{"id":1006,"date":"2025-11-17T12:01:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T12:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safeharbor.agencypartnerinteractive.com\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2025-11-17T18:13:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:13:05","slug":"mindfulness-practices-to-reduce-daily-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/safeharbor.agencypartnerinteractive.com\/?p=1006","title":{"rendered":"Mindfulness Practices to Reduce Daily Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]\t\t<div id=\"wd-691b374844839\" class=\"wd-text-block wd-wpb reset-last-child wd-rs-691b374844839 text-left \">\n\t\t\t<p>A first session with a new therapist can be a lot of things: nerve-racking, overwhelming, intimidating, or even exciting.<\/p>\n<p>However you\u2019re feeling is completely valid \u2014 opening up to a stranger and asking for support, even if the person we\u2019re speaking with is technically a trained professional, can bring up a lot for us, even if it\u2019s not our first therapy rodeo.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\n\t\t<div id=\"wd-691b375e00087\" class=\"title-wrapper wd-wpb wd-set-mb reset-last-child  wd-rs-691b375e00087 wd-title-color-default wd-title-style-default text-left  wd-underline-colored\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"woodmart-title-container title  wd-font-weight- wd-fontsize-l\" >Familiarize yourself with the intake process.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-after_title reset-last-child  wd-fontsize-xs\">Every therapist has their own intake process, but most intake processes have a few things in common! Namely, they typically involve paperwork, an \u201cinterview,\u201d and an opportunity to ask your therapist questions.<\/p>\n<p>Before beginning your work together, your therapist will have you read and sign some documents. This usually includes consent to treatment, some privacy agreements, and more information about your therapist\u2019s practice and policies, including their no-show policy and communication boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>There may also be questionnaires to better understand what you\u2019re struggling with, and your therapist may also use clinical assessments, like the PHQ-9 and GAD-7, which track symptoms associated with depression and anxiety, respectively.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\n\t\t<div id=\"wd-691b377d26dac\" class=\"title-wrapper wd-wpb wd-set-mb reset-last-child  wd-rs-691b377d26dac wd-title-color-default wd-title-style-default text-left  wd-underline-colored\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"woodmart-title-container title  wd-font-weight- wd-fontsize-l\" >Ask for what you need \u2014 even if it\u2019s not \u201ctypical\u201d!<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-after_title reset-last-child  wd-fontsize-xs\">Every therapist has their own intake process, but most intake processes have a few things in common! 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