Compassionate Counselling

Supporting mental health and wellbeing for adults and children.

Individual Therapy

Personalised support for mental health challenges.

Guidance for emotional wellbeing and resilience.

Child/Young adult Counselling
Working with neurodiversity

A therapeutic environment which is understanding of neurodiversity.

Essex Inspire Counselling transformed my mental health journey. Highly recommend their compassionate and professional approach.

Sarah J.

★★★★★

Prices

50 minute in person session £55

50 minute online session / phone £55

Trainee counsellors 50 minute session £35

Walk and talk therapy / 50 minute session £55 (currently unavailable)

Initial consultation 30 minutes - Free

All payments are due in advance of each session unless agreed otherwise, by cash or bank transfer (details on request).

Cancellation policy - 48 hours notice is required for a no charge cancellation. Less than 48 hours will result in full payment being charged.

To book a slot please complete the counselling enquiry form and I will get back to you via your expressed method of contact.

Feel free to contact me via email if you prefer at essex.inspire@gmail.com

I will always endeavor to reply to a query within 48 hours although this maybe longer at busier times.

Essex Inspire Counselling customer privacy notice

This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.

Contact details

Telephone

07897 753999

Email

essex.inspire@gmail.com

What information we collect, use, and why

We collect or use the following information to provide and improve products and services for clients:

  • Names and contact details

  • Addresses

  • Date of birth

  • Third party information (such as incase of emergency contact)

  • Transaction data (including details about payments to and from you and details of products and services you have purchased)

  • Health information (such as medical records or health conditions)

We also collect or use the following information to provide and improve products and services for clients:

  • Health information

We collect or use the following personal information to protect client welfare:

  • Names and contact information

  • Health and wellbeing information

  • Emergency contact details

We also collect or use the following information to protect client welfare:

  • Health information

We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:

  • Names and contact details

  • Address

Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:

  • Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for.

  • Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete.

  • Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information.

  • Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information.

  • Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.

  • Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you.

  • Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide and improve products and services for clients are:

  • Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

  • Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:

  • In order to keep a client safe i will request the contact details of their doctor, next of kin or trusted person in the case of an emergency.

  • Vital interests – collecting or using the information is needed when someone’s physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. This includes an urgent need for life sustaining food, water, clothing or shelter. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to protect client welfare are:

  • Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:

  • Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Where we get personal information from

  • Directly from you

How long we keep information

Information is stored for 7 years and then deleted.

Who we share information with

Others we share personal information with

  • Emergency services

  • Third parties:

  • In the case of an emergency I may contact a clients chosen individual or a medical professional.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO’s address:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint

Last updated

27 October 2024