When you come for your first appointment, you will be asked to fill out an information form before meeting with your counselor.  This paperwork will take about ten minutes to complete.

 

During this first meeting with your counselor, you may be asked a lot of questions.  Your counselor will gather information that will help him or her begin to develop a sense of who you are, understand the nature of the concerns that you are facing, and begin to formulate a plan to help you address these concerns. During the session we may ask some questions that you might find uncomfortable for you to answer.  Although you may always choose not to answer a question, please try to remember that our purpose in asking is to gather the information that will best help us to help you.  Also, if there are important issues that we fail to ask you about, you are welcome to add any information that you feel would be helpful.