Thursday cannot get here any faster!

HB,

Yeah!!!! So happy that you have taken this step, and getting started on your treatment!

You are likely going to spend the first session with intake type information...getting to know your therapist, and he/she you...your history ect...

...but that is not to say that you won't be able to express your hopes and goals for your recovery!

You can even ask for some 'homework' if you are really ready to jump into things!

Doing your work in between session is very productive, so speak up and request worksheets. ;)

I hope it is a great first appointment! Please keep us posted, won't you?

Great job on proactively working toward managing your anxiety!!

S.C.

I am so glad that you are going with CBT, you will get lots of benefits and learn much about anxiety in general. I am sure :)

It might not go really fast at first but I recommend you to be patient and give some time to your therapist/dr so that they learn about you a bit. This may take a few sessions. She/he probably will give you some homework to do until the next time you meet. Even though they don't do it, you can start by yourself and get some idea about how CBT works.

Actually there are some worksheets somewhere inside our resources page, take a look at them.
www.get.gg/freedownloads2.htm This one link I like a lot, I use some of these sheets to write down my my thoughts.

Good luck and keep us updated !