Initial session
- Introduce myself and give a little information on my credentials.
- Check your valid photo ID to verify that you are who you say you are.
- Review the In Case of Emergency plan. I’ll also review who your emergency contact is with you and jot down your current location address.
- Review the housekeeping paperwork that you completed, such as the Notice of Privacy Practices and Informed Consents.
- Briefly talk about the SimplePractice platform and what’s available to you through your client portal.
- I’ll answer any questions that you may have.
- Review the Intake Questionnaire that you completed.
- Collaborate on the Treatment Plan, covering issues or symptoms that you’d like to work on, goals and outcomes, and steps towards those goals and managing symptoms.
- Discuss anything you could work on in between the initial session and the second session. If appropriate, I’ll probably suggest that you have a private journal or notebook to take notes during sessions and to use throughout the week.
- Answer any questions that you may have.
Regular sessions
- Hello!
- Verify your current location address.
- Check-in. Talk about how your week was and how you’re doing.
- If we need to, review the Treatment Plan.
- Talk about things going on and work towards your goals that reflect the Treatment Plan. How we work towards your goals is 100% unique to you. We will also identify your strengths and interests and where we can use them.
- Discuss what you could work on over the next week.
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About Person-Centered Perspective in Counseling
I was Inspired to Call My Business Finish Stronger Counseling
What National Certified Counselor (NCC) Means to Potential Clients
The Value of Seeing a Therapist: What does your therapist do when they’re not in session?
Why I Became a Christian Counselor (And not an engineer)
Open Path Psychotherapy Collective – Affordable Mental Health Services
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