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MICHAEL OAKES M.A., R.C.C.Registered Clinical Counsellor in British Columbia
Counselling and Psychotherapy Services |
My Services ~ My Rates for Psychotherapy
Based on your particular situation we may choose to pivot or change our process in an adaptive way to best address your evolving needs. We can flexibly adapt and integrate modalities as the process unfolds, and new material surfaces. I work with clients who are experiencing:
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Getting Started
We can start when you contact me to request a free consultation or onboarding.
Free Consultation: A free consultation (15-20 minute) is an opportunity to meet and briefly discuss your situation and explain my approach. This can help inform your sense if working together would be a good fit. To proceed with sessions you will need to complete an intake questionnaire and consent forms, then booking an initial assessment and subsequent therapy sessions.
Initial Assessment: The initial assessment allows me to gather information about your history and current life in order to begin a clinical case conceptualization. This is also a time for you to ask questions and collaborate on planning. I ask several direct and specific questions during assessment (it is not a therapy session). In this meeting we are discussing your concerns and screening to create a comprehensive clinical impression of your background and current functioning. This is used as the starting point to inform where to focus at the start of our therapy sessions. The process of informed consent involves explaining my approaches and mutually agreeing on the way we will work. I pay close attention to what clients share before proposing therapeutic options, or approaches to treatment. Informed consent is an ongoing and continuous process.
Therapy/Treatment: Following the initial assessment, the therapy treatment process begins formally. We will continually collaborate to identify and prioritise your evolving needs and priorities through therapy. Therapy is your time and your priorities are imoportant to me. Sessions are 1 clinical hour (45-50 Mins) unless otherwise arranged and agreed upon. If interested in arranging sessions longer than an hour, the rate would be scaled based on the hourly rate for the session type.
Free Consultation: A free consultation (15-20 minute) is an opportunity to meet and briefly discuss your situation and explain my approach. This can help inform your sense if working together would be a good fit. To proceed with sessions you will need to complete an intake questionnaire and consent forms, then booking an initial assessment and subsequent therapy sessions.
Initial Assessment: The initial assessment allows me to gather information about your history and current life in order to begin a clinical case conceptualization. This is also a time for you to ask questions and collaborate on planning. I ask several direct and specific questions during assessment (it is not a therapy session). In this meeting we are discussing your concerns and screening to create a comprehensive clinical impression of your background and current functioning. This is used as the starting point to inform where to focus at the start of our therapy sessions. The process of informed consent involves explaining my approaches and mutually agreeing on the way we will work. I pay close attention to what clients share before proposing therapeutic options, or approaches to treatment. Informed consent is an ongoing and continuous process.
Therapy/Treatment: Following the initial assessment, the therapy treatment process begins formally. We will continually collaborate to identify and prioritise your evolving needs and priorities through therapy. Therapy is your time and your priorities are imoportant to me. Sessions are 1 clinical hour (45-50 Mins) unless otherwise arranged and agreed upon. If interested in arranging sessions longer than an hour, the rate would be scaled based on the hourly rate for the session type.
My Rates for Psychotherapy
I currently offer regular sessions via telehealth (online video sessions or audio calls) at the following rates:
Individual 1:1 Therapy - $165 per clinical hour (45-50 mins) for individual therapy
Couples Therapy - $190 per clinical hour (45-50 mins) for couples/family/conjoint/relationship therapy (two client therapy)
For counselling services please contact me.
