What to expect before and during your first therapy session

After you schedule your intake session you will receive your invite to a portal to complete your paperwork. The paperwork is a mix of the legal things that we need to go over like informed consent and practice policies, and the personal intake questionnaire. Your intake questionnaire gives me more information about you, the systems that impact your life, your family of origin, and the problem you are bringing to therapy. Due to the sensitive nature of therapy I allow for questions to be skipped and gone over in a session instead. By completing the paperwork before the session we can ensure that our time together is spent discussing the reasons you are coming to therapy.

Once you have completed your paperwork I will send you an invite via IvyPay, a HIPAA compliant payment processing platform. Once that is complete we will meet for our intake session where we will begin the assessment process. This is a place to get to know you and better understand your goals of therapy and what you are hoping to get out of the sessions. Some folks come in and want to spill their guts, other people take a bit of time to warm up and trust me before going deep. I am there to meet you where you are and honor your unique experience of therapy. Reach out today with questions or schedule now! Assessment takes anywhere from 4-8 sessions depending on what you are seeking therapy for. During the assessment phase therapy is absolutely happening with a focus on getting to know one another and your unique desires for therapy.