During your first session, we’ll go over your intake paperwork you signed in Simple Practice and see if you have any questions. Your first session will be 60 minutes to cover paperwork & get to know each other. This session will be a little longer to get a full understanding of your needs & how I can help. Every session after will be 53 minutes, & I recommend in the beginning, we meet once a week for the first 8 weeks to keep up the momentum we see in session. Payment is collected at the beginning of your session. You can pay by check or cash. Or you can put a card on file with Simple Practice and I can just charge your payment to that card each week.
If you are an adult or teen, we will meet in this room.
There is a fidget basket, adult coloring books, card games, games, and a sand tray. Some people just sit and that’s okay as well!
Maybe you’ve seen therapy on TV & it seems like a mystery that involves laying on a stranger’s couch & crying; that I’ll sit across from you & mutter “I see” & “how does that make you feel?”
You can lay down if you want to, and you are welcome to cry. Therapists love emotions, but you don’t have to. At that first session you will tell me why you’re here. I know how to help you. It’s that simple. But we will also talk about the type of therapy and future sessions. If you are coming in for therapy on past traumas, I will teach you a little bit about EMDR, so you know what to expect in future sessions. If you are coming to therapy for OCD, I will teach you a bit about ERP and CBT which helps folx with OCD.
If you are bringing a child for play therapy. Our first session will be adults only. We will go over background information. We will discuss social and educational development. We will talk about concerns you have for your child. And set goals for future sessions.
Here is a video tour of the play therapy room.