{"id":14,"date":"2026-09-14T18:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T18:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/latrobe-mould\/your-first-session\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T09:51:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T09:51:47","slug":"your-first-session","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/latrobe-mould\/your-first-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Your first session"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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YOUR FIRST SESSION<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Nobody will ask about your childhood in the first ten minutes.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Sixty minutes, mostly spent working out what you want to be different and whether this clinician is the right fit. You are allowed to leave and try someone else — that is a normal outcome, not a failure.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tYOUR FIRST HOUR<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The hour, roughly<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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0–10<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Paperwork and the ground rules<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Consent, confidentiality and its three exceptions, fees and the cancellation policy — said out loud rather than buried in a form you sign without reading.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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10–35<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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What brought you in<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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In your own words, at whatever level of detail you want today. “I would rather not go into that yet” is a complete answer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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35–48<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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What you want to be different<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The most useful question in the hour. It becomes the thing we measure against, so at session six there is something concrete to compare.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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48–55<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A plan, and a number<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A rough approach, roughly how many sessions, and what you might do before next time. Small and specific, not a life overhaul.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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55–60<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Whether to continue, and with whom<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Fit predicts outcome more than method does. If this clinician is not right, you will be offered someone else here or a name elsewhere — a normal way for a first session to end.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Confidentiality, and its limits<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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What you say here stays here. Your file is not shared with your employer, your family or your insurer, and if you are here on a Medicare plan the only thing your GP receives is a short progress letter — not your session notes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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There are three exceptions, and you will hear them in the first ten minutes rather than reading them in fine print: a serious and imminent risk to your life or someone else’s, a child at risk of harm, or a court subpoena. You can also ask, at any point, what has been written about you — it is your file.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tCOMING PREPARED<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Bring with you<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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GP referral & mental health plan<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Required for the Medicare rebate. Without it the full fee applies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Medicare card<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Or the digital version in your phone wallet.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Any concession card<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Health Care Card or pension card, if you are asking about a bulk-billed place.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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A list of medications<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Including anything a GP or psychiatrist has started or changed recently.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Inside 24 hours, half the fee; on the day, the full fee, and Medicare cannot rebate it. We waive it for genuine emergencies and for the first time it happens — but the hour cannot be given to anyone else at that notice, which is the whole reason for the policy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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