Frequently Asked Questions

Question 1

Residents

Morning (am) 8am-11am and 11am-2pm £11 per hour
Afternoon (pm) 2pm-5pm and 5pm-9pm £12 per hour

In addition to taking an am/pm slot residents can book rooms for additional ad hoc sessions depending on availability. Benefits of residency:

Moving your practice? 10% discount for first three months
Consultation on private practice
Listing on our Google optimised therapist website page (£50 annual fee)
Annual in house CPD – two-day experiential and explorative workshops on a range of issues exploring diversity and intersectionality
Free Access to our 'let’s get uncomfortable' events
10% discount on all other events, workshops and groups
1 hour annually with Pretish or Shammi to reflect on your practice
Weekly Yoga facilitated by Deb - an experienced yoga teacher and therapist
Pre covid – our kitchen was a hub for therapists to grab a coffee/ tea, a biscuit or some fruit, all fully provided for, and to have a quick chat with another therapist. We hope this will resume in the near future
Free Wifi
Discount on the Beauly Room and Aashna for groups, workshops and events
Access to our Library and online data base of the growing resources on race, culture and intersectionality and copies of BACP Therapy Today and UKCP New Psychotherapist

Contact Aashna for further information.

Answer

During COVID-19 residents rooms are booked in four slots:

Question 2

About our rooms

Answer

We have five therapy rooms and one seminar room each individually named after places in the world that are important to us. Each room has been thoughtfully created to reflect and embrace culture and diversity. And each therapy room has an original piece of artwork that reflects its cultural inspiration. Each room will have a glass vase with fresh green stems provided weekly by our local florist. The space is available to use from 7:00am- 10:00 pm Monday – Sunday. Weekend rentals are available from a single room to the whole practice. See our Residents and Members offers.

Question 3

COVID-19 - Practice Safety

Face masks in communal areas
Hand cleaning and sanitiser stations, hand sanitiser in each room and antibacterial and viral sanitising products to wipe down surfaces, sofas/seats after client, door handles etc. This is done after each session
Staggered room timings for sessions to limit overlap of clients and therapists beween sessions
All rooms have windows for fresh air and adhere to two meter social distancing
COVID-19 Practice Procedure; A step by step guide as to how to work safely as possible in the practice
Re-usable face shields available for therapists. If you plan to use one of our face shields, you will have one to keep as your own which you can take home to wash and reuse.
The practice throughly cleaned and disinfected every week
Social distancing signage to reinforce safe practice
Waiting area is closed: clients are encouraged to arrive on time to go straight to the therapy room
Kitchen facilities for individual use only not for communal use
Toilet facilitates when used we ask all surfaces to be wiped down by clients and therapists. Including washbasin taps. Hand towels to be used as normal cleaned and replaced weekly
An draft agreement between clients and therapists regarding C19 symptoms that can be adapted and shared with clients

If you plan to use your own protective masks during sessions, please use according to government and health guidelines. Useful link if you are considering making your own face covering https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

Answer

To ensure the safety of all who use Aashna we have the following in place for both therapists and clients:

Question 4

Members

Consultation on private practice
Listing on our Google optimised therapist website page
Annual in house CPD – two-day experiential and explorative workshops on a range of issues exploring diversity and intersectionality
Free Access to our 'let’s get uncomfortable' events
10% discount on all other events, workshops and groups
1 hour annually with Pretish or Shammi to reflect on your practice
Weekly Yoga facilitated by Deb - an experienced yoga teacher and therapist
Pre covid – our kitchen was a hub for therapists to grab a coffee/ tea, a biscuit or some fruit, all fully provided for, and to have a quick chat with another therapist. We hope this will resume in the near future
Free Wifi
Discount on the Beauly Room and Aashna for groups, workshops and events
Access to our Library and online data base of the growing resources on race, culture and intersectionality and copies of BACP Therapy Today and UKCP New Psychotherapist

( NOTE: we will return to using the Nordbahn and Nakuru rooms as the Ad Hoc rooms as such time COVID regulations change )
Contact Aashna for further information.

Answer

The Aashna Membership aims to offer flexibility to therapists and their private practice. After COVID-19 regulations unlimited ad-hoc bookings at a rate of £14/hr in our beautiful Nordbhan and Nakuru rooms. As we are working with COVID guidelines at present, Aashna members are able to book ad- hocs in the resident rooms as well as the Nordbahn and the Nakuru if you so wish to do so. However, if someone wants to book a slot in a resident room, we will give you first option to take the slot or give you a week’s notice to move to another room or time. £179.00 annual membership includes the following benefits: