Getting started
Please fill in the Application Form on the next page.
I will then contact you to arrange a time for your first session. I will also email you a questionnaire; please complete it and return it by email before we meet.
The first few sessions
The first several meetings are assessment sessions. Based on your questionnaire and what you tell me, I will share how I understand your situation, and we will talk together about how therapy might proceed from there.
If we agree to continue, I recommend meeting regularly — once or more each week, at the same day and time. Keeping a steady rhythm is what makes this kind of work possible.
If I think you would be better served elsewhere, I will say so and help you find a referral.
Fees
¥8,000 per session. (This may be adjusted, by agreement.) Payment is made in cash or by bank transfer. Credit cards and electronic payment are not accepted.
During the assessment sessions, payment is made at the end of each meeting. Once ongoing therapy has begun, you may pay at the end of each session, or settle the month’s sessions at the end of the month.
If you need to miss a session
If you let me know in advance, we can usually arrange another time that week instead. Sessions cancelled on the day, or missed without notice, are charged in full. The full terms are set out in the agreement we go through together when therapy begins.
Arriving at the office
There is no waiting room. Please arrive about one minute before your appointment time and use the intercom at the building entrance on the ground floor. Once the door unlocks, come up the stairs and ring the intercom at the office door. This gives you time to come in and take off your shoes, so that your session can begin right on time.
Online sessions
Booking and the questionnaire work the same way as for in-person sessions. Once these are complete, I will send you a Google Meet link for your session.