• I expect payment at the end of each session unless otherwise agreed.
• Please do not arrive more than 5 minutes early as there is no waiting area as such. If you arrive late, please note that the session will end at the originally agreed ending time. The session must be paid for in full whether or not you have the full 60 minutes. If you do not come to a session, or cancel it with less than 72 hours’ notice, it must be paid for in full.
• If you re-arrange a session (i.e. alter its time with my agreement) with less than 72 hours’ notice, then in principle the original hour will still need to be paid for. I will use my discretion as to whether to deem a session cancelled if you arrive with only a few minutes of the hour left or if you arrive under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.
• I will endeavour to give you advance warning of any holidays or absences and I would be grateful if you do likewise in return.
• Sessions are confidential, including whatever you tell me, including your name and the fact that you come to see me. Accordingly, if I meet you outside a session in public I will let you decide whether you wish to acknowledge me or not.
• An exception to the rule of confidentiality arises in rare circumstances where I have grounds for believing that you will cause serious physical harm to others or yourself, or have harm caused to you.
• I may share your basic contact information, including name, telephone number and email address, with a locum charged with taking responsibility for my clients in the event, for example, of my illness.
• I would appreciate being informed of any medication you may be receiving and of any other therapeutic relationship which is current.
• I attend regular supervision in accordance with my professional obligation, and I may discuss specific client matters in supervision but then the duty of confidentiality is extended to my supervisor and any co-supervisees.
• If and when you wish to terminate our therapeutic relationship, it is up to you to decide the manner and the timing. However, I have found that a well managed ending can be of great therapeutic value; it is in itself an important part of the healing process. My preference, therefore, is for the ending not to be abrupt, but for it to be processed and discussed over a number of weeks, especially where the therapy has been relatively long-term.

^{Revised Dec. 2010}