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A Counselor On What Really Happens In A First Appointment
An interview about the fear of starting, and what the first fifty minutes are actually like.
We asked a licensed community counselor to walk through a first session honestly, without the brochure language.
The short version: you do not have to arrive with a diagnosis, a script, or a tidy explanation of your life.
Most first sessions are logistics and history. You will probably talk more about your week than your childhood.
