We will spend the first two to three sessions really getting to know you. At your initial consultation, you’ll share with your therapist the problems you are having, and what you’d like to be different. Your therapist will share with you their sense of how much they’ll be able to help you, and you’ll get a good sense of your comfort and confidence in your therapist. If you decide to continue beyond your initial consultation, your therapist will talk to you about your past history and details of what is happening on a daily basis in your life now, including what’s going on inside your head. We spend time up front really getting to understand you so that psychotherapy can proceed as quickly and effectively as possible.
Next your therapist will propose and explain a treatment plan (what to do in therapy) that is designed specifically to produce the greatest amount of change in the least amount of time for you. If you agree, then its off to the races and treatment begins. Each week you and your therapist will be working on particular aspects of your goals. Not only will you be asked to work hard during your sessions, your therapist will assign projects for you to work on during the week, so that your learning and skills continues to develop. The point of psychotherapy is that the rest of your week become more and more joyful and empowering and less and less anxious.
Although we get fast results with many of our clients, anxiety can sometimes take some time and effort to overcome. Our therapists strive to relieve you of your anxiety symptoms as quickly and dramatically as possible.
