Your agreement with your therapist
When you agree to a course of therapy you are agreeing to a contract, with both sides making a commitment. There is no standard length of treatment or set fee for a session, you agree these with your therapist. Things you should include in your agreement are:
- how much you will pay per session
- how often (how many times a week or month) you will see your therapist
- how many sessions you expect to have in total
- the minimum number of sessions you are agreeing to (after which you can both review progress and agree how many more sessions you will have before the next review)
- what fees you will pay if you miss or cancel an appointment
- what you will do about fitting in sessions around holidays
- whether they keep notes of your meetings and how they protect your confidentiality.
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