Client Information
This information pertains to working with Dominic Davies, Director of Pink Therapy.
Our Clinical Associates all run their own independent practices and so may not work the same way and have their own fee arrangements. 
Please ensure you clarify the contract with your therapist regarding their experience, qualifications,
methods of working, appointments, fees and cancellation charges.

If we decide to work together, we make a commitment to a number of sessions which we review before deciding whether to continue longer term.

We will normally agree to regular sessions on a weekly or fortnightly basis. Please endeavour to be on time for your appointment as I am not usually able to go beyond our agreed session time. Unfortunately, there isn’t a waiting room, and so if you arrive early, please don’t buzz the intercom in case I am with another client. There are several cafés nearby and we are above Barcode.

Full fees are charged for all arranged sessions, including cancellations, unless we are able to reschedule. You are welcome to pay by credit or debit cards or cash either in advance or at the time of the session. If you are ill, please give as much notice as you can.

I would like to be kept informed if you are using alcohol or non prescribed drugs excessively or are taking any prescribed medication. Please also let me know information about other therapeutic work you are doing. 

I am a Senior Registered Practitioner with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and abide by their Ethical Framework, and their Complaints Procedure which I can share with you if you require. I am also in regular supervision and undertake a commitment to regular professional training and personal development. 

Our work is confidential. The only circumstance for my breaking confidentiality is if I have a serious concern that you may harm yourself or someone else.  I would always endeavour to let you know if this were to be the case.  I may discuss our work in supervision, which is an ethical requirement for my Registration with BACP and designed to ensure you get the best possible service.  When I do talk about our work, I do so in ways which preserve your anonymity. I am happy to discuss my supervision arrangements with you.  If you have been referred via an employee counselling service, then I will be asked to provide information for statistical and clinical management purposes.  I am also happy discuss this with you.

Please ask about anything you'd like clarified about my practice or our work together. It is particularly important to let me know if there is anything about our work that you are unhappy about. We will periodically review our work together as it is helpful for us to know what helps and what might hinder your therapeutic progress. If you want us to stop working together, I would normally like to have at least four weeks notice of this, so that we may have time to explore our ending and its implications.

My aim to is offer a high standard of practice through a professional therapeutic relationship.  It may happen that we accidentally encounter each other in a social setting. To try to protect your confidentiality, I will only acknowledge you if you make initial contact. It is my experience that all out of session contact needs to be discussed in our next session as it often has therapeutic implications for our work.

Fees

In setting my fees I try to strike a balance between my worth as an experienced therapist who is solely self-employed alongside an affordable structure which allows people with a range of incomes to be able to access therapy with me.

I currently charge an assessment fee of £65 for our initial consultation and if we decide to work together, I ask you to pay subsequent sessions according to your gross income. I realise that this requires honesty and trust and those qualities are, of course, at the heart of every successful relationship. In cases of hardship, this initial £65 fee may be reduced

My fees are revised periodically and I undertake to give you a minimum of one month verbal notice of any changes. I also trust that if your income changes (up or down), you will let me know and we can reflect that in a renegotiated fee.

Because of the high rents in Central London, I generally try to earn a minimum of £65 per session for daytime appointments and around £80 for an appointment after 5pm. I do carry a couple of lower fee places and if you need one of these, please let me know. I am open to some negotiation on this to some extent and  I am also able to recommend other therapists if my fees are outside an affordable rate for you. If your income is below £22,000 p.a. you are eligible for low-cost counselling at PACE

Missed sessions and cancellation - renegotiation

I am open to negotiating the length and frequency of appointments (e.g. an hour a week, 1½ hours a fortnight etc.). Once we agree an appointment, I assume we'll continue at the same time each week/fortnight until we renegotiate or end our work. I require two weeks notice for any cancellation, renegotiation or termination of our contract.

Many people come to see me long term and I recognise the need to take holidays etc. So long as I have at least two weeks notice I will not charge for reasonable cancelled appointments; (I consider reasonable to be four weeks in any six month period). Additional fee breaks would be at my discretion. 

If we are working together for more than six months, I request that you give me at least four weeks notice if you want to end therapy, so that we can review our work together and end appropriately.

My current fee scale is a baseline fee is £50 and then I charge £1 for every £1000 of gross income above £20,000 to a maximum of £100.

You can more easily read off your income on the scale below: (although these show increments of £5,000, please find your mid point in between).

This page is available for downloading directly to your computer as an Word document. Click here to download this Information Sheet.

If we have arranged an appointment, it would be helpful if you could download this contact details form, complete it and bring it to our first meeting. Thanks!