Consultation with a psychologist | What happens at the first consultation? | How does the first consultation go?

- I guess it’s time for me to see a psychologist…
— No, I won’t go! — But I have to… — What if he doesn’t understand me? What if it only gets worse? No, I won’t go — it’s too dangerous!

The first consultation with a psychologist is reminiscent of a first date — a lot of anxiety, worry and excitement. However, at the same time, there are a lot of hopes and joyful experiences. This is how it should be — you go to a stranger and trust him with your soul, open up, showing yourself as you really are, and really hope that they will understand you, hear you and, most importantly, help you. This reaction is quite normal — we are all afraid of the unknown.

During most of the consultation (especially the first), the client mainly talks about what worries and worries him. What and how to tell a psychologist? You can say absolutely chaotically everything that comes to mind, but it is important to talk about what worries you right now. Usually, at the beginning of the consultation, the client is asked how he imagined the psychologist’s work (he came to one consultation to get some recommendations and work with them independently, or planned to study the problem in depth). Why is this being done?

You need to understand how to work with a person. If we are talking about one consultation, the psychologist, relatively speaking, outlines the steps for him (what…