Getting a good start in psychotherapy

Here are some actions that may be helpful to complete following your first therapy session: 

• (1) more fully articulating your goals for therapy; 

• (2) identifying actions you can begin taking that would help to move you toward your goals; 

• (3) following up on any recommendations I made during our initial session; 

• (4) identifying what you want to for us to focus on in your second session; and 

• (5) considering what questions you may have about psychotherapy and how to get the most out of it.

I recommend that my patients complete two brief exercises prior to the second session:

• Initial therapeutic exercises