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What can you expect from your first appointment?

Before scheduling, we’ll speak briefly via phone and we’ll try to get an initial idea of your mental health needs and expectations for treatment. At this point, you may decide to proceed with me as your psychitrist and we will make your first appointment.

My first psychiatric visits are 60 minutes, and subsequent visits are 45 minutes. During your first appointment you will be in the consultation process and psychoanalytic evaluation will begin.

Often, it’s simply just not possible to get the full story in one hour, so the consultation process may take several sessions. However, by the end of the first visit, we’ll usually have begun to peel back the first layers of the onion that will allow us to start to understand your struggles and develop a plan.

At this point, you will have an opportunity to tell me about your current problems, issues you are facing and your history.

You are welcome and encouraged to bring copies of any information, previous evaluations from other mental health professionals and medical reports that you would like to share.

Finally, we will create a plan tailored to your needs and start moving in the direction of healing.