Arc Counselling and Psychotherapy

Using the Arts

The Arts are used as an additional means of working with clients to facilitate communication.

Clients are encouraged to use painting, drawing, writing, sandtray work within session.

Using a music / poetry / writing journal is another way of exploring in between sessions the issues you wish to bring to therapy / counselling.

Contracting

All clients of Arc agree and sign a
Contract for Working Together
with their Therapist.


This is important as it ensures that you as a client have in writing what boundaries have been agreed within your working relationship with the Therapist, it sets out the nature of your contact and working with each other. The Contract will outline (amongst other things) the following Basics ~ which form the bedrock of your Working Alliance as Client and Therapist:~

The Basics

An Agreement about fees and payment;

Frequency of meeting;

Where Therapy / Counselling will take place;

Holidays;

Cancellations Policy;

Contacting your Therapist between sessions;

Ethical Issues.

The Contract is not meant to be an onerous document, it simply sets out the agreements that have been made at the outset of your work together.

The Contract can be reviewed from time to time to incorporate any changes which are necessary.

The Contract is designed to honour and outline the therapeutic boundaries necessary to ensure the therapeutic relationship between the Therapist and the Client remains safe, ethical and consistent with the parameters of a professional relationship.

Both the Therapist and the Client sign the Contract after the initial assesment meeting ie once they have discussed the Contract and agreed to undertake therapeutic work together.

Fees

Currently our fees range from £25 to £55 and are based on income. Fees are usually charged weekly, and clients usually pay by cheque. Specific Agreements between Therapist & Client are included in the Contract For Working Together.