to ask what you pay per session for therapy?

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The Priory charge £160 per session which seems outrageous to me but wanted to ask what others pay for private therapy?

That’s interesting. Why did you need to demonstrate being on the edge of a breakdown and which symptoms did you fake? I’m surprised the staff couldn’t spot a fake a mile off.

Did you miss the don’t ask bit?

That’s probably fair enough for that level of experience and still less than a therapist at The Priory

Its an anonymous forum so where’s the harm?

Reading these prices makes me grateful that I was able to access therapy through a local charity and qualified therapists give their time and knowledge on a voluntary basis.
22x1hr sessions free..and helped me get my life in perspective.

I found them all rubbish.

Older than them, and they barely had the experience I had.

You tube is better, and free!

£70ph but I’d fully expect the Priory to be more. That fee will be nothing to most of its clients.

£80 for 50 mins with a psychodynamic BACP counsellor

£140 for 50 minutes

It will be variable depending on the qualifications and specialism.

You can get a 'therapist' for less than £100, but they won't have the same level of qualifications as a Dr of Clinical Psychology. Clinical Psychologist will likely be the low-mid 100s, but then once you get to people who do work for the courts/legal situations/expert witness and/or have extra specialism/qualifications such as neuropsychology then it might be £180-220ph

I think that's a lot for a 'therapist', that could cover a whole range of trainings from counselling to psychotherapy.

£60. She’s a BACP registered psychotherapist and really good. I have had some crap, more expensive ones too, including one who just wanted to talk about herself 🤷‍♀️

The Priory and Harley Street can probably charge what they like. I imagine they have a revolving door of celebs to keep them going.
I'd expect to pay £50-£60 locally.
Ask for a taster session to see if you think you can work together. Trusting your therapist and feeling that they get you is immensely important and worth paying a bit more for.

My friend told me her daughter's child psychiatrist (London) for an eating disorder charges £200 an hour.

But this person is not just specialised in their field, they are considered a leading expert and has been working for 4 decades.

I have a good knowledge of average national
rates

£45-70 for counsellor
£65-90 for CBT therapist/ therapist with qualifications in therapy
£90-130 for any sort of psychologist
£130-170 for very experienced or specialist or London based psychologists

OP you mention your therapist has no qualifications? I wouldn’t recommend anyone sees someone who doesn’t have formal training and who doesn’t use science to inform their behaviour change plans.

Also it depends if in person or online. Online is going to be cheaper.
in-person therapists in London are more than £70, in my experience, more like £90

I've seen a couple of people recently with the 'clinical psychologist' title and both were around £100. A few years ago I saw someone who was BACP registered for about £40, but she was terrible. She just didn't follow any systematic practice whatsoever. I felt like I was just paying for the same kind of chat I coukld have got from a sympathetic neighbour.
I was definitely left with the impression that BACP registration means absolutely nothing when it comes to basic standards of competence.
I would never again pay anyone anything who did not have the regulated title 'clinical psychologist'. Of course, a practitioner can still be ineffective, or not right for you, even with that safety net of regulation. But I feel shocked by the volume and unreliability of unregulated therapy.

Sorry, my training was so intense and so long, I wonder sometimes if people realise. Not everyone trains as long as I did, but I also notice people don’t tend to fee the same about coaches charging a lot (usually a lot more).
I’m glad you have found a good one, I’m surprised not masters level trained, but they don’t need to be to be good.
It’s usually the hardest part of our job, having to charge people, if that makes you feel any better.

£40. It’s a lower cost practice and £40 is the mid tier. I think the highest is £55.
My therapist has a post grad diploma and is brilliant, I’ve been seeing him weekly for three years now.

£130 for my son's but she is a psychologist, 30 years experience.

He's currently not engaging so it's money well spent 😀

This. Therapy is a broad term, and it’s not a protected title. It is really important to meet a few providers to find a relational match. Broadly speaking, a clinical psychologist will charge more as they are qualified to diagnose and possibly offer a behavioural approach. Apples and oranges.

I don't doubt in certain circumstances and with the right therapist, it can be useful, but I think a lot of it is naval gazing.

Can you recommend any particular on You Tube?

Only a particular type of person would view trying to understand yourself better and to unpick unhelpful scrips you may have imbibed in childhood, or to come to terms with the ongoing impact of ACEs, as ‘navel gazing’.

Therapy, with hard luck and the right therapist match, can be transformative.

I paid £55 per hour 20 years ago, although I was 18 and when I told my therapist I would have to only come once a month because I couldn't afford it she told me I could pay her whatever I felt I could afford.