What Your Session Fee Covers
At Nutbrown Counselling, I value transparency and want you to feel confident in the care you're receiving. Your session fee includes more than just our time together — it reflects the preparation, documentation, and coordination that support the therapeutic process.
Included in Your Session Fee:
Your fee covers a range of services designed to support your healing and growth:
Psychotherapy: A full counselling session tailored to your needs and goals.
Clinical Documentation: Professional, confidential note-taking and file management after each session.
Session Preparation: Time spent reviewing your file, reflecting on your progress, and planning resources or interventions for your care.
Brief Coordination of Care: Up to 20 minutes per month of communication (e.g. with physicians, psychiatrists, school counsellors) to support collaborative care — with your consent.
Resource Sharing: Relevant worksheets, handouts, or tools to support your work between sessions.
Ongoing Professional Development: Investment in training, supervision, and consultation to ensure safe, ethical, and up-to-date practice.
Additional Services (Billed Separately):
Some services require additional time or fall outside of standard session work. These may be billed separately and will always be discussed in advance:
Extended Coordination of Care: More than 20 minutes of care team communication in a month (e.g. multiple emails, calls, or detailed reports).
Letter or Report Writing: For school accommodations, medical leave, or other formal purposes.
Outside Appointments: Attendance at school meetings, medical appointments, or other sessions outside the office (in-person or virtual).
Hospital Visits: When arranged in advance and clinically appropriate.
Support Between Sessions: While I strive to respond to non-urgent messages within a reasonable time, Nutbrown Counselling is not a crisis service. If more extensive non-crisis support is provided between sessions, it may be billed proportionately based on time.