Frequently Asked Questions about Counselling

Based on what our clients tell us, and have told us over the last twelve years or so, our work is extremely effective!

Our therapists are highly trained as well as experienced. Paul holds both a BSc (Hons) and MSc (Distinction) in Psychology whilst Joan is a highly qualified Hypnotherapist and BSc undergraduate following a BPS accredited course of psychology with counselling.

We make use of the both the PHQ9 and GAD7 assessment tools for gauging recovery and improvement rates across our services.

Binder is a BACP Counsellor and relationship therapist with over 20 years working for RELATE.

We get excellent feedback from our private clients who are very happy with our service.

You can view what our clients say here.

Absolutely not.

We specifically avoid the use of complex concepts and language as part of the normal process.

Of course, some people may find some of the ideas contained within the ‘treatment’ ‘difficult’ or ‘challenging’, but the most important thing you need is not ‘intellectual power’, but a strong desire to change and a preparedness to put in 100% effort to achieve your aim.

We can help you to get to grips with your ‘unhelpful’ thinking and cognition that may be creating or supporting your symptoms.

By doing so you can progressively beat whatever it is that is problematic.

One of the fundamental points they we help you to get to grips with when following a course of psychotherapy or training with us is that there really is no ‘it’; ‘therapy’ doesn’t actually ‘do’ anything to a person at all!

In fact, no form of training or psychological therapy ‘does’ anything to a person, it is ALWAYS ‘what’ a person does that makes a difference to their lives.

This breaks with tradition as a great many therapists out in the community try to ‘sell’ the idea that their particular ‘therapy’ or ‘technique’ in some way ‘changes’ people without them having to make any kind of ‘effort’ at all, and just by ‘experiencing’ their particular technique you will somehow ‘get better’.

So, the answer to the question is that YOU are the person who makes changes by using the tools and techniques that we ‘teach’ you that are embodied in our therapies.

Psychological change involves your time in two different ways.

If you are following the Tranceformental CBT Programme with Paul you will spend at least 10 hours at the ‘clinic’ in Wombourne, normally spaced over 10 weekly sessions.

Secondly, you can expect to spend somewhere in the region of 3 – 4 hours reading our workbook each week as well as sometime during each and every day applying the principles you learn within the course.

Therefore you can expect something like 50 hours of session and reading time, plus the time you spend each day carrying out specific ‘mental’ activities.

If this, for example, added up to two hours a day, that might mean over the course of the whole programme that you spend:

Sessions – 10 hours

Reading – 40 hours (4 hours x 10 weeks)

Applying – 140 hours (2 hours x 70 days)

Approximately 190 hours.

If you could almost completely transform your life for the better would this be time YOU would be willing to spend?

Here at Tranceform Psychology we have three therapists available to help you.

In general terms, we can normally fit you in within a week of your initial consultation with us.

This is in stark contrast to the provision of therapy services offered by the NHS which can frequently involve waiting times of many months which is not particularly helpful if your need is rather more immediate!

However, unlike NHS provided psychological therapy, we do of course charge you for our time (We ALL pay for the NHS though of course!).

Absolutely yes.

Paul is an academic psychologist and psychotherapist and holds a professional diploma in CBT as well as a Bachelor of Science Honours (BSc) degree and a Masters degree (MSc) in Psychology.

Joan is a qualified Hypnotherapist as well as a founder member of the British Brain Working Society. She is also currently an undergraduate studying a BPS approved BSc in Psychology and Counselling.

All therapists are DBS cleared (old CRB).

All therapists are also fully insured with full public liability insurance which can be viewed at the clinic.