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Your first session

What happens,
before it happens.

Most of the nerves come from not knowing. Here is the whole of it, from booking to the end of the first fifty minutes.

Minute by minute

  1. 00–05Settle inWhere you’d like to sit, what we’ll cover, how notes are kept.
  2. 05–20What brings youIn your own words. No forms read aloud.
  3. 20–35Some backgroundOnly what feels okay to share today.
  4. 35–45How we’d workThe approach, how often, roughly how long.
  5. 45–50Decide togetherBook again, think it over, or be referred on.
Video or in person

Same 50 minutes either way. Video links arrive by email, never by text.

Bring nothing

No preparation needed. Some people bring a note on their phone.

Confidential

What you say stays in the room, with the legal exceptions explained at the start.

Before

Three things that help

01

A quiet room

Headphones help on video. A closed door helps more.

02

One sentence

What you’d like to be different. It can change later.

03

Ten minutes after

Don’t book a meeting straight after. Give it room to settle.

Ready, or nearly?

Book a free 15-minute call first if you’d like to hear a voice before you choose.