Hi and welcome to finding your way through therapy. I am your host, Steve Bissom. I'm an author and

mental health counselor. Are you curious about therapy? Do you feel there is a lot of mystery about

therapy? Do you wonder what your therapist is doing and why? The goal of this podcast is to make

therapy and psychology accessible to all by using real language and straight to the point discussions.

This podcast wants to remind you to take care of your mental health, just like you would your physical health.

Therapy should not be intimidating. It should be a great way to better health.

I will demystify what happens in counseling, discuss topics related to mental

health and discussions you can have with your therapist. I also want to introduce psychology

in everyday life, as I feel most of our lives are enmeshed in psychology. I want to introduce

the subtle and not so subtle way psychology plays a factor in our lives. It will be my own mix of thoughts as well as special guests.

So join me on this discovery of therapy and psychology.

Hi and welcome to episode six.

Before I go on on episode six,

just wanted to make sure you listen to episode five.

Episode five was an amazing conversation

with someone I consider a friend David Bassano and treatment of substance abuse and mental

health. If you haven't had a chance to listen to it, please do. I just think that there's a lot

of gems in there that are very helpful. But today, we're going to talk about a subject that's

come up a few times with my friends

and family and acquaintances and ask me, what happens when I sit down with my therapist the first time?

And obviously, I want to give you the disclosure that a lot of this stuff is my own ramblings.

But I think that a lot of therapists will learn in the same setting as I did. And the

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