Tamsen Simon, CCC, RCC
Psychotherapist (CCC)
Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)
Common Queries
You Ask - I Answer
Do you offer sliding scale rates?
Short answer: Yes, I do.
Long answer: my capacity is limited, and I do my best to offer options for anyone seeking therapy with me. If individual sessions are beyond your financial means, consider joining the waitlist for the process group.
What are your rates?
$140 for 50-minute individual therapy
$210 for 75-minute individual therapy
$225 for 75-minute couples therapy
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All can be booked either in-person or online and flexibly changed between formats on the day to make things a little more accessible.
What is a process group?
A process group is typically intentionally unstructured to allow for each group member to reveal the organic patterns they go through when trying to build and maintain relationships.
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The major focus in an interpersonal process group is less on the there-and-then (i.e. think your relationship with your partner, your early life experiences, stress at work) and more on the here-and-now (i.e. the reaction you are having to your fellow group member or the therapist, reactions to sitting in silence in the group, noticing what type of role someone seems to be falling into in the group, or learning about the impact that your way of speaking is having on your fellow group members).
Many people are more familiar with support groups which can focus on psychoeducation and the shared past or similarities between group members (i.e. alcoholics anonymous or grief support).
What are Gestalt Therapy and Somatic techniques?
The soma is the body. Somatic techniques access our intrinsic support using the senses of our body, the only means we have to perceive and interact with our environments.
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Gestalt Therapy is an integrative, relational psychotherapy with three key philosophies:
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1. Field theory - the person's experience is explored in the context of their situation or field.
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2. Phenomenology - the search for understanding through what is obvious and/or revealed rather than through what is interpreted by the observer.
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3. Dialogue - a specific form of contacting (not just verbal) that is concerned with the between of the relationship and what emerges between therapist and participant.
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In gestalt therapy we are exploring how a person reaches out to their world, how they respond to their situation and how past and present situations and future expectations impact on their (and our) process of reaching out in the here and now. Gestalt therapy takes the radical view that the self emerges and forms in the process of meeting, rather than as a fixed aspect internal to each individual.