6 QUESTIONS TO ASK A THERAPIST
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2024
- Here are 6 questions that you can ask a therapist! You can think of it as interviewing your therapist to see if that person is the best for you. It can feel very vulnerable and awkward to talk to someone that you do not know. However, I believe the therapy space should be humanistic and not feel like a power struggle. These are questions asked from google and from people who have asked me over the years that I found very helpful with creating a healing and open space! Never be afraid to ask questions. This is your journey, time, and money!
✟ May this be fruitful for you ✟
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"Bro... can u help me or noh?" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 i SCREAMED!
ana The question has to be asked 🤔😂😂😂😭😭 Thanks for watching!
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never. I didn't even realize I could ask these questions
I am so happy to hear this! Please ask them!
5 years late to say thank you so much for making this video. Was having some serious anxiety about starting therapy again, as the first time around I felt steamrolled and dismissed. I’m so happy to learn that I was just working with a more “directing” therapist. Thank you for sharing a way to express or ask about different styles of therapy!
THANK YOU for having a video like this! I swear, you're the only person on UA-cam who actually has the IMPORTANT questions to ask a therapist! I was searching everywhere on how to vet and question a therapist for my session one tomorrow and way too many videos were just like "just be open minded... don't be scared... your therapist isn't judging you"-- BRUH I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE MY THERAPIST IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP ME!
I want to say thank you for coming to utube and making these video
You are very welcome! Thanks for watching!
I'm preparing for my first psychiatrist appointment tomorrow and I'm so glad to have found this video! Thank you!!!!
That's a little different though bc the Psychiatrist just handles meds and testing
I just found your channel, wow. I thank GOD for your work and dedication, thank you so much! I'm starting with a new therapist today and this is really helpful.
Thank you!! For being so real, and making me realize that I have a voice and an option to question a therapist in our first interactions before choosing them to see me thru my issues. I'm a people pleaser and I have such a hard time telling anyone they don't meet my standard, cause I literally love everyone and find ways to love people thru all the messed up shit they do. Forgiving is my nature. But in a professional relationship, it's crucial to see them for their strength and capabilities to deal with my issues before we start working on my goals and issues. You've inspired me to be choosey with who I work with!!!! God bless you and your talent and openness to share with the world. I took notes on this video, I'm excited to start getting help ❤️
Loved this! The video was short and sweet :) I’ll be asking some of these in my consultation session I have this week with a new therapist 🥳
Love this video. Asking questions is very hard for me. So your video is a big help.
SUPER helpful - thank you!
Fantastic video and such insightful questions! It's so important to find the right therapist who can create a comfortable and empowering space. I appreciate your emphasis on the humanistic approach and making therapy a collaborative journey.
this is fantastic!! I am LOVING your channel tonight, literally been binge watching haha!thanks so much
Im so happy to hear! Thanks so much for watching!
Thank you. Genuinely helpful.
I literally had the thought to flip the tables on my counselor & came across this video💥 Every session counselor insults or condemns me. Plus she’s unaware of:
•Shadow Work/Heal Inner Child
•DBT skills
•Grey Rocking
•Detoxing Survivor Mode
•The Work w/Byron Katie
Just to name a few skills she lacks as a licensed therapist🤦🏽♀️
Very informative. Thank you!!
What if I’m 4 months in and now want to ask these questions because I feel the disconnect? (-:
I'm really confused why this doesn't have more likes because I was really worried about my first appointment coming up and this helps so much. We're both just people! Here's some guidelines on whether we'll work well together.
one minute in and im already knowing ima love this
This was super helpful, thank you so much!
I'm so glad!
Bringing these with me today to my first session 💗 thank you!
You got this!
Thank u so much! watching this for my 2nd appointment tomorrow my only regret after the first one was blanking on having any questions 😣😄
This video was amazing thank you. meeting a new therapist online tomorrow to see if we are a fit. Hoping it works.....
