Short-term therapy in London

If you have a specific goal in mind, short-term counselling might suit you. This type of therapy consists of 10 weekly sessions with an agreed focus.

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Getting specific results with short-term counselling

Not all therapy is open-ended or longer-term. If you want just a few sessions with a therapist, we can arrange this for you.

At your first appointment, you will be asked what you want to get from your therapy experience. Your therapist will agree a plan with you and will help you understand what to expect from short-term counselling.

With short-term counselling, your specific goals in therapy will be agreed at the beginning. In order to get the most from the time with your therapist, it’s best to limit the focus of your appointments to just one or two issues.

What is short-term therapy?

Short-term counselling is a block of 10 sessions with a therapist, where the focus of therapy is limted to just one or two specific issues. This type of therapy is useful for many, but not all, personal issues.

If the problems that are concerning you have been around for many years, short-term therapy may not be the best approach. Certain issues like chronic depression, self-harming behaviour, eating disorders and help with certain types of trauma usually require longer-term support.

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Will short-term therapy be enough for me?

Though short-term therapy is not suitable for everyone, this type of therapy has helped people with issues like stress and anxiety, low moods, problems at work or university, family issues, relationship problems, self-confidence issues and difficult transitions.

Ten sessions is enough for many types of issues.

At the end of the 10-week period, if you feel you would like more appointments, your therapist will be happy to agree a longer-term approach. You can continue with your therapist with additional appointments and stop therapy at any time, when you are ready.

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What if I just want to try therapy out, to see what it's like?

Short-term therapy is a good way to try out therapy, especially if you have never tried counselling before. You may want to just give therapy a go, to see what happens or to see what meeting with a therapist feels like.

Short-term therapy means you will only be committing to 10 sessions with your therapist, and you can speak about anything you want at your appointments.

After 10 sessions with your therapist your appointments will come to an end. If you want to continue with longer-term therapy, your therapist will be able to arrange this for you, too.

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Should I get an AI therapist instead?

To answer this, you will need to ask yourself whether artificial intelligence is intelligent enough to understand your emotional and psychological needs, and whether the relationship you might form with AI will be as complex and collaborative as a relationship you might form with a human therapist.

It’s the relationship clients form with their therapists that is at the heart of effective psychotherapy.

AI is great at collecting large amounts of data and disseminating this information in a clear, relatable way. However, AI can never replace human interaction and complex human relationships.

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Support from a therapist can make all the difference

When you consider the training and experience our therapists have, it’s not suprising that most people benefit from spending time with a therapist. Most people who have had short-term therapy report that therapy was positive and helpful to them.

Short-term therapy provides immediate, structured support. Some people find that a short-term approach is enough for them.

Online therapy is also available

Most of our clients prefer face-to-face meetings with their therapists but short-term therapy – like all our therapies – is available online. Just let us know if you prefer to meet with a therapist online.

We have been providing counselling, psychotherapy and couples therapy in London since 2006

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I approached One Therapy for short term counselling in May this year. I felt good about my therapist right from the beginning and the sessions with her were so useful. It helped me to resolve some issues in my career. I felt more confident to deal with the problems and stress at work. I would recommend One Therapy.

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one therapy london fees

For short-term therapy

Initial consultation for short-term therapy

£100

Fees for ongoing therapy Our fees for short-term therapy after your initial consultation vary depending on which therapist you see. Please check your therapist’s profile page for up to date fee information. Appointments start at £90 per session.