What to Expect at Your First Therapy Appointment

Key takeaways

• What to Expect at Your First Therapy Appointment

• Learning to Embrace Therapy

• Every 13 Seconds

• Love, Limits and Letting Go: A Women’s Therapy Group

What to know

When you’re ready to take the first step in your mental health journey, it’s normal to experience a mix of anxiety and apprehension—especially if you’ve never talked to a therapist before. At MHCS , our mission is to help you feel safe and comfortable the minute you walk through our doors. From there, you’ll meet with an experienced therapist who will support and empower you throughout your wellness recovery. Your first contact at MHCS will be with an intake specialist who will listen to your initial concerns and pair you with an experienced therapist who meets your needs or those of your family.

A Registration Form Adult Health History A General Clinical Measure You’ll have the option of downloading these forms right from our website and submitting them back to us electronically or you can bring in your completed paperwork with you to your first appointment.

Remember to also bring in your insurance information and a photo ID, as well. If you don’t have access to a printer or want to complete your forms at our mental health clinic, be sure to arrive at least 30 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment. This will allow you sufficient time to complete your forms, without feeling rushed or pressured.

Learning to Embrace Therapy

Change is a natural thing and has been since the beginning of time. Through evolution and experience, we’ve learned to make most things easier or more efficient. But for older generations, adapting to change can be difficult — especially when it comes to wellness. MHCS wants to normalize learning to embrace therapy for all generations. Keep reading to learn more about bridging the therapy gap.

It’s no secret that younger generations tend to think their parents and grandparents are “out of tune” with, well everything. Right? The older crowd still likes what it likes because times were, in fact, different however many decades ago. Many of the things that people like, think, and do are ingrained from an early age as habits — and you know the saying about old habits.

And for older generations, mental health wasn’t something that was openly talked about. In fact, early history indicates that emotional issues were the work of otherworldly energies. Even those who were “shell shocked” from the experience of war were often institutionalized for being “crazy.”

Every 13 Seconds

In the time it took you to count to 13, someone in this country took their own life. Think of it. Counting to 13 doesn’t take that long. A friend, a family member, a colleague, a neighbor, a co-worker, a stranger, a celebrity are dead, in the time it took to count to 13.

Suicide touches in a profoundly intimate way. Why intimate? Because the questions, the feelings, the shock touches us in a personal way not many things can do. Why would someone make the decision to die?

The reasons are varied and there is no one specific reason. Certainly not one that makes sense. But it does. There is a certain logic that makes sense only to the ones who commit suicide and succeed or the ones who attempt and don’t complete.

Love, Limits and Letting Go: A Women’s Therapy Group

Do you often see yourself in the terms of how others see you? Are you so busy making other people happy that you no longer are? Do you find yourself feeling bitter and resentful? Do you feel no matter what you do, it’s never enough? Do you tend to find yourself in unhealthy relationships? Do you ever just want to run away? Do you often feel alone? If you answered “Yes!” to any of these questions, this group is right for you! What you will learn: How to identify your own personal feelings, wants and needs How to trust your “wise-self” (instincts and intuitions) Strategies to set limits and how to communicate them effectively How to identify your own personal traps and how they interfere with your serenity The power of women supporting women!

When to reach out

If symptoms are affecting relationships, work, school, sleep, or daily routines, professional support can help you sort through what is happening and choose a realistic next step.

MHCS provides therapy and mental health support for individuals, couples, families, teens, and adults.