The short answer to this question is mostly yes. Everything you tell me (and other mental health professionals) in session is confidential, exceptin instances where you are an imminent danger to yourself, a danger to someone else, or are expressly unable to care for yourself anymore due to your psychiatric illness. In those circumstances, we are legally obligated to breach…

We hear you. It’s incredibly hard to have blind faith in a person telling you what you should be doing to “get better.” The cool thing is therapists aren’t actually in the business of advice-giving. Think of therapy more as a safe space to work through things you are struggling with. I might help give you tools (or help fortify…

Your First Therapy Session Your first session with the therapist will be different from future visits. The initial visit is a period for you and your therapist to get to know each other and get an idea of how to proceed. Future visits will be more therapeutic in nature. For example, in your second session, you may explore a specific…