Oh gosh, I remember being terrified about my first therapy appointment, and most of them for a month or so.
I think a lot of it will depend on how you generally behave, and the chemistry the two of you develop.
What helped me was to, during the time between visits, write out what was bugging me in list form, and then give it to him at the beginning, to give a launching point. It also really helped, because I had a speech impediment at the time. What also helped was to practice talking about what was upsetting me.
And if you're nervous about therapy and how to act, it's totally cool to talk to your therapist about that too! They will have seen that before and they may be able to help you with it. They want you to be okay with it.
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