Thank you for this I have a meeting tonight with a new therapist and really needed it!
So happy to hear! I hope therapy goes well!
Thank you for this. I’m 28 years old and I’m starting therapy soon, I was scared to just jump in and tell me soul to someone. But this makes me feel so much safer.
I’m happy to hear
Girl I love you, you are keeping it real, I've been looking for questions to ask them to know they actually gona put the time into helping me, I've been getting therapists that literally just want my money $
I am happy that this is helpful! Yes, please ask them questions. You have power as well!
@@RashawndaJames Thank you so much! I actually wanted to let you know I finally found the right therapist for me, and she is just amazing I love her so much, she knew I didn't have enough money to pay the co-pay so she took it off completely, I wish she were my mom she is just so sweet. :) I am so happy I found her, thank you for your video it helped me ask all the right questions, and you have gorgeous energy
So proud of you for continuing until you found a good fit for you!!! I am glad that money was not a barrier for you. Seek healthy and you become healthy :)
@@RashawndaJames Thank you! It definitley is hard to keep going, I was a bit scared at first but I was pleasantly surprised 💖
ughh thank you!!!
Thank you for this list. I hope I like my new Therapist.
going to a therapist later because i almost ended my life a day ago.. i hope it goes well
Hello. I hope you are well.
Love it, going to use some of these questions in my therapy today
Happy to hear!
This is so helpful. Thank you so much for sharing this insight. will definitely be asking prospective therapists some of these questions
Totally doing this today
What if one is a novice therapist and doesn't know how to answer those questions? You seriously scaring me.
Novice therapist are still able to answer most of the questions or be honest about no knowing. It is not my intention to scar, just increase awareness
Thank you for this video! It would have been so helpful to have your questions in hand when I began (and eventually completed) therapy many years ago. Asking questions makes you more of a partner in your own therapy, which can only help with creating a way forward. I will share this with others, especially with young adults considering therapy as a way to handle their challenges.
Seriously, why haven't more people viewed this vid? Or all of your other vids? Subscribing now!
Thanks Lena! As long as it is helps those who see then that is great!
Wish I would have. Very good questions
THANK YOU'
This was great! Very helpfull (:
Glad you think so!
On the phone, before we meet, I ask: Are you interactive? I hate paying for stare-apy.
Great!
I feel like my new therapist has the best intentions to help but, she just keeps minimizing the things that concern me. If I talk about my family dynamics (which I do not enjoy talking about, but I understand it's necessary), she feels the need to talk about her family dynamics and, tell me about her life and her kids. If I talk about the multiple sexual assaults I've been through, she finds a way to make it about my family dynamics and then hers. If I talk about how I think it'd be beneficial for me to be tested for ADD, she talks about how the "symptoms" I have been having are common to most of the population so I'm "normal"
I’m 4 minutes in and I already have anxiety about talking to a therapist today. Lord help😭
I like your style. My counselor never smiles until end of the session. I feel more like a case study than a client getting help. My counselor never admitted they could not help me/us. My husband still want to look pretty like you after all those sessions we went to. And I still want to wear the pants. We need help. Please make video on counselors stepping up to admit when they dont have the skill to help someone. Thanks
Thanks you
Thank you so muchhhhhh
No problem
Sooo Good, thank you for this! I'm about to interview a new therapist and this video is very helpful. Rashawnda, do you have any recommendations of good graduate schools for psychotherapy? I'm a Black multicultural woman who took a year off from grad school due to educational systemic microaggressions. I was in a cohort model with predominantly white students at Naropa University here in Colorado. Even a recommendation for a program online? thank you
Thank you
You're welcome
Great video! I found you recently, I love your content, I feel like I really need therapy but I’m at a weird place in my life where I don’t know where to go and what to do, so I’m not settled anywhere to get therapy :( But when I do I will think about these!
You deserve a ton of subscribers!
