Session & Contact Details
Sessions are approx 55 minutes. Each session is £45. A sliding scale fee, based on your household income, is available if needed.What will happen in the free initial consultation?
The 15-30 minute consultation is that together, we can identify the problem, if Brief Therapy is the treatment of choice for you and whether or not to proceed further.
When are appointments available?
Appointment hours are varied. Daytime, weekday and evening hours are available. Please call us at 0115 9271113 or 07944609138 or Email me for the availability of specific appointment times.
Contact details
Laurie Lipitch
Tel :( +44) 01159271113
Mb :( +44) 07944609138
E: letting.go@ntlworld.com
Web: counsellingsolutions.org
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Working with relationships
Many of the personal problems we face can arise in the context of our relationships and family background. Nottingham Confidence Counselling offers sessions for couples, adolescents and families to help work through their difficulties and find more fulfilling ways of relating to each other.
Couple therapy
If you want to talk about how you can improve your current relationship, or manage a separation, you may find it useful to book a session. Often, the focus can be on discovering whether or not your relationship has a future.
Who is welcome?
Nottingham Confidence Counselling respect differences of culture, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation. You are welcome whether you are married, living together, separated, divorced or single and whatever your sexual orientation or identity.
What does couple therapy entail?
Brief Therapy Couple counselling can help you take time to see your relationship from a fresh perspective. You can discuss your feelings, values and expectations, and your therapist may work with you on how to communicate more clearly. You and your partner have an opportunity to explore with your therapist your roles, desires and behaviour, to think about what you want from your relationship and what you can do to change your situation for the better. It also gives you the space to explore, in confidence, complex or difficult issues, including areas of less obvious tension or conflict, and your sexual relationship.
Staying together or separating?
Couple sessions can help you decide if you wish to maintain your relationship. However, if you decide to separate, these sessions can support you in managing an ending.
Family therapy
How can family therapy help?
The stress and strains of everyday life, together with the tensions that each member may contribute, can put families under immense pressure. Likewise, personal problems can be made worse by a stressful family life, and it can be a challenge to the family group when an individual family member is going through a process of personal change. Change of any kind can be challenging to how a family works.
Where tensions continue or get worse, it can be beneficial to seek professional help in order to find a way through. You can see me, as a small group or as a whole family together.
Nottingham Confidence Counselling will always remain objective and I am trained to facilitate families in exploring and overcoming their difficulties through better communication and changing detrimental patterns of behaviour.
The impact of separation and divorce
Nottingham Confidence Counselling can also support you and your children through a divorce or separation, when all members of the family are affected and strong emotions or tensions can exist – including blended or extended families.
Adolescent therapy
How can adolescent therapy help?
Adolescence is a developmental phase and a period of change that is of critical importance. How this period of upheaval is navigated can have implications for the rest of an individual’s life.
By working with an experienced adolescent therapist, the young person can describe and explore problematic areas such as conflict within the family, behavioural difficulties, stress or anxiety, feeling suicidal, sexual feelings, social skills and relating to other people. Adolescent counselling aims to engage with the problems described, and through increased awareness of thoughts and feelings, to develop communication skills and improve self-esteem.
Parental / guardian involvement
Individual counselling or psychotherapy with adolescents in Nottingham can be combined with some meetings with the parent(s) or guardian(s), and/or family therapy sessions, depending on the circumstances.
HOW DO I START?
All our services start with a free initial 15-30minute session at my central Nottingham or North Nottingham premises. This meeting is an opportunity to explore what has brought you to Counselling, and to decide whether to start attending regular weekly sessions.
Following sessions are £45 for individuals, £60 for couples and £70 for families. A sliding scale is offered for those that require it.
You can book an appointment by phoning 0115 9271113 or 07944609138 daytime or evening. Alternatively you can email l.lipitch@ntlworld.com.
IS THERE AN APPOINTMENT TIME THAT SUITS ME?
Appointments are available daytime and evening, Monday to Saturday. The earliest appointment is 8am, the latest is at 7pm.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Your initial consultation session will last up to 30 minutes. This is an opportunity to explore what has brought you to Counselling, and to decide whether Brief Therapy is for you. During the initial session, I will assess the nature of your difficulties and answer any questions you may have, before discussing the best way in which I may help.
HOW LONG DO SESSIONS LAST AND HOW OFTEN WILL THEY BE?
Sessions are for approximately 55minutes, and are usually at a frequency of once a week, or less. Starting regular sessions is a commitment to prioritising the session time, as consistent attendance is important for the process.
WHO IS WELCOME?
This is a private service based in Nottingham– you do not need a referral from a doctor. My practice is open to clients as individuals or couples, regardless of gender, age, sexuality or nationality.
Premises in Central Nottingham do include wheelchair access. Premises in North Nottingham do include a flight of stairs, but no access for wheelchair users.
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