Lin Travis Counselling Services

General information on the service

The information below gives some basic details of the service.

If you have a particular query, please contact me.

• Face-to-face and telephone counselling by appointment.
  
  
• Sessions are once weekly, usually on the same day, and at the same time, evenings and weekends generally available).
  
  
• Both short term focused and long term open ended work offered. At the initial consultation, the most suitable approach for you can be discussed.
  
  
• A psychodynamic approach is employed. The relationship between counsellor and client is seen as an important aspect of this.
  
  
• General counselling covering a broad range of issues, including stress, anxiety, depression, bereavement and other forms of loss, identity, mid-life crisis, spirituality, self-esteem, lifestyle issues, relationship concerns, abuse, anger and trauma.
  
  
• Couples counselling as well as individual work.
  
  
• Drugs counselling also offered, using a harm reduction approach.
  
  
• Employee Assistance Scheme, (EAP), work undertaken.
  
  
• A confidential service for adults, (over 18 years of age).
  
  
• The counsellor works within the code of practice and ethical guidelines of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, (BACP) and is an accredited member.
  
  
• This initial session gives both client and counsellor a chance to see if this is the most suitable service for the client. A regular time slot can then be booked at the end of this session, if appropriate. The focus of the work and time scale for counselling can be discussed in this first session.
  
  
• If you leave a message and want me to phone you back, it can be helpful to suggest suitable times to call you.

The charges for this service are as follows

Individual counselling, face-to-face per session - £45.00
Couples counselling per session- £60.00
Telephone counselling per session - £40