Fees & FAQs
Your Questions Answered: Multicultural and Neuro-Affirming Counselling & More
On this page, you will find answers to some common questions about counselling with me, from fees and practical details to what multicultural and neuro-affirming counselling means here.
If you can’t find the answer you are looking for, you are always welcome to get in touch.
Understanding Multicultural and Neuro-Affirming Counselling
Multicultural counselling makes space for the full context of who you are. It recognises that your emotional world is not separate from your culture, race, family, language, identity, or sense of belonging.
Rather than seeing you in isolation, it pays attention to how these parts of your life may shape the way you cope, relate, and make sense of yourself. For many multicultural and cross-cultural adults, that can make therapy feel more nuanced, more relevant, and less like you have to explain or translate so much of your experience.
Not at all. While it’s especially supportive for those living between cultures, anyone can benefit. Multicultural counselling isn’t just about ethnicity. It’s about being understood as a whole person, including how your culture, family, environment, values, and society shape you.
A Third-Culture Kid (TCK) is someone who grew up between cultures, and living in countries outside of their parents’ home culture(s). This often happens because of parents’ work, migration, or education. Being a TCK doesn’t end in childhood, you simply grow into becoming an adult Third-Culture Kid.
The “third culture” is the unique blend that forms between the culture of their family and the culture(s) of the countries they’ve lived in. Many TCKs carry parts of more than one culture in their identity and often feel “in-between”, belonging everywhere and nowhere at the same time.
Neuro-affirming counselling means working in a way that affirms neurodivergent people and experiences. I do not see your neurodivergence as something wrong with you or something that needs to be fixed.
Instead, I aim to understand how you experience and move through the world, how your experiences may have shaped you, and what you need to feel more supported, regulated and understood.
In practice, this means being curious about your sensory, emotional, relational and executive functioning needs, and working together in a way that is more compassionate and less rooted in shame.
It also means recognising the impact of masking, rejection sensitivity, being misunderstood, and the years of self-doubt or self-blame that many neurodivergent people may be living with.
Whether you are diagnosed, questioning or self-identified, you are welcome here.
Yes. I came to understand my ADHD later in life. That lived experience, alongside ongoing CPD and being part of a neurodivergent counsellors community has shaped the way I support neurodivergent clients with more curiosity, compassion, and care.
I do not claim to know exactly what every neurodivergent person experiences, but I understand how powerful it can be to work with someone who recognises both the challenges and the strengths that can come with a different neurotype.
Practical questions about counselling with me
Regular counselling sessions are £70 for 60 minutes.
Ad-hoc sessions are available at £80 for 60 minutes or £120 for 90 minutes.
The introductory call is a free 20-minute conversation to help us see if we’re the right fit for each other. We’ll usually meet on Zoom, although a WhatsApp video call can also be arranged if Zoom isn’t possible. It’s a chance for you to share what’s bringing you to counselling, ask any questions, and get a feel for how I work. I’ll also explain a little about my approach and what sessions could look like.
There’s no charge, and you’re not obligated to work with me if I’m not right for you. It’s simply a space to explore whether this feels like the right support for you right now.
As therapy is not a linear journey, I would encourage you to keep an open mind about what can come up and what the journey may look and feel like.
You may want to consider your internal factors, such as your history, current challenges, and motivation, as well as external factors such as time, money, and your environment.
We all have different needs, preferences, and factors that can influence the therapeutic work and the duration. There’s no right or wrong answer.
We would usually meet for a session weekly. We can also meet bi-weekly if you’re under financial constraints.
If you would like to meet bi-weekly, I will discuss with you first if it’s possible to meet weekly for the first four sessions. This is to help us establish our relationship in the early stages of us working together.
In our first session, we’ll begin with a consultation. This is a chance to talk about your internal and external world currently, your background and history, clarify your hopes, and discuss how we might work together. Once this is covered, we’ll naturally move into whatever feels most important for you to begin with on that day.
For outdoor counselling, our first session will take place online. This gives us space to complete a risk assessment and discuss how we might work together outdoors before meeting in person.
My practice is inclusive and affirming of LGBTQ+ identities, and those who may be questioning. I provide a validating, respectful, and compassionate space where all parts of you are welcomed.
LGBTQ+ community has been part of my upbringing and family. This personally shapes my commitment to making therapy a place where you feel accepted exactly as you are.
I’m currently only accepting private pay clients. If you have a private health insurance policy, you may be able to claim for part or all of your sessions fee. Please do check with your insurer before hand and let me know in advance if and how I can assist you with this.
Couples counselling will be available from 2027… watch this space!
I speak both English and Thai, though I’m most comfortable working in English. My counselling training and much of my life have been in English, so this is where I feel most fluent professionally.
That said, Thai can absolutely be part of our sessions. Our work together would usually be bilingual, rather than fully in Thai.
As a counsellor, I cannot prescribe medication or provide a diagnosis. If you need medical advice, I recommend speaking with your GP or psychiatrist. What I can do is support your therapeutic needs and, if helpful, work alongside your GP or psychiatrist as part of your wider care.
There are many internal and external elements that can influence the effectiveness of therapy at the time of your engagement. I believe the journey is different each time – a different therapist and therapeutic relationship, and the ‘present you’ is not quite the same as the ‘past you’.
I believe we access therapy at different points in our lives slightly differently.
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