1. Appointments and fees
Appointments for sessions will be arranged with your therapist
for the same day(s), at the same time(s) each week, for 50 minutes and for a
fee, as agreed by both therapist and patient. It is common practice for
psychoanalytic psychotherapists to charge their regular fee for all sessions
regardless of whether the patient actually attends the session or not, with or
without notice. This practice is based on the understanding that it is the
therapist’s responsibility to keep open the agreed appointment times for the
patient for the duration of the therapy and it is the patient’s responsibility
to pay for the time reserved for him/her. Fees are usually reviewed annually and
can be discussed at any time.
2. The limits of confidentiality
Psychotherapists provide a confidential setting for therapy.
Information disclosed in the therapy remains strictly confidential to the
therapeutic relationship except in the following circumstances:
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Information will never be disclosed to others outside the
therapeutic setting without the patient’s knowledge and/or consent except in
rare legal circumstances or if there is a serious risk of actual harm to the
patient or others.
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Psychoanalytic psychotherapists are obliged by their Codes of
Ethics to preserve high standards of practice. Effective and improving standards
of clinical practice require therapists to receive periodic supervision of their
clinical work and keep up to date with developments in their field. Of necessity
this requires the therapist to describe their work with their patients and this
is done in a respectful way, without compromising the patient’s right to
privacy.
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Every therapist entrusts the contact details of their patients
with a professional colleague so that if they become incapacitated, for whatever
reason, their patients can be informed and professional help made available to
make alternative arrangements if/as appropriate.
3. Good Practice
Every therapist in APEL practices according to the Code of
Ethics and Practice of their Professional Organisation (as listed below) and
this includes a Complaints Procedure
4. Therapists who are members of APEL with the name of their
Professional Organisation
Mrs Gill Bannister (Foundation for Psychotherapy and
Counselling)
Ms Tricia Bickerton (Lincoln Clinic and Centre for Psychotherapy)
Mr John Boulton (London Centre for Pschotherapy)
Ms Astrid Brown (Foundation for Psychotherapy and Counselling)
Ms Rachel Chaplin (Lincoln Clinic and Centre for Psychotherapy)
Mr David Cohen (London Centre for Psychotherapy)
Mrs Celia Harding (Foundation for Psychotherapy and Counselling)
Ms Rita Heeran (London Centre for Pschotherapy)
Mr Michael Lamprell (London Centre for Psychotherapy)
Ms Jo-Ann Lewis (Association for Group and Individual Psychotherapy)
Addresses of relevant Professional Organisations:
The Foundation for Psychotherapy and Counselling
607 The Chandlery
50 Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7QY
Tel: 020 7721 7660
Lincoln Clinic and Centre for Psychotherapy
19 Abbeville Mews
88 Clapham Park Road,
London SW4 7BX
Tel: 020 7978 1545
London Centre for Psychotherapy
32 Leighton Road
London NW5 2QE
Tel: 020 7482 2002
Association for Group and Individual Psychotherapy
1 Fairbridge Road
London N19 3EW
Tel: 020 7272 7013
APEL: c/o 36 Richmond Road, Leytonstone, London E11
4BU
Tel: 020 8556 5089
Charity registration no: 1052691 |
