What to Expect in Your First Therapy Session

In a first session overview, we look at the overall picture of what’s happening in your life.  If two or three things are occurring at the same time (as is often the case), we focus upon the most pressing issue.  

While these presenting problems are usually current, the therapies I offer always work to reach the source of these issues.  Underlying emotional pain, fear, or anger will always have roots in childhood, where we have developed defensive behaviours to cope with parents’, teachers’ and society’s limiting demands

These defenses are seldom examined or upgraded as we get older.  It’s like there’s a frightened, angry and confused child directing our adult life from behind the scenes. 

The therapies I offer tend to avoid long discussions and stories with lots of detail.  In my experience, talk therapy can only reach the surface of an issue.  This keeps the intellect engaged in past/future thinking mode.   A first session overview shows me how best to proceed in future sessions.