Treatment Planning & Orientation to Therapy

Agenda for Sessions

You will be asked to continue to meet with me on the agreed to frequency. I will ask you to practice new skills and complete some work in between session. I will also ask you to watch videos, listen to podcasts, read books and articles, review handouts, and complete worksheets. You will be responsible for arriving at sessions prepared and ready to participate in sessions. I recommend that you keep a journal for writing ideas or items you wish to discuss in therapy sessions.

You and I will utilize and adhere to the following in sessions: Treatment plans; evidence based assessment tests and surveys; SAMHSA oriented health and wellness dimensions; ethical guidelines, evidence based measurement tools to assess progress in therapy; the process of therapy and the therapeutic relationship; and a therapeutic partnership based on empowerment, agency, autonomy, fidelity, responsibility, and cooperation.

I will hold fidelity for the individual models of therapy within the eclectic, integrated approach to therapy in our sessions, as much as possible. I will continue to assess for changes in core beliefs, expectations, perceptions, thoughts, emotions, feelings, personality traits, and undesirable behaviors. I will continuously assess for completion of therapy goals, and the agreed upon objectives and interventions. I will follow up with you on in between session work and skills practice. I will also discuss your progress in therapy with my supervisor in clinical supervision. I will keep accurate records of your progress, including in between session work status.

Because many of my approaches have CBT in their foundation, every session will proceed the way a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy session should. We will have a brief check in; I will follow up from last session; we will review the in between session assignments (when applicable); we will process assignment ambivalence, avoidance, skepticism, questions, comments, concerns, and begin analyzing the assignment (when applicable); I may offer knowledge, share resources, teach psychoeducation; we will engage in discussion; we may engage in some creative solution focused problem solving; I will assist you with setting smart goals, that are future oriented and goal directed; we will conclude with a brief check out; a brief session evaluation; we will plan next steps; I may assign videos, lessons, readings, and practice work for in between sessions; and we will schedule the next session.