Free Initial Consults

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After all, therapy is, above all else, a relationship. 

Relationships require several important components, including a sense of compatibility, a foundation of trust, and a feeling of "connectedness." Clients must feel safe to share some of the more intimate details of their lives before they can feel confident in their commitment to therapy. 

And relationships can sometimes feel risky.

Trust-building takes work, and requires a willingness to take some risks. Often, clients enter therapy with a damaged sense of trust. We realize this presents a particularly challenging paradox: clients must be willing to trust their therapist, in order for the therapist to help them repair their ability to trust.

What a Free Initial Consult is, and isn't:

Some of our therapists offer the opportunity to sit down together, face-to-face, before making the commitment to enter into the therapeutic relationship. This allows a potential client to ask questions about the therapy process and clarify what their therapeutic goals and objectives might be. 

These consults last between 15 and 30 minutes. They require an appointment to be made ahead of time, to ensure adequate time will be allotted for this important meeting. If a potential client cannot attend this meeting after they have made the appointment, we ask that they provide as much notice as possible for this cancellation, so that we can move other interested potential clients into that time slot. 

Free Initial consults can also allow the therapist to help potential clients determine the direction they can move in, even if this conversation may lead to a discovery that therapy might not be necessary or just might not be the very next step. Occasionally, our therapists can refer to a different clinician -- either within our group, or even at a different location. Our first priority is to help point clients in the direction of getting their needs met in the best possible way, no matter where that might lead them. Free initial consults can be very useful to provide potential clients this assistance.