Many therapists offer a free consultation before you decide to work with them. This consultation allows both the therapist and the potential client to establish a rapport and determine if they are a good fit for each other. It provides an opportunity for the therapist to understand the client's needs, goals and concerns, and for the client to assess the therapist's approach and expertise.

Finding the right therapist is crucial for a positive therapeutic experience. But what should you ask a therapist to decide if they are right for you?

This week, June 19th-24th, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is hosting the psychedelic science conference in Denver. The use of psychedelics for medical and mental health treatment has been growing in the past decade. The research highlighted and next week's conference will note the potential benefits of psychedelic-assisted therapy for healing and psychological well-being.

It’s normal to be nervous for your first therapy session. Your first visit is basically an information gathering session. Together, we’ll create a roadmap for your therapeutic journey.

There is a skill to being in empathic exchange with an other. A skill that resides in the awareness for not only how I am being impacted by you but also how I am impacting you. Such empathic awareness increases our human desire for authentic connection as well as our ability to achieve it. It also shows us that there is more to this process than mirror neuron responses or perspectival shift of “putting yourself in another’s shoes.” In this way the felt experience of empathy extends beyond the self’s experience to the mutual exchange between I and thou.