Terms and Conditions

Confidentiality

• Confidential sessions – All sessions at Aahna South Asian Therapy are confidential. Identities and personal information of clients are protected and ethical practices are informed.

Initial Consultation

• Purpose – The free 15-minute consultation will assess your needs and help us to determine the therapist who we think can best support you.
• Scheduling – Once there is the interest to move forward with sessions, the day and time is agreed upon for the client ans therapist to have their first session. The Contract and Assessment Form are sent for you to read and complete, if in agreement. Upon consent, completion and return your zoom link is sent to begin sessions.

Initial Session

• First session – The first session serves as an introduction between you and your therapist. Its goal is to assess your needs and determine whether you can work effectively together.
• Discussion points: This involves completion of the CORE-10 form, discussion of presenting issues and goals, the frequency of sessions, and the length of therapy required.
• Scheduling: Once ongoing sessions are established, your slots will be automatically reserved unless changes are mutually agreed upon between client and therapist.
• Terms and conditions: Each therapist has individual terms and conditions regarding possible rearrangement of sessions, if needed.

Payment

• Advance payment: Payments are sent 2-days prior to each session and are due with immediate effect.

Cancellation Policy and Rescheduling

• Notice requirement: If you need to cancel or reschedule a session, you must provide at least 7 days’ notice. Rescheduling is subject to the therapist’s availability.

Length of Therapy

• Short-term therapy: Involving a limited number of sessions to help you make important decisions and relieve high levels of stress. This is normally agreed upon between client and therapist.
• Long-term therapy: A more in-depth understanding and analysis of your experiences, dealing with the complexities of life.

Ending Therapy

• Ethical responsibility: Once therapy begins, therapists have an ethical duty to accompany clients until the process reaches a natural conclusion.
• Client’s choice: Clients can end therapy at any stage. We recommend a 2 week notice period for each year in therapy. This period allows for proper closure of the therapeutic process.

Disclaimer

Thank you for visiting Aahna South Asian Therapy. This Disclaimer notice applies to Aahna South Asian Therapy and all social media platforms for Aahna South Asian Therapy.

This page is intended to provide general information about our knowledge and understanding of Counselling and Psychotherapy practices and services. Information produced by us – written, spoken or in video format – is for educational purposes. We intend to help as many people as possible through teaching.

Any communication in any form via social media platforms does not establish a business or therapeutic relationship of any kind. Please note that talking therapies offer guidance to bring about positive change and do not intend to replace medical treatment or diagnosis. Remember that there are a range of beliefs, theories, modalities, experts and teachers in this field.

Any information provided is not proposed to be a representation of every person, as each experience is individual. We have taken great care to make the information as accurate as possible, however, this cannot always be guaranteed. Psychotherapy is varying and any material is a general overview to provide insight into some of the work within this field.

For confidentiality purposes, any past or present clients are advised to not comment, send direct messages, or write reviews on any social media platforms.

Thank you!