Questions to Ask Your Therapist

Questions

Things you may want to discuss at our first meeting:

Your goals for therapy?

How does your identity and/or mine impact therapy/building trust?

How do you best learn?

How do you best communicate?

What is most anxiety provoking part of starting therapy?

What do you want me to know about you?

What should I keep in mind as we start our work together?

What do you need to know about me to feel comfortable starting our work together?

What are some things you have done in therapy (or imagine doing) that have been helpful?

What are some things that have happened (or you worry about) in therapy that really don’t work for you or have been hurtful for you?