My first time: the initial stage of psychological treatment.

A reflection on the kind of changes that psychotherapy brings about through the sessions.

Most of the people who come to my office come with a lack of motivation for life, as if the essence of the sun no longer shines every day.It is as if the essence of the sun no longer shines every day. It seems to me already an achievement that a person wants to look for a solution since the first step has already been taken. From that initial moment the evolution is usually constant and very exciting.

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The evolution propitiated by the therapy

In the beginnings of the psychological treatment I see in the looks of these people how the leaves of the calendar pass without getting to have any sense for them, even how they even consider the fear to come to therapy and if it is the correct thing or not. They become, under their anguish, dull beings that I am always sure will shine again.

Because of this, they must be made to feel welcome from the very first moment through words and the senses. That is why I have a purple wall in my practice; once at a congress I saw that this color was ideal, it gives peace and good feelings. These small details help people feel comfortable and open up, which is very important, especially in the initial stage of therapy.

At the beginning, patients are often lost. Their first contact with me is because they have come into a situation where they don't know why they are in situation where they don't know where to start to solve their problems; they blame themselves for what is happening to them.They blame themselves for what is happening to them and they hardly want to make eye contact. They see in you as a therapist someone to move forward, they know they have chosen the right place and that I will not let go of their hand.

It is very gratifying how that disappears after the sessions and how when I get home I start to think and prepare their case and how that person becomes someone important to me. There are no hours or moments, there is only their welfare, since I am in consultation I promised myself not to drop anyone, and I think that with perseverance I have achieved it.

Once several sessions have passed, the shy laughter and the problem come and their problem, without almost realizing it, disappears. We did not do magic, we simply looked for the guidelines and techniques necessary for my patient to be happy. At the end of these sessions, I look back at the evolution of the patients and I am thankful above all for making it so easy and so beautiful, because they have improved but I have grown.

Concluding

Put yourself in the hands of professionals for whom your well-being means a lot. I, at Guasimara Hernandez Psychology Center, bet on closeness and to accompany my patients throughout the psychological process; every step you take we will take together, and you will never feel alone or lonely.