FAQ's

The first session is somewhat of a “getting to know you” session.

Typically, I will explain the “ground rules” of what will occur. I will be forthright (i.e., not put lipstick on a pig) and direct, but will do so out of kindness and respect. I will also explain that I want you to be open and direct.

Typically, I will invite you to ask me whatever questions you might have and explore your questions to your satisfaction. Additionally, we will review your intake paperwork thoroughly. Finally, you will receive some homework to continue gaining momentum between sessions.

Our therapy will typically be highly interactive. Since Proverbs 18:13 says: “He who gives an answer before he hears it is folly and shame and to him,” my commitment will be to understand what you are saying to your satisfaction.

I intend to make every session meaningful as well as enjoyable. Since therapy sometimes deals with “heavy” things, we will take “mini-breaks,” which might be only a quick moment of humor.

My big idea is to work myself out of a job so that your therapy will be heavily dependent on the work that you do between sessions. Yes, I give homework!

My therapy is different from others in that I do not subscribe to many of the “psychological” principles but rely heavily on God’s truth from the Bible. I firmly believe in the adage: “Rules are many. Principals are few. Rules change. Principles never do!”Very importantly, I teach people how to change their thinking to change their lives. There will be exercises followed up by discussions about what you’ve learned and what needs to be changed. I am not interested in exclusively teaching you what to do, but I am more interested in the HOW of change.

Yes, one of the surprises will be that, though we talk online, you will also be able to keep track of me through the session as I very actively use and share a whiteboard to take notes so that you can see the progression of the session as we go and even be able to review in session what we have already talked about. Finally, these notes and any reviewed scriptures will be sent home to you along with any homework. Receiving this information provides continuity between sessions and forms the basis for a quick review during our next session.