Major Take-Aways:

• Therapy is at its core an emotional experience, and when beginning in therapy, it’s perfectly normal to experience a range of emotions in response to the therapy itself

• In this article, I summarize just six of the most common feelings that therapy may initially stir-up when getting started

• My advice on how to deal with these feelings? Talk about them! Most effective therapists will welcome the invitation to process these feelings and will admire your courage for bringing them up!