ABSTRACT
Therapist should pay very careful attention to the client and to every detail of what happens in therapy, from the very first moments of the encounter with the client. The words that the client uses in the opening sentences of the therapeutic encounter are crucial and often contain the kernel of the whole contract. The therapist will endeavour to be very focused as to what their client wants and expects from therapy. They will attempt to tease out the issues and to pin down their client to gain clarity as to the issues. The therapist’s task is gently to help them to have sufficient confidence in the situation to dare to reveal the real issue. The first session is indeed an introductory session and one in which the therapist and client get to know each other and about the process of therapy.
