Respectful Therapy Partnership

1. Mutual Respect in Communication

You’re encouraged to:

• Share openly and respect that some topics may need gentle pacing

• Challenge ideas while respecting that safety guides our work

2. Respect for Boundaries

• Time: Please arrive on time, or notify me in the first 15-minutes if you'll be late, otherwise I may terminate the session and move onto other work.

• Crisis care: Counselling is not a crisis service, please contact a 24/7 crisis service, such as Samaritans: 116 123, if needed.

• Behaviour: Harassment/manipulation and other forms of boundary crossing is unethical and undermines our work and therefore may result in termination of the therapy.

3. Respectful Closure

• Therapeutic endings: usually at least 1-2 planned sessions to conclude our work

• Immediate termination (rare): Only if fundamental respect is compromised (e.g., boundary-crossing). Your dignity will still be honoured in transition planning.

Always feel free to ask questions—I’m happy to clarify!