How does the first consultation with a psychologist go?||||You have decided to go to a specialist. We selected a psychologist to our liking and arranged a meeting. I’ll tell you how the first consultation with a psychologist goes. I invite the client to the office. We sit opposite each other. I clarify whether it is necessary to briefly talk about how I work, about the format of meetings. At the first session, I am more active than usual, asking a lot of questions. How the client found and chose me. Have you been to a psychologist before? If yes, then please tell me what difficulty you faced, the reasons for ending it, what you weren’t happy with about your work. How you live now: work, leisure, friends, hobbies, how your day goes. It is important for me to see the client more fully, to understand the context. What difficulty did he come with? If the problem appeared a long time ago, how did you deal with it before? What contributed to the fact that I applied now? What are the expectations from our meetings. I propose to present the result of effective teamwork: the client has changed and then the way he lives (Feelings, picture, state). At the first consultation with a psychologist, we are just beginning to get to know each other, between us Trusting relationships have not been formed. Going into difficult, deep experiences can frighten the client, cause shame, guilt, and a feeling of being exposed. That's why I try to conduct the conversation more in breadth than in depth. I am responsible for: Time - we start and finish on time. Space - amenities in the office - a comfortable chair, napkins, water, separation of the room from others; confidential atmosphere - 50 minutes I am completely with the client, attentive, trying to fully immerse myself in his story, understand him more fully; non-judgmental - in therapy I do not evaluate the client, but analyze, examine him, together we try to understand his history, in the future the client learns to treat himself from the position of analysis, not evaluation; confidentiality - everything that happens in the office remains between us. Following in the direction of resolving the client’s difficulties. For my openness to everything that happens in the office between me and the client. I do not give advice, but I allow the client to be informed. I do not have a magic ball, magic abilities. I don't know which solution is right for the client. First of all, I follow him and help him find his own way to solve his difficulty. I wish you good luck on your path to change.