How To Make Your First Therapy Session Go Well

To Ease Your Unease

The information I am about to convey is not only good for those who have a dissociative disorder, but for anyone who lives with a mental health challenge.

Those of us who have dissociative identity disorder (DID) know how important finding a good fit with a therapist is to our overall lives. But what about those who just now found a therapist? Or, what if you have needed to leave your therapist for some reason and are looking for a good one who can help?

This piece will focus on how you can make the first therapy session go well and a little bit about what a good therapist looks like.

Your First Appointment

I remember when I entered therapy how frightened I felt. What would she look like? Can someone help me? This was before I knew I had DID. I was so frightened that all I could do was sit there like a lump and shiver.

I hope that by reading this article you will feel more comfortable than I did that fateful day. Now I understand a few things that I needed during my first therapy session.

If you are like me, you will show up early for your appointment. That is totally fine as long as you don’t cause a fuss to bring attention to yourself. You should fight to keep…