Thank you for looking at my page. I wonder if you're thinking about making a change in your life? Perhaps you're wondering if I'm the right therapist for you? These are all great questions, important questions... and not ones with easy answers.
I remember looking for my first therapist. I was fightened of what might happen, of being judged, of not being understood. I wondered if my problems were insignificant compared to other people, perhaps I was wasting everyone's time? I went around and around, looping and looping, my thinking not really evolving or moving forward in any way.
Eventually I picked someone based on instincts and intuitions I wasn't even aware of. Perhaps I liked their picture, liked the sound of their name, their gender etc? I really didn't know how, but I made a choice.
And when I finally walked up to their door? I nearly turned around and walked home again. The same old thoughts: what ifs, they don't really want to hear about me, they might be weird, what if there's an awkward silence... what if, what if... around and around I went until I managed to trick myself into running up the steps and ringing the bell.
From that moment on, things became easier... I had taken the first steps toward change. And none of the 'what ifs' materialised either...
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