Brick by Brick
Psychology Unlimited uses a “brick-by-brick” fee structure to offer transparency, accessibility and flexibility in costs for services. All services are mutually agreed and estimated in advance, so there are no unexpected charges.
One brick represents one hour. 
Bricks come in four colours, to show four different types of services. 
Each colour has a different price level, due to the different amounts of ‘behind the scenes’ work or time that goes in to delivering that service. With the exception of writing reports, there is direct contact for the full hour (per brick). In other words, preparation and analysis time are already incorporated into the cost of a brick, so you can expect me to be present for the number of hours (bricks) that have been agreed.
Assessment requires additional preparation, including obtaining the appropriate resources or tailoring materials, as well as scoring, analysis and interpretation of results. This is incorporated into the cost.
Intervention requires enhanced levels of planning, including research, creating bespoke materials and resources, ongoing review and adaptation. This is incorporated into the cost.
Consultation
First full consultation.
Feedback consultation, (after assessment).
Review consultation.
Further telephone consultation.
Intervention
Training.
Solution focussed approaches.
Support to teaching staff.
Group work.
Planning and monitoring intervention plan, e.g. for literacy, numeracy, behavioural difficulties, social communication skill development etc.
Policy development.
Action research and evaluation.
Report
1 brick = brief handwritten notes.
2 bricks = typed summary report.
4 bricks = typed detailed report.
A report is not mandatory. You can make your own notes to keep.
Assessment
Standardised assessment, e.g. of literacy skills, thinking skills, memory and other cognitive processes.
Dynamic assessment, i.e. to evaluate how a child learns best.
Observation.
Individual work to explore perceptions, self-esteem and social skills.
Consultation with other professionals.
Play-based assessment.
Information gathering for research.
Transparency
- No unexpected charges.
- Mutually agreed services with fees detailed and explained in advance.
Flexibility
- Additional time or services can be added at any point if your needs change.
- Unlimited combinations to tailor services to a wide variety of needs.
Accessibility
- Low ‘minimum spend’ to access support in line with your financial situation.
- Combinations created to meet your needs within your budget.
You can create any combination using any amount of bricks to tailor my service perfectly to your needs. The only requirement is that a single yellow brick is included in all combinations (a ‘foundation’ brick, so to speak). This represents the first full consultation we have (after your free initial email or telephone consultation), in order to discuss your needs further and generate a mutually agreed action plan. This can also represent a one-off consultation, if further services are not required.
There are unlimited possible brick combinations, but here are some examples to demonstrate what can be put together…
- One-off consultation, including solution-focussed discussion and jointly generating strategies or next steps action plan - 1 hour.
Total time = 1 hour
Total cost = £100
- First consultation to decide on assessments required - 1 hour.
- Assessment including observation and individual work - 4 hours.
- Feedback consultation, including deciding on action plan/intervention - 1 hour.
- Intervention, e.g. support to a member of staff to set up group work to address the identified issue - 3 hours.
- Review consultation after 6 weeks - 1 hour.
- Typed summary report - 2 hours.
Total time = 12 hours
Total cost = (3 x £100) + (2 x £80) + (4 x £120) + (3 x £160) = £1420
- First consultation to decide on assessments required - 1 hour.
- Assessment in the form of individual work - 3 hours.
- Feedback consultation, including generating strategies to support child - 1 hour.
- Typed detailed report, copied to other professionals if required - 4 hours.
Total time = 9 hours
Total cost = £880
- First consultation to determine goals for professional development of staff - 1 hour.
- Full day INSET course for staff - 5 hours.
Total time = 6 hours
Total cost = £900
- First consultation to discuss concerns - 1 hour.
- Intervention plan created with key member of staff/parent - 1 hour.
- Review consultation after 4 weeks - 1 hour.
- Amending intervention plan as a result of review - 1 hour.
- Typed summary report, including copy of final intervention plan - 2 hours.
Total time = 6 hours
Total cost = £680
- First consultation - strategies and action plan generated together - 1 hour.
- Review consultation after 4 weeks - strategies reviewed for effectiveness, new action plan generated - 1 hour.
- Review consultation after 8 weeks - new concerns discussed, additional strategies suggested - 1 hour.
- Final review consultation after 4 months to confirm progress continuing, or to trouble-shoot ongoing use of strategies - 1 hour.
- Typed detailed report documenting all previous consultations and outcomes - 4 hours.
Total time = 8 hours
Total cost = £720
- First consultation - action plan jointly agreed - 1 hour.
- Handwritten notes of action plan shared - 1 hour.
- Assessment in the form of observation as part of action plan - 1 hour.
- Feedback/Review consultation to monitor/adapt action plan in light of observation - 1 hour.
- Handwritten notes of key points from observation and revised action plan shared - 1 hour.
Total time = 5 hours
Total cost = £480
If you are unsure what services or combination of bricks you may require, please call or email to discuss – remember, the initial consultation is free, with no obligation.
If schools or other organisations would like an even more personalised service with access to (for example) email and telephone support, professional supervision and/or research and evaluation services, please contact me to discuss alternative packages.
Invoices are sent on a quarterly basis, or once the agreed services have been delivered, whichever is sooner.
If two parties (e.g. school and local authority or school and parent or children’s centre and childminder’s group) share the same goals and concerns and wish to share the costs of services, I would be happy to provide two invoices and accept payment from two different sources.
travel
Travel time is charged at £50 per hour, with no additional charges for petrol, parking or public transport. I will use Google Maps to calculate the time needed to travel between my RH1 postcode in Redhill and your location without traffic.
For example, a 24 minute (return, i.e. both ways) journey would cost £20.
There is obviously no travel charge for telephone or email consultations, or if you attend my office.
