What to expect
Before your appointment
Before your appointment you (as parents or an adult) will be sent a pre-assessment form and some questionnaires to help me (Dr Anouk) prepare for your visit.
Initial Assessment:
Your first two appointments will form the basis of your initial assessment. If attending with a child or teenager, sometimes both parents are able to attend and sometimes just one parent can make the appointment. Both is fine.
The initial assessment appointments will be an opportunity to discuss your concerns, including any relevant history. If attending as a family, you may do this as a family group or you may separate the time between you. I will be guided by what families prefer and what seems most helpful at the time. Towards the end of the second assessment appointment, I will share my understanding of the difficulties and how they came about. I will also discuss factors contributing to the maintenance of difficulties and make therapeutic recommendations based on the findings of the assessment. This may be some self help advice, including lifestyle changes, some 1:1 sessions or sessions involving the family. I may also refer you to other services / clinicians if this is deemed most appropriate for your care.
Psychological Therapy:
I work with a range of therapeutic modalities to achieve change. I will discuss which approaches I recommend for you and why, the number of sessions I envision will be helpful and what will be involved. Therapeutic sessions are typically 1 hour long. Practising tools, techniques or experimenting with new behaviours in between sessions is an essential component of the work that you will be asked to commit to. You are under no obligation to take up any follow up sessions following the Initial Assessment. As a rough guide 6-8 sessions are recommended in mild cases, up to 16 in moderate cases and up to 32 in more severe cases. Progress is reviewed and discussed regularly with you.
After the Assessment
If you have elected to receive a report you will receive a report within 1-2 weeks following your initial assessment. This is charged based on the time taken to write the report. This report will summarise the assessment, formulation (understanding of the difficulties) and list the recommendations made. The report or aspects of the report can be helpful to share with schools and/or other professionals involved in supporting you or your child/young person.
Before your appointment you (as parents or an adult) will be sent a pre-assessment form and some questionnaires to help me (Dr Anouk) prepare for your visit.
Initial Assessment:
Your first two appointments will form the basis of your initial assessment. If attending with a child or teenager, sometimes both parents are able to attend and sometimes just one parent can make the appointment. Both is fine.
The initial assessment appointments will be an opportunity to discuss your concerns, including any relevant history. If attending as a family, you may do this as a family group or you may separate the time between you. I will be guided by what families prefer and what seems most helpful at the time. Towards the end of the second assessment appointment, I will share my understanding of the difficulties and how they came about. I will also discuss factors contributing to the maintenance of difficulties and make therapeutic recommendations based on the findings of the assessment. This may be some self help advice, including lifestyle changes, some 1:1 sessions or sessions involving the family. I may also refer you to other services / clinicians if this is deemed most appropriate for your care.
Psychological Therapy:
I work with a range of therapeutic modalities to achieve change. I will discuss which approaches I recommend for you and why, the number of sessions I envision will be helpful and what will be involved. Therapeutic sessions are typically 1 hour long. Practising tools, techniques or experimenting with new behaviours in between sessions is an essential component of the work that you will be asked to commit to. You are under no obligation to take up any follow up sessions following the Initial Assessment. As a rough guide 6-8 sessions are recommended in mild cases, up to 16 in moderate cases and up to 32 in more severe cases. Progress is reviewed and discussed regularly with you.
After the Assessment
If you have elected to receive a report you will receive a report within 1-2 weeks following your initial assessment. This is charged based on the time taken to write the report. This report will summarise the assessment, formulation (understanding of the difficulties) and list the recommendations made. The report or aspects of the report can be helpful to share with schools and/or other professionals involved in supporting you or your child/young person.
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