Explore the specifics of our fees and therapy details, including session length, confidentiality and consulting room options.
Therapy Consultation Fees
Our fees vary depending on the professional background, training and expertise of the practitioner you see. These have been set competitively based on the fees of other independent organisations in different areas.
For many people, the cost of sessions is important. If the cost or the profession of a practitioner is important to you, please let us know this when you make contact with us. An indication of our current fee structure is:
- Psychologists and Consultants: From £120 – £140 per 50 minute session
- Mental Health Specialists: From £110 – £130 per 50 minute session
- Counsellors & Psychotherapists: From £70 – £90 per 50 minute session
- Lower fee services (delivered by trainee psychotherapists & psychologists): From £50 – £80 per 50 minute session
- Couples and Family Therapists: From £90 – £150 per session. Typically couples and family therapy sessions are longer and span from 60 – 90 minutes depending on what is agreed with the specialist working with you. This is to allow more time for everyone to express what they need to. This is also why the sessions are offered at a higher fee.
Specialist Assessment Fees:
We pride ourselves on the excellent quality, speed and rigour of our specialist assessments. Unlike most other providers, we work extremely hard to ensure our assessments are compliant with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guidance and utilise gold-standard assessment tools. We ensure the initial assessment meeting is commenced quickly without extensive waiting times, that you are offered a feedback meeting after you have received your report and that every report is conducted by more than one specialist; we do not work in silo.
All our neurodivergence assessments and extended specialist assessments are reviewed within our multidisciplinary team meeting by a team of specialists from our neurodivergence pathway. Every assessment we complete is carefully reviewed by at least one other mental health specialist in our team to ensure there are two sets of highly qualified eyes considering the quality of the work produced and two minds contributing towards the recommendations provided. Their quality means they can be utilised for other referral paths and meet the requirements of NHS services and educational institutions. We also offer a feedback meeting following the release of our neurodivergence, extended specialist assessment and cognitive assessment reports so recommendations can be discussed and a plan of support implemented.
The cost of our assessments reflects the hours we require our specialists to invest in the assessments they complete.
- ADHD Assessment: From £1995
- Autism (ASD) Assessment: From £2200
- Combined Neurodivergence Assessment (ASD & ADHD): £3995
- Comprehensive Cognitive / Learning Assessment: From £895
- Extended specialist assessments (including Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Fund assessments): £2500
- Brief mental health needs screening (50 min appointment) with summary and recommendations letter (to GP or other medical professional): From £300
- For neuropsychology, medicolegal and expert witness assessments, please contact us directly for a quotation.
Please note that there are additional charges for:
- Missed appointments: From £100
- Where parents, family members, professionals or other contributors need to be interviewed separately: From £250
- Where there is a significant amount of accompanying literature to consider: From £100 per hour
- For learning / cognitive assessment in addition to neurodivergence assessments: From £395 when in addition to an adjunctive assessment
Please contact us for further information about any of these specialist assessments as we would be glad to help.
Session length
Therapy sessions are usually 50 minutes long and are planned with you to ensure they suit your needs. Couples and family sessions are longer and typically range between 60 and 90 minutes.
Sessions are available during the daytime between 9am and 5pm. There are also some evening, weekend and early morning appointments available with some of our team.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality is uppermost and central to our working practice; everything you share with us will remain confidential according to our professional Codes of Conduct. This means that unless there are significant concerns about your safety or the safety of others, your information will only be shared in confidential, clinical supervision in which you remain anonymous.
Time frames
The length of a course of therapy: This can be adapted to meet short and longer-term goals, depending on your needs. This will be reviewed with you regularly, at least six weekly.
The regularity of therapy: Regularity can vary depending upon the type of therapy you choose to engage in, but it is usually held weekly or fortnightly. This can be discussed with you at your initial consultation.
Consulting Rooms
Sessions are usually held at one of our comfortable consulting rooms across the Midlands Region. In exceptional circumstances arrangements can also be made for a therapist to visit you at home (at an additional fee for travel time). We offer sessions virtually for those wishing to access it online, or those who want to combine face-to-face and online sessions.
If you have any questions that aren’t covered on this page, just get in touch with us via email or phone, or book a free brief consultation with our practice management team who will be able to assess your needs and suggest the most appropriate person to work with. They will also be able to arrange an initial consultation session with a therapist and you can consider if they are the person you would like to work with. If they aren’t, we welcome you to come back to us so we can confidentially consider who else might be the right fit for you. It’s our job to help you find the right person to make a difference and we don’t like to give up until we make a positive difference in your life!
Counselling Insurance / Health Insurance
Many of our team are registered with the core health insurance providers and are willing to register with providers as required by clients. In most instances, healthcare insurers will also allow you to claim back our fees if you have found the right person to work with. We would recommend checking with your health insurance provider to find out if psychological therapy is included within your plan, and the parameters of this. Some of the providers we’re registered with include; Bupa, AXA, Aviva, WPA.
If you’re considering therapy or looking to refer someone, please complete the referral form below. This will help us understand your needs and ensure that we can match you with the most suitable therapist or service. Once submitted, our team will review the information and get in touch to discuss the next steps.
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