A Partnership
We will work together to develop a treatment plan identifies problems you want to work on in therapy, what your goals for these problems are, and steps you can take to work towards accomplishing these goals. Treatment plans are important because they act as a map for the therapeutic process and provide a way of measuring whether therapy is working. It’s important that you be involved in the creation of your treatment plan because it will be unique to you. Here are some tips to help you with the treatment planning process.
Identifying Areas for Treatment
In order to prepare for your first session you need to identify the areas you want to work on in therapy. You can gain insight into what these areas by asking yourself “Why am I seeking therapy in the first place?” You can also talk to members of your support system and ask them what they think may be helpful to you.
Setting Goals
After you’ve identified the areas you want to work on, we will formulate goals. One way of identifying your goals is to ask yourself “What will my life look like when this problem is no longer an issue for me?” Your goals should be measurable. One way to make your goals measurable is to quantify them and add a deadline you want to have them achieved by.
Choosing Tasks
Lastly, we will identify objectives. Objectives are tasks you can work on that will help you reach your overall goal. You want to choose tasks that relate directly to your identified areas and bring you closer to reaching your goals. It is important to practice your skills between sessions to enhance their effectiveness. Practice may lead to more improvement, sometimes in a shorter period of time than sessions would alone.
There are many factors that influence change in therapy. These factors have been extensively researched and are known as "common factors". These are the necessary ingredients for change regardless of the approach to therapy. It is estimated that clients and factors outside of the therapy account for about 40% of the change that takes place (Assay & Lambert, 1999). The client change factors include the client’s level of motivation, perceptions of the therapy, commitment to the therapy framework, and integration of concepts into everyday life (Bohart & Wade, 2013). For more information, please go to https://www.whatworksintherapy.com/
We will work together to develop a treatment plan identifies problems you want to work on in therapy, what your goals for these problems are, and steps you can take to work towards accomplishing these goals. Treatment plans are important because they act as a map for the therapeutic process and provide a way of measuring whether therapy is working. It’s important that you be involved in the creation of your treatment plan because it will be unique to you. Here are some tips to help you with the treatment planning process.
Identifying Areas for Treatment
In order to prepare for your first session you need to identify the areas you want to work on in therapy. You can gain insight into what these areas by asking yourself “Why am I seeking therapy in the first place?” You can also talk to members of your support system and ask them what they think may be helpful to you.
Setting Goals
After you’ve identified the areas you want to work on, we will formulate goals. One way of identifying your goals is to ask yourself “What will my life look like when this problem is no longer an issue for me?” Your goals should be measurable. One way to make your goals measurable is to quantify them and add a deadline you want to have them achieved by.
Choosing Tasks
Lastly, we will identify objectives. Objectives are tasks you can work on that will help you reach your overall goal. You want to choose tasks that relate directly to your identified areas and bring you closer to reaching your goals. It is important to practice your skills between sessions to enhance their effectiveness. Practice may lead to more improvement, sometimes in a shorter period of time than sessions would alone.
There are many factors that influence change in therapy. These factors have been extensively researched and are known as "common factors". These are the necessary ingredients for change regardless of the approach to therapy. It is estimated that clients and factors outside of the therapy account for about 40% of the change that takes place (Assay & Lambert, 1999). The client change factors include the client’s level of motivation, perceptions of the therapy, commitment to the therapy framework, and integration of concepts into everyday life (Bohart & Wade, 2013). For more information, please go to https://www.whatworksintherapy.com/