What happens in the first session

You do not need to prepare

There is no need to order your story in advance, to fill in questionnaires, or to know exactly what you want to change. You can start from whatever brought you to the session now.

How the session begins

We will start by asking what brings you and what you would like to be different. We may also discuss what matters about your current situation, earlier experience of therapy, your health, or other circumstances, where these bear on the work.

The purpose of a first session is not to attach a label to you, or to explain everything that is happening in fifty minutes. What matters more is to begin to understand what the problem is, what you need, and what way of working would suit.

You do not need to say everything

Some people arrive with a very clear theme. Others know only that they do not feel well, or that something in their life has to change. Both are enough to start from.

You decide what and how much you are ready to share. We do not need to go into the hardest experiences in the first session.

After the session

At the end we can discuss whether it makes sense to continue, what the work would look like, and how often to meet. You are not obliged to decide on the spot.

If the therapist judges that another specialist or another kind of help would suit you better, they will say so and, where possible, refer you on.