How to Prepare for Your Therapy Intake Appointment
A therapy intake appointment is not the same thing as a full session, and it is not meant to be. It is the first counseling session in a practical sense, the meeting where you and a therapist begin figuring out whether working together makes sense, what you need help with, and how treatment might be structured. People often arrive expecting to “do therapy” immediately, then feel vaguely thrown when the therapist spends time asking background questions, clarifying symptoms,