Not sure what to ask in a consult?

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If you’re about to have a consult with a therapist, and aren’t sure what to ask, here are some suggestions for questions that might be helpful for that initial meeting/call: 

  • Have you worked with clients who:

    • Share my identity?

    • Share my career? 

    • Share my diagnosis?

    • Are any of these something you have lived experience with yourself?

  • Are there any types of clients you don’t work with?

  • What kind of things might we do in a session?

  • I think I prefer a clinician with ______ energy (higher, relaxed, goal-oriented, etc.). How would you describe your own energy? 

  • Here are some things that worked for me in previous therapy. What might those look like with you?

  • Here are some things that didn’t work for me in previous therapy. How can we get around those?