Setting up your Initial consultation appointment
If you would like to set up your first consultation appointment, you are welcome to contact me by email or by filling out the Contact Form on this website. You can also contact me by phone or text (SMS or WhatsApp).
To protect your privacy, it is recommended not to include any confidential or personal information about your health in the Contact Form. Please note, sending an E-mail or the Contact Form does not constitute any contractual or commercial obligations on either side. Therefore, the contact form is to be understood as an inquiry, the appointment is only considered agreed upon confirmation. Incoming Contact Forms and emails will be processed within a few days and therefore are not suitable for urgent matters.
The first appointment usually lasts about 60 minutes. It is designed as an introductory session and should allow enough time to discuss the key topics. In this meeting, we will try to identify together what is the situation you are facing, what kind of psychological assistance you may benefit from and align the expectations from the process going forward. Some clients find it difficult to talk about certain topics in their first meeting, hence it is quite common to have more than one session to cover the fundamentals.
In case of emergency
Please note:
Sometimes people who in the state of emotional suffering or are under the stress need emergency help. If you are in a crisis or have suicidal ideation, or if you believe that someone is in danger of harming yourself or others, or in a life-threatening emergency, it is important to take appropriate and immediate action. You can / should call to crisis center, notify local law enforcement, and / or take the person to the emergency room.
+41 (0) 27 321 21 21 - Parpas Suicide Prevention Lifeline
+41 44 421 21 21 - Emergency doctor & emergency psychiatrist
143 - Die Dargebotene Hand (The Helping Hand helpline)
147 - Counseling and support for children and adolescent
+41 44 261 88 66 - Zurich helpline for parents
+44 255 11 11 - Notfallpsychiatrie - Universitätsspital Zürich
Tariff and Insurance arrangements
The tariff for the first and the following sessions is CHF 175 for individual counseling and
CHF 200 for counseling for couples and families. Payment can be made in cash or by bank transfer.
Rates and Session Length
175 CHF - per 50-minute session, individual
200 CHF - per 60-minute session, couples and families
Online and phone sessions are available and depending upon your circumstances.
Prices also vary depending on the type of assessment. Quotes are available upon consultation.
Please contact your health insurance to check whether they cover or partly cover psychological services.
If you wish to cancel an appointment, please do so in at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled session. If you fail to do so you will be billed for the full cost of the session.
Where are sessions provided?
The services are provided in the following manners:
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Face to face sessions: provided in your preferred location (home, school, work) or in my office in canton Zürich/ Zug)
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Online video sessions or phone sessions
Please contact me for any question you may have and for my availability.
Confidentiality & Privacy Policy
Clients and patients turn to the psychologist with trust and with knowing that the psychologist is obliged to keep confidentiality. They expect and trust that the information which they entrust to the psychological specialist, remain protected and confidential.
Psychologists are bound by professional secrecy and ethics to protect patients and their interests. Everything falls under this obligation of professional secrecy that is entrusted to them as a result of their profession or that they perceive during their work. Psychologists may only provide information if the patient concerned has given their consent and there is a disclosure agreement (written permission), except in special cases and situations prescribed by law.