You need to be 18 or over to be considered for treatment with me.
The first telephone enquiry is part of a free initial consultation with a general discussion about the problems and challenges you aim to resolve in therapy. You are welcome to ask me any reasonable questions about my qualifications, experience and therapeutic approach.
Making an enquiry will not place any obligations on either side to book an appointment. However, you will be asked if you would like to book a working session. When you choose to book an appointment you will be invited to set a manageable goal for your first consultation.
The treatments provided by me are very effective, but one session cannot provide therapeutic results and for that reason alone it is not an option I offer.
To avoid confusion or misrepresentation, treatments included on this site are described as Hypnotherapy, Stress Management and Counselling. Other practitioners use different names for their therapies.
The first session usually lasts about 90 minutes as it has two components:
- ‘Fact Finding’
- Therapy session.
Subsequent sessions usually last about 60 minutes.
Therapy requires your active participation to achieve positive results. Self-exploration is an integral part of treatment though at times this may feel uncomfortable. Together we select therapeutic goals and monitor progress. You will be invited to practise exercises between sessions with the aim of convincing your mind that you are serious about therapy (being confident, successful, happy, assertive, relaxed, fulfilled, motivated, well or creating whatever positive goals you set for yourself). Sessions are individually tailored and you will be furnished with handouts which could be referred to as C.B.T. (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) elements. Treatments incorporate the best features of Hypnotherapy, Stress Management and Counselling in appropriate measures.
Treatment will include real and metaphorical story telling to assist therapeutic process and to safeguard confidentiality they are imparted as examples without naming individuals.
Fees enquiries are provided over the phone and my fees are fixed. This is not a price comparison site.
I reserve the right to refuse to provide my services to any person at any time without explanation and reserve the right to terminate treatment at any time without explanation and without refunding any fees.
I do not advise on medical or legal matters. Treatments presented on this website do not purport to be a cure to illness or disease for which medical and psychiatric treatment is required.
It is your responsibility to check the terms and conditions of my services. I reserve the right to change these terms and conditions for my services at any time without prior notice. Everything you read here or hear in session is in line with my understanding, training and ethical competence.
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One-to-one sessions are private and confidential.
When in session with a client, I don’t take phone calls. You can leave a message for me (preferably on a land line number) and your call will be returned as soon as possible.
Reading the contents of these pages indicates that you considered the importance of overcoming your own challenges and usually it is the first and the most difficult step to overcome, but you have already taken it.
It is understandable, it is natural in phone enquiry to be a little shy or hesitant. However, for professionally ethical reasons and due to my practice being busy it prevents me from responding to text messages or e-mails enquiries.
Thank you for visiting my website.
Effie Gardner
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