WORK WITH SVEN

Work with Badass Counseling’s Sven Erlandson one-on-one, as a couple or family, or hire him to speak at your next event.

Pricing for Counseling Sessions

Rate: $500/hour.

*** 4-hour session = $2,000. 5-hour session = $2,500. 6-hour session = $3,000***

Insurance not accepted; sliding scale not accepted.

Many clients only need a few months of sessions, as opposed to years of counseling with most therapists. Thus, you pay far, FAR less with Badass Counseling in the long run. You will pay far more by continuing to work with therapists who get little progress because they sit back, nod, let you keep talking and talking, and never really dive into your life.

What to Expect from Badass Counseling Sessions

Not Your Typical Counseling Session.

All clients are expected to sign a confidentiality agreement, which will be sent to you prior to our first session and must be remitted with signature before said session.

All clients must submit a full autobiography (10-page max length, 1.5 line spacing, for clients who will be weekly, ongoing clients; 5-page max, 1.5 line spacing, for clients just meeting with Sven briefly) before the first session, so that we can hit the ground running versus spending 10 sessions just getting to know each other before I can help you (as most therapists do).

The first session is a mandatory 4-hour minimum & 6-hour maximum (as chosen by the client). However, the most popular option chosen is 5-6 hours. Seems crazy to most people…’til they actually get in it and realize how effective it is, and how quickly the time goes. The real gold happens in the later hours. (Short sessions string out your counseling, sometimes over years.)

Follow-up sessions each week are a minimum of 2 hours, maximum of 6 hours; many people choose 3-4 hour weekly sessions. Why? The people Sven deals with want results NOW, not 2 years from now. Sven does not believe in 1-hour sessions, because nothing good happens in an hour (or 50 minutes, as it is with many therapists; 45 mins for some counselors, which is ludicrous to Sven). Most clients in conventional therapy are just getting warmed up and on a roll, when the therapist says, “Time’s up!”

Some clients choose to not meet with Sven weekly, but instead do so every other week or every third week. It just depends on how quickly you want results!

With Sven, there is more time to do the one thing you’ve been wanting your entire life — dive deep into the real issues of your entire life with someone who actually knows what the f—k he’s doing and how to get you to happiness and success! (Some choose to have a session every two weeks, or three.)

The AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Badass Counseling requires that every new client submit a full autobiography, at least 72 hours before the scheduled first session. (Exceptions are made for high-profile, privacy-driven clients. But that does slow down the process.) At no charge to the client, Sven typically spends 2-4 hours, depending on length, reading and studying your autobiography, thus coming to the first session loaded with questions and jumping-off points. Thus, you enter the first session with Sven having already invested upwards of $1,000-$2,000 of his own time and energy in your growth. THAT’S COMMITMENT!

Further, considering that the autobiography saves 8-10 sessions of the counselor learning your life, your inclinations, and just plain who you are, you have just saved another $2,800-$3,500. That’s a total of $4,000, or more, in savings, before you even begin work together.

So, this begs the obvious question: Why would Sven and Badass Counseling do it?

Sven has been quoted as saying,

“Because I don’t like to fuck around. I like to change people’s lives, NOW! Further, from my perspective, it’s the best business model. If I change your life in major ways and do so quickly, who the hell are you going to recommend, when your brother, friend, or neighbor is going through a very hard time? It’s a no-goddamn-brainer.”

The autobiography is critical to rapid movement and deep questioning. It is a wonder to us that Sven is the only counselor who uses this, as it seems so logical for moving the counseling relationship and process along. But, old forms of doing counseling are drag-it-out, long-term, money-based models.

The criteria for the autobiography are simple:

1) Tell me as much as you can about your life from your perspective (10-page maximum for ongoing, weekly clients; 5-page maximum for clients meeting with Sven less).

2) Tell everything: family, geography, schooling, sports, spirituality, dreams, friendships, failures, fuckups, finances, fears, college, vocation, girlfriends/boyfriends, career, adult relationships, children, now, future, and anything else pertinent or impertinent. That leads to the final criterion…

3) As you sit down with a cup of coffee or a glass of wine and write for your life, you will come to moments when you think to yourself, “Should I include this,” either because it seems too trivial or too revealing. Include them! For, very often, these become the most salient points that round out the picture.

THis may sound strange because most people never experienced this type of counseling.

By front-loading counseling, months and years of counseling are ELIMINATED!...and that means YOU SAVE MONEY, TIME, AND YOUR SANITY! Do you want results now or years from now?

We don't waste time, letting you talk on and on for months and years, with little direction, all while draining your wallet. Badass Counseling is faster, deeper, more powerful, and, in the long run, far less expensive than most other therapies, clergy, counselors, and coaches.

Day-long and weekend-long intensive sessions are available but must be booked at least two weeks in advance.

Can meet in person in one of our offices, via Skype, Facetime/WhatsApp, or phone.

Offices in Manhattan (temporarily closed for Covid restructuring) New York City and Fairfield County, CT. Also serving parts of New Jersey. Badass Counseling serves clients around the world — China to South Africa, Great Britain to Dubai — and, due to COVID-19, we are serving them and you remotely.

Though, we do have some clients preferring outdoor, socially-distanced sessions, as well as clients preferring ‘walking sessions,’ which combine walking and talking (and occasional sitting).