What to Expect

Taking steps to face your challenges and change your life can be daunting.  We are here to help you and guide you to the best course of action for your specific needs.  When you work with us, you are engaging a team of professionals who will support you as you take action to better your life.  

Coming in for your first session with a therapist can be nerve racking. Your mind may be racing with thoughts like "Will I like them?,” "Will they like me?," “Can they really help,” “Will they really understand?" Our goal is to make your first session as comfortable as possible. We will go at your pace and discuss what you feel comfortable with. We want to begin to create a relationship in which you feel able to talk about anything.

Before your First Visit Please Complete the Required Forms:

• Meyers Professional Group Registration Form (Word doc)
• Meyers Professional Group Registration Form (Pdf)

Individual Counseling

The first individual visit with your therapist will be about 45 minutes plus time for us to get to know each other better, as well as get all the paperwork out of the way. If you have already completed the paperwork (links above), we can just do a brief review. We will discuss your family, your job, what you like to do in your free time, any past treatment, what brought you in, as well as anything else you feel your therapist should know about you to get a better understanding of who you are as a person. Together we we will begin to create a plan for your treatment and explore what you would like to accomplish during your time in counseling. This first session gives us the opportunity to gather history and make a plan for the future. It also allows you to better judge if you are seeing the right therapist

The subsequent sessions can be 45 to 60 minutes in length and will allow you to further explore what brought you in and how to get to the place in your life you want to be. It will be the time in which we will work towards the goals that you would like to meet and process the issues that brought you in to see a therapist in the first place. We will use different techniques and activities pulled from many different therapy styles to help you through this process. The goal is to create an environment in which you will feel comfortable, non-judged and able to explore your true self.

The first step is often the hardest, but it is also the most important.