Therapy Sessions

A therapy session is a structured meeting between a patient and a therapist designed to address emotional or psychological issues through conversation and other therapeutic techniques. The first session typically involves the therapist gathering information about the patient's background and current concerns to determine the best course of action

The events of psychotherapy occur in a series of meetings between patient and therapist called therapy sessions. The most directly observable aspects of those events consist of conversation. In some types of therapy, conversation may be supplemented by inviting patients to engage in certain activities or exercises designed to provide significant learning or corrective emotional experiences for the patient. Given the prominence of verbal and nonverbal communications, researchers have relied heavily on audio and video tapes of therapy sessions to record the events of therapy.