What happens in therapy?

The first session is about understanding your current difficulties and your needs, and agreeing on treatment targets with your clinician. For example you may want to overcome feelings of sadness and a lack of enjoyment related to depression. Perhaps you would like to feel in control of your life rather than be consumed by worry. It can be helpful to think about your expectations from therapy and raise any concerns that you have with your clinician. Subsequent sessions will then focus on providing the treatment and strategies to help you achieve the outcomes you desire.

Evidence-based research shows that therapy works best when you attend regularly and give some thought to what you want to discuss during each session.