Become Clear
Establish, on your own and/or with a potential therapist, the results you desire from working together.

Questions To Ask Your Therapist
Your initial phone call can give you a lot of information:

•  Do you have experience working with challenges like mine?

•  What is your experience? How long have you been doing therapy?

•  What is your approach to psychotherapy?

•  What are your rates? How do I pay?

Questions To Ask Yourself
Let yourself know if the therapist you are considering can be of service to you.

•  Does he (or she) offer a perspective which is useful for you in attaining the results you desire?

•  What feelings and thoughts did you have as you talked to the therapist on the phone?

•  Was he responsive to you?

•  Was he compassionate?

•  Was he knowledgeable?

•  Does your intuition say it was a good “fit” of personalities?