Avigail Abarbanel

I see clients on: Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays at 10:00, 12:00, 14:00 & 16:00, and on Fridays at 10:00, 12:00 & 14:00

• My preferred mode of contact is email. I do my best to respond to email enquiries as soon as possible. If you don’t hear from me within a few days please do nudge me. (I have had my share of IT failures that have affected email). 

• Please do not contact me by text. Texts should be used for brief messages concerning appointment arrangements, etc. Texts are not appropriate or secure enough for sharing personal information, or for long conversations concerning clients’ therapy. 

• I cannot do intake by text, as there are important questions I need to ask before I can accept a new client. (Please see: https://www.fullyhuman.co.uk/about/important-information-please-read-before-contacting-us/)

• I am difficult to get hold of by phone as I am with clients most days during work hours, and my phone is likely to be silent. 

• I do not take calls after hours, or on weekends.  

• I work primarily in person. Online sessions are necessary occasionally but only for existing clients, if there are unavoidable issues with transport, or childcare on a particular day. 

• Please visit my website fullyhuman.co.uk, before you contact me for the first time. The third item under ‘Appointments’ is especially important to read, if you are considering me as a therapist (https://www.fullyhuman.co.uk/about/important-information-please-read-before-contacting-us/). 

• Complete abstinence from alcohol is now a condition of seeing me. I explain my rationale and reasons for this rule on my website at: https://www.fullyhuman.co.uk/about/important-information-please-read-before-contacting-us/

• I post notices and updates under ‘News’. Please be sure to visit the ’News’ page as it might indicate if I am on holiday or unable to accept new clients. 

• When you send an enquiry through this directory, I will respond by email. I kindly ask that you communicate with me by email from then on. 

(More information at: fullyhuman.co.uk)

New fees from 1st June 2024

Therapy & supervision fees are per session (not per hour). 

My sessions are 90 minutes long. 

• Individual sessions: £75
  
• Relationship: £80
  
• Families: £90
  
• Supervision £85 
• Consultancy fees: £100/ hour + travel
• Letters & reports: £50/hour 

For important information, please visit my website at: http://fullyhuman.co.uk 

 PLEASE NOTE: I DO NOT ACCEPT EAP WORK & DO NOT PRACTISE CBT, OR ANY OTHER SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT APPROACHES, E.G, EMDR, EFT, ETC. More information about this on my website. 

I work with adult individuals (18+), relationships, and families. I also supervise, and offer consultancy services to private and public companies. I am an experienced speaker, trainer, and writer. My approach to psychotherapy is based on Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB). I describe the way I work and how I think of therapy in detail in Therapy Without A Therapist, which is available on in paperback, and on Amazon Kindle. In this short book I explain how I see psychotherapy and my role as a therapist. I aim to take the mystery out of therapy. Given what we know now, there is no reason for psychology or therapy to remain a mystery to people, and therapists should be clear about how they work, and how their work would help their clients. I would like everyone to have a good understanding of what therapy is, how it works and why, as well as what therapists do, or should be doing. This supports people who seek therapy to make better informed choices. Therapy Without A Therapist is part of a series of short books covering trauma, anxiety, grief, and relationships. The entire series, including a more recent workbook/journal to accompany Therapy Without A therapist are available on Amazon worldwide an through other sellers. For psychotherapy to work, our brain has to change, more specifically our brain’s connectivity has to improve. Therapists cannot change their adult clients’ brains directly in any significant way. They can only facilitate and support change. I work jointly with my clients to support the correct practice that lead to the neurological development that is associated with good mental health, growth, and maturity. It is a way of working that is accurate, practical, efficient and safe, within a compassionate, warm, flexible, and creative therapeutic relationship. Mental health is too important to leave to guesswork and chance, and clients need to be given the tools to see the impact of their therapy for themselves. My work is evidence-based. 

The first session an opportunity for a two-way assessment. 

My role: 1) To assess whether what the client wants and needs out of therapy is compatible with what I offer; 2) To explain what I do and why, and how it can address the client’s concerns. 

Client’s role: To assess whether they feel I am the right therapist for them, based on their interaction with me, what I explain and how I explain it.

(More on my website at: fullyhuman.co.uk)