First, congratulations on your decision to improve your life or relationship in some important way. This page contains information designed to insure that your first meeting will be as seamless and productive as possible.

1) Directions:  Ms. Reichlin's office is located at 4500 Bissonnet, corner of Bissonnet & Newcastle. Click here for a map.  Once you have entered the building, you will see that it has only one elevator. Take this (or the stairs) to the 3rd floor.  Turn right as you exit the elevator and follow the hall to Suite 335.

2) Intake Form(s): Once in the suite, you will see (one or two) Intake forms on a glass-topped coffee table.  If coming with a partner, you will both need to fill one out. Once completed, just wait - Ms. Reichlin will come out to get you.

3) Policies: Please see the bottom of this page for some important policies regarding payment, communication with Ms. Reichlin and cancellations.

Ways to speed your progress:

     Often, people ask what they can do to prepare for their first session and/or to speed the process. These thoughts are offered for those who would like to get started ASAP.  (Please Note: f you will be coming in with your partner/spouse, let them make their own decision whether or not to do these steps. For now, just focus on doing your own work.)

#1: Read

     The amount of time spent in therapy can often be dramatically shortened by your willingness to read. If you are coming in regarding a primary committed love relationship, you are urged to begin reading one or both of these two outstanding books:

• Hold Me Tight: 7 Conversations for a Lifetime of Love. Written by Dr. Sue Johnson, this is the book describing Emotionally Focused Therapy, (EFT), the most heavily researched couples therapy out there and the one with the greatest positive results. Available in hard cover and audio.

     (By the way, please purchase 2 copies of each book.
      Saves on the "I-couldn't-read-it-because-my-partner-
      hasn't-finished-it-yet" syndrome.)

• Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples 20th Anniversary Edition by Dr. Harville Hendrix. This NY Times best-selling book is the key Imago book. Available in paper and audio.

#2: Attend an Imago Weekend Workshop for Couples

     There is not a more powerful, cost-effective way to speed any couple's progress than to attend an Imago Weekend Workshop for Couples (also known as the Getting the Love You Want Workshop).)Ms. Reichlin deso not take credit for this workshop, that goes to Dr. Harville Hendrix, who designed it. But for the past 16 years, she has repeatedly seen this weekend catapult couples 3 to 6 months down the road in just two-and-a-half days' time. It's ability to rescue, re-vitalize and/or add new intimacy and passion to just about any marriage or relationship has truly been amazing to witness.

#3: Set some goals

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     You know, if you have no goal, you'll hit it every time.  Maximize the time and money spent in therapy by taking time to construct two to three goals you'd like to accomplish. Ask yourself these questions:

• At the end of our working together, what will be different in your life or relationship?

• How will you know that things are improved?

• Most importantly, once you have reached your goals, what will you, and/or your partner, be doing differently?

     Work with your answer until you can describe the changes you want in very specific, positive, behavioral terms. (E.g., from "we will be happier" to "we will smile, kiss and hug on a regular basis, engage in a mutually enjoyable activity together once a week, discuss our differences calmly, etc." Individual goals might be: "I will wake up in the morning feeling ready to meet the day." Or, "I will be able to set and keep appropriate boundaries between myself and others."

     If you like, bring your goals with you to your appointment!  

     I look forward to meeting you soon . . .      Barbara R

POLICIES

1) Payment:  Ms. Reichlin's fee is $150/hr.  It is asked that payment be made a the end of each session. While credit cards are accepted for the Imago Weekend Workshop, payment for private therapy sessions is limited to checks and cash.  If requested, you will receive a receipt that can be submitted for insurance reimbursement.

2) Email: Clients in couples therapy who wish to email Ms. Reichlin about their relationship are asked to copy their partner. This is to insure Ms. Reichlin's neutrality as your couples’ therapist. 

3) Appointment Cancellation: It is asked that cancellations be received by Ms. Reichlin at least 24 hours in advance. Appointments cancelled less than 24 hrs before an appointment will be charged for in full. The late cancellation fee will be waived if the missed appointment can be rescheduled at a mutually agreed upon time later in the same week.  (Insurance will not reimburse for fees of this type.)

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