Questions to ask a therapist, counselor, or psychologist in Belize

Questions to ask you therapist in Belize

You’ve gotten a couple recommendations of a few therapist in Belize that may be a good fit for you. All of them got raving reviews. You have called a couple and each of them says that you can book a consultation . But, what should you ask? What should you say? What is appropriate?

Questions to ask a Therapist/Psychologist in Belize

The key to finding a therapist that will definitely support you with what you are experiencing is building a relationship with that person. That starts at the first consultation. The purpose of a consultation is for you to determine if this person is a right fit to help you. Your therapist or psychologist will be focusing on understanding your concerns and will share with you their tentative plan based on what you have shared, but it’s also for you both to determine if that therapist will be able to support you.

Question #1: Do you have experience working with the issues I am looking for help with?

It is important that you find a therapist that has working experience with the issues that you are dealing with. At the end of your consultation, you should have an idea of how your therapist will work with you to reach your goal. Therapy is a process in which you are an integral part of, so you want to work with what therapist that will create a plan based on your needs.

Question #2: What is your process?

Each therapist have their own style of doing therapy but there is a universal process. You want to leave your consultation knowing what will be some key indicators to track your progress, the frequency of sessions, the type of therapy being used and the length of therapy.

Question #3: How often will we have sessions?

We have seen that therapy is more effective when it is done weekly. The reason is, most of the time the reason you have considered therapy is because something is happening in your life that is causing you distress and we want to be able to provide you with consistent support so that you don’t start to reveal the painful part of your experience and then have to wait two weeks before we continue. That will cause you more harm than good. Weekly sessions have also been proven through research and we use best practices to guide our practice. If you want to read research you that, you can find it here.

Sessions have been most successful . It will be based on what you are experiencing and what will help you be able to heal from what you have been dealing with.

Question #4: How do you ensure confidentiality since Belize is so small?

We have a couple policy in place to ensure confidentiality. During your consultation, we always share the limits of confidentiality such as harm to : self, others, children and elderly and being subpoena to court. We are required to document sessions and that is recorded on our cloud based platform. Only your therapist has access to their notes.

We always tell clients that they have the option to acknowledge us when they us around whether its at the grocery store, beach, dance or wherever. If you decide not to acknowledge us, we won’t take it personal. It won’t impact your relationship with us in therapy.

We hope this helps you find the right psychologist/therapist in Belize. If you are still feeling stuck, feel free to call us at 6360823 for a free 15-minute phone consultation. We’d be happy to hear about what is happening and help direct you to the right person. If you are looking for help with your child , you can read more about how we can help here. If you are looking for help with feelings of insecurities, past trauma and anxiety, you can read more about how we can help here.