International Clients

Counselling Services via Telephone and Skype

I provide my services on line, via skype, email and telephone to clients around the world. I am familiar with issues that may be faced by expats living and working in another country and who may not have access to face to face counselling services.

I also work with English speaking nationals who prefer my approach to counselling to what may be available locally.

Distance counselling utilizing a range of on line tools and resources can significately help in developing viable solutions to problems. Sometimes the work will be sufficient in itself.At other times it allows for the exploration of issues and the beginning of the healing process with work being done face to face when this becomes possible.

Experience Counts

I have over thirty years experience as a counsellor/ therapist. I have worked over this time with a whole range of clients - (some of them probably a bit like you) and with a great range of presenting problems ( again there is likely to have some similarity to yours). Part of this work has been telephone based counselling as part of therapeutic teams working in community health and fields of addictive behaviours.

Can Distance counselling/therapy be helpful?

The principles of healing dialogue apply whether or not I can meet with you in person.

Expect to be repected, heard and to have areas of competencies noted and encouraged. Expect to be invited to utilize all aspect of "you" in our conversation including the conscious and unconscious self. Expect to be encouraged to move in "possibilityland" at your own pace.

My experience and feed back have indicated the usefulness of internet, skype or telephone counselling where this is the chosen method of contact. This choice may arise out of necessity or it may arise from preference. The reasons do not matter what is important is the decision to move forward and begin the change process.

Initial Contact is Free

The first twenty minutes of contact time is free. The intent is for you to get a sense of who I am and the way I work with people. Equally I can assess whether my approach is likely to be helpful to you or suggest other resources or practitioners.

I can ring you directly in certain countries and I cover the cost of the phone call:

China landlines mobiles Japan landlines Malaysia landlines Australia landlines

Hong Kong S.A.R., China landlines mobiles South Korea landlines

New Zealand landlines Singapore landlines mobiles Thailand landlines mobiles

Cost

If you decide this style of counselling suits you, we will work out a schedule of contact and payment. Session payment is in advance either via Paypal, direct deposit or another acceptable means of payment.

Rates are according to your income and some clients choose to pay for a number of sessions in advance which is at a discount of the normal fee.

Financial Hardship

Please feel free to discuss your situation with me.

This service is for clients dealing with issues such as grief, depression, anxiety, sexual difficulties, internet addiction, addictive behaviours, relationship and other problems.

If you are dealing with a crisis which involves the risk of self harm or are contemplating suicide I cannot provide the level of support required over the internet as a sole practitioner.

Please google " lifeline" " samaritans", " "suicide prevention" and contact an appropriate service.

Thoughts of suicide can arise as a step toward change. This is not to diminish the pain and difficulties such thoughts may reflect. It is of prime importance to seek appropriate professional support to assist you in dealing with suicidal thoughts and impulses.