right people
It happens on roughly one call in seven, and it is not a rejection.
Read itCounsellor, psychologist, psychiatrist: which is which
Three different trainings, and only one of them can prescribe.
Read itEnding well
Why we ask for three more sessions once you have decided to stop.
Read it