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Working with Teens – Life Timeline Activity
Sometimes teens need a little help putting things in perspective. It’s hard to think ahead when you live in the moment. Doing a Life Timeline activity with your teen clients can help them identify what they’ve been through and where they want to go. Identifying important life events can give you insight into what teens…
Using the Stages of Change in Session
Showing clients the stages of change can help them identify where they are at in their process. They might be hearing from family members or partners that they need to change something about themselves or their behavior, and they might agree. But if they are still resistant to interventions in session, it might be time…
Creating Structure in Your Therapy Sessions
Sometimes new counselors feel like they are winging it during session. Clients come in with ten topics to talk about and counselors feel they are frantically throwing interventions at their client as the conversation twists and turns. It is difficult to know for certain if the session is productive. This can be particularly hard to…
Rookie Counseling 