What happens during a first therapy appointment? | Kati Morton

I had a hard time finding a therapist in my area that specialized in the specific things I wanted help with and my first consultation felt super awkward so I didn't make another appointment. I felt really discouraged and stopped looking for another therapist for a while. Eventually I started looking again though and my next consultation went sooooo much better! I'm glad I didn't give up and am super happy I found someone I click with!

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I got a referral from one of my Drs and I am now waiting on the therapist or their personnel to call me to book an appointment.
Things are very different for me.

I'm never say 1 day i need to go to find a therapist , but now i have to do it , im suffer a lot of anxiety and i need to make an appointment , 1 question i don't know if I'm gonna be rude about this , if i call for an appointment and i ask for them if you take notes about my problem , so i can be more comfortable to go another session , since i see on this video some take notes therapist other no

what happens if u find a therapist that seems like they'd be a good fit but they are a lot YOUNGER than u?? i have only seen people older than me...

I stutter. Answering machines scare the hell out of me. I usually try to catch them by text or email. If I am unsuccessful with that, I move on to the next one. Stuttering is the most overlooked disability that there is, in my opinion. Now they have these automated phone lines where you have to talk in order to get anywhere into the company where you have to go. Nobody seems to consider a stutterer in such circumstances. In case you couldn’t guess, that is one of my issues in therapy, to go along with BP1 and anxiety.

I wish that you were my therapist

What do I do if I don't have insurance? My job sucks. I need help but how do I pay?

I did my first appointment is the 6th .I super nervous

if someone wealthy keeps not coming and leave me unpaid wih many hours of preparatory work done, I waqnt to charge a month in advance to be calm, safe, and not resentful-stressedhen, if he should stop the therapy altogether , he will get he money back. I am hping this will also help to motivate coming..He seems to hav CPTSD ASpergers.

Kati. You have so many wonderful and helpful videos. Saw this one being recommended to me while watching a recent video. I need to start. With a new insurance and thus a new in network therapist. Great insight for starting anew. I’m so glad I rediscovered this earlier video. You are especially so relatable here. Sort of goofy—which i mean as a huge compliment. I feel like I am listening to a real person, and not some overly polished “professional-product”. Discovered you wrote a book and have workshops. Definitely will be checking those out.

Thank you for explaining this. I feel like it's important to know what you're getting otherwise you do it wrong. I went to therapy with no goals and unprepared because I was kind of told to do it instead of deciding to do it. It just didn't work. But I will be prepared for when I try therapy again, and I will know what I'm trying to get out of it.

i don’t know if i should go, i went to two different therapists but my mom spoke for me and i don’t really like the experience, i want to go alone talk to them alone and explain it myself

Didn't really answer the question in the title tho did you

Kati you are so good!!!

I have a question @kate,

You say therapist are also human.
How they do it for not making him/herself feeling bad as therapist when they seeing often clients.
How they do the one click to annother from client to cliënt.

Regards Boyac

I’ll get therapy when I graduate college, get a stable job, with stable income, and be totally independent.

how will i open up to the therapist when i dont even open up to my 10 year best friend 😭💀

Screw it, I'll just keep going like that...

Just listening to her talk about the process made me tear up..

What happens if you get sick the week while you go???

i have my first appointment in one day. absolutely terrified aaaa we'll see how it goes i suppose

The fact that my first ideal therapist appointment is in a month makes me very anxious. I have been overthinking this all those days that have passed :')

My therapist told me to touch grass I laughed since she was explaining why it’s good to touch grass (she heard it form an article)

My grandma got me a therapist and I’m going tomorrow and I’m so fkn scared

Most people can not afford to see a therapist. That sort of solution sounds extremely detached from most people's reality. Right now many people have food insecurity, are in crippling debt, or can't afford to put gas in their car.

It's about as much of a solution as;

If you are homeless just buy a house.
If you are ugly just be attractive.
If you are an idiot just be smarter.
If you are scared of dying just don't die.
If you are in a coma just wake up.
If you are depressed just stop being sad.
If you can't sleep just go to bed.
If you are illiterate just read a book.
If you are in a wheel chair just get up and start walking.
If you have ADHD just pay attention.
If you have anxiety just quit worrying.
If you are short just grow taller.
If you are drowning just swim.
If you are angry just calm down.
If you got divorced just get remarried.
If you got asthma just breath.
If you are bald just grow some hair.
If you don't get the point just get the point.

I wanna see a therapist bc I think I’ve been having anxiety attacks and I’ve been having not so good thoughts lately and I wanna talk to someone about it but I’m kinda scared

Counselors and therapist through Medical are extremely condescending, disconnected and rehearsed. Finally through my dad's Medical this counselor seem to be different because he expressed that he's open with one being emotional. I've realized that being emotional discredits me. When we had our second meeting and me being emotional he seemed like he was judging me, justifying and annoyed with my crying at the end he seen more empathetic and my point is it's more about helping me and understanding why I'm hurt than for him or anyone to dismiss, justify or judge especially when it feels were it's no longer a conversation, venting or sharing it becomes where your now defending yourself and you can vividly see the judgment and you feel even more hopeless, dehumanized and that there won't be a light or help. It also makes you lose trust in humanity where these people with these titles therapists counselors are not doing what you think they're supposed to be doing.

I just dies

Question. What’s it called when you have a mix of PTSD, Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?

I have to leave 2 voicemails🤣 but finally got someone and going in Thursday for the very first time seeing a cousler

I would love weekly therapy so much but they only offer every 2 or 3 weeks. Depends on if there is holidays in between or other stuff comes up, which is often.

Personally, therapy is exactly the same as talking to yourself in a mirror. Therapists do not suggest anything, say anything, most don't even write anything. They are licensed to simply sit in a chair and listen to you. That's been my experience over the years. Absolutely a waste of time and money.

Therapy is tomorrow and I'm so scared

They’re probably going to punch me in the face, see my weakness, and send me to the hospital, where I will be trapped, and all my cats will die of starvation.

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my first appointment is in an hour 😵‍💫

I have an opponent tomorrow and im so scared!

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Hi Kati and others, this is Patrick from Mind Life Flow. This is such useful information - as clients often tell me how difficult it was for them to choose a therapist and then make their first appointment! I hope this information reaches as many people as possible? :)

I hope my therapist this week doesn’t have this extroverted personality. I’ll be running out the door

First appointment monday and I'm indifferent 😐🤷🏿‍♀️

I am trying to not be offensive here. This is a real question. Do you have any advice for people to be more...open to therapy. I have less than accepting thoughts on therapy in general. I don't want to type them out because it would just sound mean I think. Id love for therapy to help me but lets just say I am...skeptical of therapy as a whole.

Thank you for answering these difficult questions Kati.

Asking 100 therapists for a book in wiring about Stuckey, FL. If you had DID with fugue during sleep what would you do if you were being sex trafficked nightly but had no means of recording it or anticipating help from the police? Where would you start?

FUCK THAT!!!!

Overacting

I'm freaking tearified

When you call them what do you say?