On a side note though, this girafe is pretty cute but if this is your office and I was seeing you I would constantly think about why it has three testicles in its face 🙈🙊😂
I can understand being in a weird place. You may consider a free week trial of online therapy. The painting....hahaha!!! I actually painted it at one of those classes!!! Thanks so much for your kinds words. I know the subscribers will come!! Thanks for watching!
I don't know if you managed to find a place to go for therapy. You can try Talkspace online. You can see videos of therapists who match your profile and decide who you want. It's convenient.
"Can youhel me or not" that was so funny 😭😂😂😂
New subscriber btw as well.
Thanks!
Damn how much I wish you were my wife sheesh, God bless u I'm 25 Latino struggling with depression all cause I don't have the right partner....
i finally asked for help and i regret so so much, my psychiatrist recommended a male therapist so i went and he judge me, he called me dumb and compared me to his son that is the same age as me, honestly so disappointing
I need an all of the above therapist 😝
This was a great video. I agree with almost everything accept the last question. As a clinically licensed psychotherapist, I honestly feel as if a therapist should not self disclose with any and every client just because they request. I find this to definitely be the case with clients who either disclose or present with certain behaviors consistent with personality disorders. In that event, self disclosing personal information is a NO for me.
Is it appropriate to ask your Counselor about her Marital Status? Is it appropriate to invite and treat her for dinner as a compliments? How strict is the rules for the Counselors or Therapists for them to observe and follow? What if both of you fall in love to each for the better? We are just humans right. What are the consequences? Thank you
amazing. excellent video, and U, as a whole.
now u only need to steal views from kati😅. I mean collaborate. sharing is caring
u r very photogenic and presentable, presented and edited very nicely,
definitely gonna ask the bit about "strengths" & I wanna extend the question about "have u been in therapy" to how long/what are the big numbers on going to therapy; cuz (sorry if I'm confusing) I am now at 30+ sessions. I wanna know what it feels like, & what to do from there
Hahaha Your funny! thanks!
When should I ask all these questions? All of them at the start of my first session? Idk when to ask them
In the beginning, let the therapist know that you have a few questions that you would like to ask before the end of session. This will allow you both to discuss when to ask them. I hope this helps!
I thought the therapists ask YOU the questions
I don’t even know where to find one I live in Flint Michigan very small place
You can try telehealth so that you can do therapy from you home.
I'd love to ask them these kind of questions, but i'm afraid it will be too awkward or uncomfortable for them😅 like i'm interviewing them for hire or something
But you are! It is normal to want to know about the person your going to share parts of yourself with ❤️
2:31, so how to you go about phrasing the question to find out if they are short-term or long-term 🤔?
It's been a year I'm so sorry, omg I'm looking for the same question
@@nishkavn1755 This is what I came up with - Would it be possible for us to address this issue in a few sessions? Or would we need to work long term for me to receive the solution?
hope that helps x
or even just - Could we work it out in a few sessions? (But I think it’s always worth explaining in more detail like my first statement because then you know for sure you will know without them making any assumptions to fill in the blanks in what you mean exactly by asking that question).
my therapist asked me how can I help you ?
I was like why would I be here I knew that
Like yeah, how to respond to that? I just found myself shrugging my shoulders saying I don't know. Maybe just a talk? it's scary!
Plz help i have terapist tommrow 🥺😒
I'm am new on there's
Really you looking so very beautiful dear ❤❤❤
How are there 92 comments and no likes
Remember to think critically folks! While this may sound like nice advice, what are the sources of these claims background? What makes them an expert on this topic? Have they studied therapy and earned bachelors degree? A masters, a PhD? Not just with this video, but with EVERYTHING you see and read on the internet. Take a course on critical thinking before you take advice from influencers on the internet.
Seriously seriously .. these videos are important ... we give this industry wayyyyy too much credit without doing OUR OWN research ... which overall decreases the quality of the THERAPY or Psychiatry that happens