Smita Rajput Kamble

I don't practise on weekends. 

I am a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, which means I am trained to see you 3xweekly in long term psychotherapy. However I sometimes suggest short term work which can be 4-6 sessions or upto 3 months, while long term is more than 18 months.  

After an initial session I usually send you a contract online.  This gives you a chance to look at pre conditions for continuing with me such as :

1. fee agreed during initial session, 

2. paying for missed sessions, 

3. holiday breaks and 

4. ethical matters like making complaints. 

Once you have read the contract and confirmed your next session, we continue once a week (or more, as discussed/needed), preferably at the same time and day as we began.  

In my consulting room, I have two chairs (including my chair) and a chaise. The latter is used in the classical psychoanalytic way- to free associate whilst looking away from the therapist. Some clients use it because they have had previous experience of doing so while some work up to it.  

Generally, people like sitting in the chair.  I have bookcases which house mainly psychoanalytic literature and other related topics. Also, the room has artefacts from my travels. 

An initial or first session will help you get an idea of what it would be like to work with me.

In the session we will discuss:

1. Your issue and explore underlying trauma

2. Whether this issue can benefit from psychoanalytic psychotherapy

3. My terms and conditions, which are in line with how psychoanalytic therapy is practised in the UK

4. A time frame and finance

After the initial session, I will send you a contract online to give you an overview of pre conditions to working with me.  If you are satisfied, we continue weekly on the same day and time. 

 I currently supervise psychodynamic groups in Bedford Counselling Foundation and can offer limited spaces for potential supervisees.

I offer one to one or group supervision to psychodynamic counsellors and psychotherapists.  

I have chairs, chaise , bookcases and artefacts in the room. 

An initial session will help you to get an idea of what it would be like to work with me.

In the session we will discuss:

1. Your caseload and what type of issues you deal with.

2. My terms and conditions.

3. A time frame and finance.

If we decide to continue, I send an online contract defining the boundaries of our work for issues such as breaks and issues discussed.