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During the intake appointment, we'll explore what brought you here, understand your goals and challenges, and determine how I can best support you. This is a chance to get to know each other and for you to decide if working together feels right. From there, we'll create a personalized plan to help you develop the emotional and psychological capacity to build the meaningful life and fulfilling relationships you want.

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