Individual Therapy

What to Expect

Each individual therapy process is different, but often follow a similar progression. Please note that the timeline listed below is not an exact timeline, rather a gauge to understand how a therapy process usually unfolds. Your length and experience in therapy may differ (even drastically) based on your individual needs. 

1. The “getting to know you” phase (sessions 1-4) – At this stage, I will begin to understand more about why you are coming in. This stage may be filled with questions, observations, and curiosities that elicit more detail about your life and your specific presenting concern. The goal here is to set-the-stage for the process and understand more clearly what can be worked on. 
   
   

2. The “working” phase (sessions 5-10) – At this point, enough patterns and details will have become more present in our sessions. This is where we will begin to understand and confront the parts of ourselves that we would like help working through. This can take several forms, but often involves a collaborative discussion with the therapist about goals, patterns, and areas of focus.
   
   

3. The “consolidation” phase (sessions 11-20) – Here we begin to revisit the insights learned in previous sessions, connecting them to larger, more stable patterns in our lives. We review what has changed, what remains to be changed, and where we may feel “stuck.”
   
   

4. The “deep-dive” phase (sessions 20 and beyond) – Most people begin to feel better after being in therapy for a few months. For some, therapy has provided enough personal growth for them to continue navigating life on their own. Others may opt to remain in therapy, using it as a tool to continue to deepen their relationship to themselves and understand, with more clarity, how they can continue to grow in their daily lives. This is where less-pressing issues may come to the forefront, providing the opportunity to finally “get a handle” on the things that we may have ignored for a long time.