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What to expect at the first counselling session, how to find the right counsellor

Guest post by: Karen Brewster

Article Overview: This article looks at your journey to your first counselling session and what will happen when you arrive. The counsellor will be aware of how nervous and anxious you may be feeling and will do her utmost to provide a comfortable, safe environment in which you feel comfortable to talk.

What to expect at the first counselling session, how to find the right counsellor

This article looks at your journey to your first counselling session and what will happen when you arrive. The counsellor will be aware of how nervous and anxious you may be feeling and will do her utmost to provide a comfortable, safe environment in which you feel comfortable to talk.

You have arrived, what was your journey like? did you drive? How easy was it to park? The directions you had, were they easy to follow? You walked, was it easy to find? How long did it take you? You travelled by public transport, what were the transport links like? Were they good? Were they reliable? How did you feel when you met the counsellor? The counsellors consultancy room, how did you feel when you walked in, did you feel comfortable and at ease? Some counsellors work from their own homes, how do you feel about working with a counsellor in their home? Did any of these questions raise any concerns for you, perhaps you may want to consider the questions that raised concern when choosing a counsellor. Or perhaps you may want to raise any concerns with your counsellor when you arrive. For example, if you are travelling by train and through no fault of your own you are late for your appointment, what happens? There are many factors to take into consideration when looking for the right counsellor for you?

Listen to your “initial gut feel” during your initial consultation. Do you feel that you are going to be able to work with the counsellor? Do you feel comfortable in their consultancy room? Do bear in mind that trust in the counselling relationship can take some weeks to develop.

During your initial consultation you will be given a feel of how your counsellor works which in turn will give you the opportunity to decide if the way in which she/he works, will work for you. At Finding You we will ask you to tell us a little bit about you, we will tell you a little bit about us, go through our confidentiality policy, our supervision policy, we will deal with practical matters and go through our terms and conditions. If you decide not to proceed thats ok, we understand, however, if you do decide that you would like to proceed we will take down some contact details for you and book you in for your next appointment.

We have a large airy modern consultancy room and we hope you will agree that we have created a comfortable, relaxing space in which to work in with our clients. We value our clients and have put a lot of thought and care into choosing the location, décor and furniture for this room. The chairs are as comfortable as they look! When you walk in to our consultancy room for the first time we are very aware of how anxious and nervous you may be feeling and what a huge step that this may be for you. You will receive a warm and friendly welcome and we will aim to make you feel comfortable, safe, relaxed and at ease.

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