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What to Expect at Your First Therapy Session

Introduction & Building Trust: Meet your therapist, learn about their approach and confidentiality.
Background Discussion: Share your past difficulties, medical, and psychological history.
Current Difficulties: Talk openly about the issues you're facing now.
Assessing Compatibility: Determine if you and your therapist are a good match with no pressure to commit immediately.
Asking Questions: Inquire about the therapist’s qualifications, treatment methods, session frequency, etc.
Next Steps: Discuss future appointments, coping strategies, or tasks. Freedom to choose not to continue if it's not the right fit.
Goal: Start the journey towards understanding, healing, and personal growth in a supportive, judgment-free environment.

Integrative and Holistic Approach: Centered on understanding and transforming patterns that hinder intimacy and connection.
Guided by EFT, Schema Therapy, DBT, and EMDR: Enhancing emotional attachment, restructuring patterns, improving communication, and healing trauma.
Specializations: Communication issues, premarital counseling, infidelity, and divorce prevention.
Unique Methodologies for Couples: Tailored combination of therapies with cultural sensitivity for intercultural couples.
Personalized Therapeutic Process: Comprehensive assessment and tailored interventions to promote relationship growth and healing.
Safe and Neutral Space: Ensuring both partners feel heard and understood, with equal participation.
Enhancing Communication and Emotional Intimacy: Through effective communication skills and deepening emotional understanding.
Professional Insights on Common Challenges: Addressing communication barriers, cultural differences, and unresolved trauma with tailored strategies.

Bilingual Therapy in Busan: Offering therapy in both English and Korean, catering to the diverse community in Busan.
Client-Centered Approach: Focus on therapy that is tailored to the client's personal needs and desires, beyond conventional perceptions.
Specializations: Expertise in anxiety, depression, self-esteem, family issues, LGBTQ+ support, and intercultural couples counseling.
Therapeutic Frameworks: Utilizing Emotion-Focused Therapy, Schema Therapy, DBT skills, and EMDR for a comprehensive therapeutic experience.
Personalized Sessions: Each session is designed to address the client's current struggles and goals, with a focus on empathetic, targeted support.
Safe and Welcoming Environment: A commitment to creating a space free of preconceived judgments, emphasizing acceptance and understanding.
Empathetic and Experienced: Drawing on personal experience as a foreigner in Busan to offer deep empathy and understanding.