
The Ultimate Must-Do's Before and After Seeing a Psychiatrist
How to Get the Most Value Out of Your Sessions and Feel Free and Happy Again
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Madison Niederhauser
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Eric Davenport
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Are you anxious or worried? Are you suffering from depression or having a tough time getting over a trauma? Have you ever considered seeing a therapist but were not sure what to begin with?
This book was created to help you in during your hard times. Ideal for people of all ages and generations, The Ultimate Must-Do’s Before and After Seeing a Psychiatrist by Eric Davenport offers a wealth of information about psychotherapy that you could use for your lifetime. When problems grow like a maze and you don’t know the past to escape, this book will teach you how to:
- Understand when the right time is to see a therapist
- Know how to choose the right therapist for yourself
- Eliminate the concerns and fears about the sessions
- Decide what and how to tell about the sessions to your family, friends, colleagues
- Prepare for the sessions - know the three inevitable truths of the first session
- Be ready for the first talk and find out about the questions you may have to discuss
- Understand the prohibitions - the five things you should never ask your therapist
- Learn how to eliminate communication barriers and deal with awkward subjects
- How to stay motivated throughout your therapy and how to handle its termination to build on the results you’ve reached
This book contains one of the most complete lists of must-do’s, useful tips, and tricks that we all should be acquainted with before, during, and after therapy.
©2018 Eric Davenport (P)2018 Eric DavenportListeners also enjoyed...
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