After much back and forth, I took the plunge and made my first therapy appointment. Leading up to my appointment, I was riddled with a ton of anxiety. Much of it was due to the fact that I had never been to therapy and therefore did not know what to expect.

In our first meeting, my therapist instantly put me at ease. This first meeting was mainly a getting to know me phase, so as to set a plan moving forward of what I hoped to accomplish in our sessions.

We set a plan of once a week for the next four weeks, after that we will re-evaluate to see if we can move to every other week. She let me know that we would move at my pace and what I felt comfortable with, which is great.

I felt hopeful after that first meeting. I am very proud of myself for taking this step, for not talking myself out of it. I feel it will be beneficial to my mental health well-being, to be able to have a sounding board to deal with things from the past as well as currently.