Goals for therapy

Therapy is a collaborative process, and ongoing communication with your therapist will help ensure that you are getting the most out of your therapeutic journey.

Things to Avoid Telling Your Therapist Knowing how to prepare for your first therapy session can help keep first-time jitters at bay. Experiencing the benefits of therapy first-hand gives you a safe place for self-inquiry and self-discovery, with an unbiased party–your therapist. However, there are a

Every year the world resolves to do something in the new year. Interestingly, the top resolutions or goals usually have very little to do with our mental health. Most new year goals are related to more exercise, lose weight, save money, get organized and read more. While all of those are awesome goals that will…

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Self Assessment - Free download as Word Doc (.doc / .docx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. This document contains 153 questions for self-reflection on topics like beliefs, values, relationships, goals, strengths, weaknesses, and happiness. The questions are meant to prompt deeper thought about the respondent's life, character, and priorities.

For 2021, therapy is the new gym membership. If you’re starting therapy for the first time this year, congratulations. You’ve taken a huge step towards caring for yourself. You don’t have to shoulder the heaviness of this past year alone. As with beginning anything new, though, therapy ca

Dr. AnnaLynn Schooley returns this week to discuss how we can get and stay focused on clients' larger purpose for being in therapy, whether in our present session, or over the course of several sessions. Dr. Schooley and I have discussed the art and science of therapy, as well as how to craft intentional questions. In this video, we develop ideas related to how you can get an intention and have a focus in session, at any given moment, that connects to what clients want out of therapy.

Learn how to set goals when you don't know what you want in life. Here are journal prompts for goal-setting, as well as lists to create when you don't know what you want in life. If you want to learn how to find direction in life, how to set goals, how to discover what you want to do in life, this post is for you.