General Information

Session Length

Hypnotherapy up to 1 ½ hrs (90 minutes) per session
Counselling 55 minutes per session

If you are late for your session, it may not always be possible to make up lost time.
Clients having hypnotherapy are OK to drive home straight afterwards.

Parking:free parking is available in Camberley.

Clients may be required to complete a questionnaire prior to treatment and all clients must advise of any current medication.

If less than 24 hours notice is given for cancellation, you may be charged a cancellation fee.

Counselling - over 16 years of age.
Hypnotherapy – over 18 years of age.

Why not come, find out more and ask any questions that you may have. It is important that you feel comfortable with the therapist. You may bring a friend or partner if you wish to. If you book a free consultation, and then change your mind, please advise you won't be attending. It means that somebody could have that slot. Unfortunately, free consultations are not available for Harley Street appointments, although a telephone consultation can be offered instead.

All major credit cards, cheque, cash accepted. A deposit may be required at time of booking and full payment is due at the first session.

Session Availability

Appointments are usually available within a week. Evening and weekend appointments, may require up to two weeks notice.

Appointment Times

Flexible times available: 8.30 – 8.00pm (Monday - Friday)
Saturday (daytime) appointments are also available.

What you are paying for when you see a therapist is their time, qualifications, experience and knowledge of the techniques that are going to help you to get the results you want. You need to be aware that if you are “shopping” for therapy, you may not be comparing “like” with “like”.

TIME / COST – Session time varies between therapists – some therapists spend half or ¾ hour with the client, some an hour, and some an hour and a half. The cost may be less per session, but you may need twice as many. How long are the sessions? How many sessions will you need? And how much time are you paying for?

QUALIFICATIONS - There are different levels of qualification – Certificate (often awarded after a short or weekend course, and skills may be limited), Diploma – (usually involves more extensive study, students are required to pass an exam and undertake case studies, which are assessed) Degree – (Batchelor of Science (BSc) or Batchelor of Arts (BA)). Usually 3 years full time study. If the degree is in a Psychology related subject, it will mean the therapist has a greater, wider depth of knowledge. Honours Degree – Has a degree and graduated with honours.

NLP Practitioner / Master Practitioner – This is often used in addition to hypnotherapy and counselling. Most modern hypnotherapists will use NLP techniques. If the therapist is correctly using NLP techniques, it often means that results can be achieved faster and in fewer sessions. Masters Degree (MA or MSc) – or Doctoral Degree (PhD) –higher qualifications - an extensive and thorough depth of knowledge. A person with a Doctoral degree can call themselves a “Doctor” they may not necessarily be a medical doctor – they may just have a doctoral degree. (Some medical doctors are also qualified as therapists, of course.) Once qualified, therapists may then “specialise” in certain areas (for example: weight management, anxiety, smoking cessation, anxiety and phobias, sports improvement, etc.)

EXPERIENCE – Some therapists work part time, some do it as a “hobby” or sideline, and some may only see a few clients a week. If a therapist has been qualified for 10 years, and only see 5 clients a week, they will be less experienced than a therapist who has been qualified for 5 years and sees 15-20 clients a week.

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE – Is the therapist up to date with the latest techniques? If they qualified 10 years ago and have done no extra training since, you may not be getting the best therapy that is available today. Certainly, hypnotherapy has advanced quite a lot in the last 5-10 years. Are they qualified / experienced in several different therapeutic techniques? and can they adapt and combine techniques to suit you? Will your programme of treatment be individual and tailored to you? (this will not be possible if you are in a group or a having the therapy with a friend at the same time). Research has shown that success rates are much higher for individualised treatment programmes because everybody is different. Are they used to working with the issue you want help with?

AVAILABILITY – If you can book in immediately, the therapist may have had a cancellation that day, and you may be lucky to get the time you want straight away. They may just have an empty diary. Good therapists are often booked ahead, (and usually with word of mouth referrals). They may not be the ones who advertise regularly (they don’t need to).
You need to draw your own conclusions.

DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE THERAPIST? – This is important, as you will be working together. Most therapists will offer a free consultation so that you can meet with them and find out more, and ask any questions that you may have.

PROFESSIONALISM & ETHICS – Most suitably qualified therapists will belong to a professional register. This means the therapist will be bound by a code of conduct, confidentiality and ethics. The main recognised and accepted professional bodies are:

Hypnotherapy:

General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR)
General Hypnotherapy Standards Council (GHSC) – part of GHR
British Society of Clinical Hypnosis (BSCH)
American Board of Hypnotherapy and NLP (ABH) & (ABNLP)
National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH)

Counselling:

British Psychological Society (BPS)
British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapists (BACP)
United Kingdom Register of Counsellors (UKRC)
United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
National Council of Psychotherapy (NCP)