Please read this contract carefully and discuss any query with me. You will be deemed to accept these terms if you book or attend any further sessions after the initial appointment.

 

As the Client, I/we will:

• Take personal responsibility for upholding this contract individually as well as together with my partner/s.

• Commit to attending regular sessions, usually on a weekly basis, unless alternative scheduling is specifically agreed with our therapist.

• Attend punctually, given that the time allocated for each session will begin and end at the scheduled times.

• Attend each appointment together with all parties present, unless alternative arrangements are agreed with the therapist.

• Pay the invoiced fee on or before the day of the appointment, unless I/we have agreed alternative payment arrangements with my therapist, such as private health insurance. Fees are reviewed annually.

• Pay for missed, rescheduled or cancelled sessions, unless a pre-planned absence is agreed at the discretion of my therapist. I/we will give 24 hours’ notice of cancellation.

• Where private health insurance is applicable, I/we will provide billing details and authorisation code for any invoicing of fees direct to the insurer. I/we commit to pay any policy excess, or to pay fees privately after the insurance cover expires.

• Acknowledge the importance of a therapeutic ending by attending one pre-planned ending session. The nominated ending session is to be arranged at least 1 week in advance, to allow time for reflection and preparation. If I/we do not attend a pre-arranged ending session within one calendar month of giving notice to end therapy, I/we agree to pay the fee for one session to end this contract.

 

As your therapist, I commit to:

• Advising you of my planned absences in advance.

• Upholding ethical guidelines according to my professional codes. This includes maintaining confidentiality, unless there is sufficient concern about the risk of harm to you as my client/s and/or someone else, or if I am required to give evidence in court.

• Supporting your relationship unless one or more people in the relationship state that it is ending or there is sufficient concern about wellbeing/safeguarding.

• Avoiding the keeping of secrets by holding information of which other people in the relationship are unaware. I may disclose to all clients in the relationship any information shared with me by any mode of communication by any other person in the relationship.