How I work with you and 'your' inside story

I have a very wide inventory of knowledge and skills, due to my holistic approach and 23 years of study. This enables me to understand your issues and find a match between your needs, issues and challenges and the most appropriate combination of therapeutic tools.

I work to my clients goals. You need to ‘know where you want to get to, in order to arrive’.

I ensure that you will always conclude your sessions with me in a positive, and life-enhancing frame of mind.

I achieve that by not working to the normal 50-minute appointment time, so you never worry about being rushed out the door before you are ready, and safely 'grounded'. This ensures that 'the process' we have been working on is completed, and you are not left 'high and dry' until your next session. This unfortunately sometimes happens with other therapists who are unable to work longer sessions. This can lead to a very stressful session experience.

A session with me will be between 60-120 minutes, my charge is £100 for this flexible amount of time, 

I will teach you effective techniques, to enable you to help yourself, thus maximising your abilities to sooth, rationalise and stabilise yourself when you are not with me.

You will embark upon a clearly defined 'journey' but also work as needed with the issues brought to the session, at a pace entirely governed by yourself.

I always keep in mind your goals, but I leave flexibility to take into account ‘In Vivo’ experiences happening in the present moment. Dealing with ‘life as it happens’ may be a better way of explaining it.

I promise to provide guidance with integrity, understanding, and genuine empathy.  

You start to benefit as a client of Your Inside Story when two things happen: 

Firstly you will ask for an initial appointment.......

  • An introduction from your Doctor. 

  • A referral by an existing personal client

  • Having seen an article in a publication, advertisement or heard/seen one of my podcasts.

  • You can listen to a short Podcast explaining how I work on:- Meet the Elite Podcast on Spotify… 7257 Lynda Thornton-Hunt 01-05-23- Mental Health and Author.

  • Read my book. ‘The Journey’ . An Interactive proven way to discover and achieve your goals

  • You can down load this book from this website now by clicking on the ‘download book’

Secondly a meeting of about 60 to 90 minutes will be arranged. This is the 'Discovery session' designed so that:

  • You can describe your issues and history and the problem that you feel you need help with: acknowledge your goals: It is these issues and aims that will be the focus of the joint work between us.

  • We can reach an agreement on whether we want to work together towards the end of the 'Discovery Session'.

  •  If it's decided that I am not the best person to help or out of my field of expertise, I will recommend a therapist, who is more knowledgeable in that field.

  • I work 95% through recommendation, so it makes sense to only work with those people I am confident in being able to help achieve the best results.

  • Ethical and professional guidelines laid down by my governing body BACP will be discussed briefly.

  • Any questions you have will be answered.  

The start of Your Journey.

When you begin Your Therapy, you will be embarking upon a 'journey' at a pace entirely governed by yourself. I will  also teach you effective techniques to help you overcome your problems and be self-sufficient. 

Fact-finding
The first few sessions will include 'fact-finding' and assessments to enable me to understand exactly what your issues are, this is vital in order to design a treatment plan that is unique to you. The 'presenting' problems will be fully clarified and the continuing pattern of help and teaching will be decided upon between us.

Transformational work/teaching
The required transformational work and teaching will be conducted in these sessions. During each session, you can be assured of a complete confidentiality within a secure atmosphere where you are confident of discussing sensitive  problems and issues. 

Progress monitoring
At each session, it will be clear to you what progress is being made. Also between sessions, you can contact me for further support if needed. This is a part of my caring service.

Length of programme
There is no time limit on the duration of your programme or the length of an appointment, since, by definition, every client is different. Programmes may vary between 2 and 15 sessions, subject to need.

Usual length of an appointment is between 1- 2 hours