Helpful things to know before starting therapy
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Helpful things to know before starting therapy

Counselling Psychotherapy

We have put together some information for people who are new to counselling and psychotherapy about what to expect when entering into a psychotherapeutic relationship and experience the process of talking to an independent other person – perhaps for the first time.  Therapists are people too and will generally have first-hand experience of what you are going through, including those feelings of anxiety, apprehension and bewilderment when making that initial telephone call or sending an email.  We hope that these explanations and observations go some way to putting you at ease.

We all have a ‘story’, we are all fallible beings with a past; this being an important feature in therapy, knowing that you are not alone in your struggles – that many of us have sat in the client’s seat in the therapy room. In reassuring you, counsellors and psychotherapists are required to undergo personal therapy as part of training, and post-qualifying, at routine intervals. We are also required to have regular supervision of our practice with an independent counsellor or psychotherapist. In this sense, at least, we have experience of being in ‘the other seat’.

Taking the step to ask for help, to make sense of things – to book to see a psychotherapist or counsellor, is a somewhat ‘big deal’.

Accessing therapy for the first time can be anxiety provoking – what might happen? Will I cope okay? What will the person I’m going to see think about me and my problems?

Ready to talk? We are ready to listen.