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Agree on goals and a focus

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Ask what would make the conversation useful and negotiate a manageable focus together.

What it might sound like

“What would you most like us to understand or work on today?”

A common slip

Turning an agenda into the therapist’s checklist.

Across approaches

The purpose and timing depend on the formulation, relationship, and model. Follow a guide for its particular use rather than treating the wording as a universal script.

• CBT
• Motivational Interviewing
• DBT
• Family Systems
• REBT

Sources and review scope

• Book, clinical text, Paid · Purchase or library

  Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond, 3rd ed. (opens in a new tab)

  Judith S. Beck (2020). Guilford Press

  The standard introduction to Beckian cognitive therapy, from the cognitive model through session structure and belief work.

  cognitive model, automatic thoughts, beliefs, session structure

  Purchase or library access.

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• Book, practice manual, Paid · Purchase or library

  Deliberate Practice in Motivational Interviewing (opens in a new tab)

  Jennifer K. Manuel, Denise Ernst, Alexandre Vaz, and Tony Rousmaniere (2022). American Psychological Association

  A skills-rehearsal book for Motivational Interviewing, with exercises for partners and guidance for trainers.

  reflective listening, change talk

  Purchase or library access.

  Save to library