A beginner's guide all about therapy and finding a therapist who can help you move forward Exploring Therapy For Dummies answers your most pressing questions about mental health treatment: Is therapy right for me? How do I find the right therapist? Is there a particular therapy approach that might work best for me? What are the common mental health diagnoses? What can I expect from my first appointment? Is telehealth therapy as good as in-person therapy? When you're ready to take the next steps, this book helps you navigate the process of finding a therapist in easy-to-understand terms. Then, learn how to build trust with your therapist and get more comfortable opening up. With quizzes, sample examples, case studies, and resources, Exploring Therapy For Dummies is a friendly guide to this important step in your healing journey. Discover that many people go to therapy and there's no shame in getting it Find out how therapy works, learn to define goals and what the phases of therapy are Get acquainted with the most common therapy models—cognitive behavior therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, schema therapy, and beyond Understand some common mental health diagnoses like depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder and others Learn about children's therapy, including common mental health challenges and types of therapy that work best for kids This book is a great way to decide if you want or need therapy—it will debunk myths and misconceptions so that you can start off on the right foot with your first therapy experience.