Sessions

Consultation

Our first time officially meeting is typically for a free 15 minute consultation.  The free initial consultation provides you with the opportunity to ask questions,  learn about my services, and decide if you think I am the right therapist for you and your situation before you answer questions about why you are seeking counseling, how the current problem is impacting your life, your goals of therapy, and your history (which takes place during the first session).

Initial Assessment

 Comprehensive Clinical Assessment (CCA) is an intensive clinical and functional face-to-face evaluation of an individual’s presenting mental health, developmental disability, and substance abuse condition. This evaluation includes ecological and psychosocial influences and factors, behavioral severity, and impact of current behavioral difficulties towards self and others, executive functioning impairment, subjective distress, strengths and preferences, and diagnosis. This evaluation is formulated into a written report, providing the clinical basis for the development of the individuals’ treatment and treatment planning.

What To Expect: During your initial session, your therapist will ask a series of structured questions regarding your social and behavioral health history. These questions will explore abuse, substance use, trauma, social engagement with family and peers, employment, health, and examine one’s overall well-being and mental status.

Follow-up session

Towards the end of the Assessment process a suggestion will be made with how often one should have sessions. There are two options which one can schedule. A 30 min  session and one of 51 minutes or more session.