David Bonner provides a confidential counselling service, practised within a safe and conducive setting.

You should expect an agreed number of sessions to take place, each of one hour in length.

The number of sessions required naturally varies from person to person and circumstance to circumstance, however it is reasonable to expect, say, six sessions or thereabouts.

Could I get "hooked" on therapy?

The core purpose of counselling as practised by David Bonner is to increase self awareness, self empowerment and independence.

It is not unusual for a form of dependence to arise, however this "reliance" is transitory and a skilled counsellor knows how to identify and handle such feelings. In brief then, this is not an area to be concerned about.

Whilst the past needs to be acknowledged and understood in perspective to the present, there is no obligation in David Bonner's approach to automatically "dig deep" in this way.

It is the present and the future that remain paramount, and all due and joint effort is fashioned with this in mind.

What do I need to ask about/bring with me to the first session?

Please do feel able to ask questions about times, costs, duration etc, plus information on, for example, cancelled appointment charges.

Whilst such information is included within this website ask also about qualifications and experience as you deem appropriate.

Build up a picture as to what's involved and feel assured that David Bonner is someone with whom you can work.

It is important for you to be clear as to what is being offered.

As to the first session, try to approach it in as calm and positive state as is possible, and this may be helped by briefly jotting down the essential points you need to explain at that first meeting.

From his Chiswick, West London practice, David Bonner works very flexible hours to suit most people.

Appointments start at 8.00am and run through (Mon/Fri) to the last at 8.30pm. Appointments are also available on most, but not all, Saturday mornings. This means that clients can usually be seen quite quickly.