Starting Therapy & Therapy Approaches
Therapy, Demystified: What to Expect in Your First Session
Finding a good therapist can be extremely helpful, but starting therapy can also feel intimidating, especially if you’ve never been to therapy before. It can feel a little like walking into a conversation without knowing the script. You may wonder what the therapist will ask, how much you’ll be expected to share, or whether you’re…
Read MoreFinding Your Fit: How to Choose the Right Therapist
Deciding to look for a therapist can be a big step. Then you begin searching and find dozens of profiles filled with credentials, specialties, treatment approaches, and enough acronyms to create a very confusing bowl of alphabet soup. One therapist uses CBT. Another specializes in EMDR. Someone else describes an approach you’ve never heard of…
Read MoreCould Therapy Help? Signs It May Be Time to Reach Out
Deciding whether to start therapy isn’t always straightforward. Sometimes the reason is clear: panic attacks, a painful loss, trauma, relationship problems, or a child who is struggling. Other times, nothing is exactly on fire, but you’ve started to notice a little more smoke than you’d like. Maybe you’re replaying conversations at 2:00 a.m., avoiding situations…
Read MoreHow to Find the Right Therapist for Your Teen
You’ve decided your teen may benefit from therapy. That was the hard part—until you open a therapist directory and discover hundreds of profiles filled with credentials, specialties, treatment approaches, and enough acronyms to create a very confusing bowl of alphabet soup. One therapist sounds as though they treat every concern imaginable. Another specializes in something…
Read MoreTeletherapy: Is Therapy Through A Screen For You?
Imagine some of these possible scenarios… You wake up one morning not feeling well and remember you have an appointment scheduled. You aren’t feeling so terrible that you can’t muster the energy to get ready and go to the appointment, but you’re wrestling with the thought of potentially exposing others to whatever your body is…
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