If your appointment is booked and your mind has started drafting reasons to cancel, this page is for you. It answers the small practical questions that grow large at night, and it is deliberately short, because the truthful answer to most of them is: less is required of you than you think.

What to bring

Yourself, primarily. Beyond that, two things help if you have them: any medical records that feel relevant, and a list of medications you currently take, including things bought over the counter. If you have neither, come anyway; their absence stops nothing. Some people also jot a few notes the night before — when this started, what’s changed, what they most want to say — not because it’s required, but because minds go blank in waiting rooms and a note in your pocket is cheap insurance.

Anything else — payment arrangements, documents, practical details — will be confirmed when you book, so ask then rather than wondering now.

Who can come with you

A trusted person can accompany you, and for many people that’s the difference between attending and not. Whether they join the session itself or wait outside is worked out between you and the clinician on the day; both are normal, and you can change your mind partway through.

If you’re the trusted person reading this: your job is transport, presence, and zero commentary on the drive home unless invited. It’s plenty.

Where you’re going

The Kyambogo centre: Plot 12, Lancaster Avenue, Kyambogo Lower Estates, Kampala. It’s an ordinary open clinic in a quiet residential area. Appointments run Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am–5:00 pm (last appointment 5:00 pm), public holidays included. Ask for directions when you book if you’re unsure; arriving unflustered is worth the extra question.

What happens in the room

That has its own guide (Understanding Assessment). The one-sentence version: a careful, unhurried conversation with a professional — typically an hour — in which honest and incomplete beats polished and partial.

What you’ll leave with

The aim is for you to leave with more than you arrived with: an explanation taking shape, a recommendation, a next appointment, or a plan — and the specific relief of having finally said things aloud. People rarely regret the appointment itself. It’s the years of not booking one they mention.

Wobbling anyway? That’s allowed. Go anyway. And if you haven’t booked yet: +256 770 700944.