Before you come into therapy

If you have come across this web site because you are thinking of coming into therapy, it may help to consider some questions. Your answers may help me in our initial assessment and even give you confidence about steps still open to you. You may even conclude that now is not the time to come into therapy. Timing your entry into therapy can be an important factor in the obtaining a good outcome. Key questions include:

What do you want from therapy?

When you ask this first question of yourself, what, specifically, do you experience (in your body, mind, brain)?

What, in particular, do you notice first, e.g a thought, a sensation or a feeling?

What steps have you taken, already, to deal with that reaction? From my experience, I notice that several people under-estimate the steps they have take to make a difference in their lives. Often, this is because useful strategies did not always work and it is easy, then, to dismiss them as useful.

What prevents you from dealing with your present difficulties?

When do your troublesome reactions happen, e.g. specific time of day; particular place or with a named person?

What are your aims and objectives of therapy?

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