Gatekeeping

If you are unsure about the most suitable type of therapy for your situation and would like some detailed and specific independent advice, or if you would like to be monitored periodically by a different therapist to the one you are seeing, book a 'gatekeeping' appointment with one of our gatekeepers. You will be asked to fill in a form which will be used along with information gained during your face to face consultation to find out the best strategy for improving and maintaining your health.

 
   
Our gatekeepers have experience in assessment of needs and evaluation of ongoing issues. To assist you in making a choice of practitioner and to maintain an independent view, your gatekeeper may refer you to another practitioner. This may be one of our team at the Nature Cure Centre, so that your gatekeeper can maintain contact with your practitioner if appropriate. Although not essential, you will then have the option of following up with gatekeeping appointments for an independent review at intervals agreed between you and your gatekeeper. In certain situations your needs may be for a course of action not available at the Nature Cure Centre. In this case you may be referred outside the Centre, but you can still review your progress periodically with your gatekeeper.

Your first gatekeeping appointment will be 90 minutes (a concessionary rate one-hour appointment is available, although in more complex situations we would recommend a 90-minute appointment). For follow-up appointments or if it is not possible to fully assess your needs in the first appointment, additional 30-minute appointments are available. Your gatekeeper may offer up to two further appointments if necessary; thereafter you can discuss and review your needs as appropriate.

Practitioners: 

Dr. Veronika Wagner (Neuropsychiatrist)


Cost: 

£90 for a 90-minute first appointment (concessionary rate: £60 for a 60-minute first appointment)

Follow-up appointments: £30 per half-hour appointment


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