Therapy Notes: a Journal to Keep Your Notes and Action Plans from Your Therapy Sessions


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It's a personal journal designed to help keep track of your therapy sessions. Fill in your thoughts and any action plans to help you recall what you discussed and to help prepare for your next session. There are notes for each session for: What we talked about My thoughts Action Plan To prepare for our next session The journal is a compact 5.5" x 8.5", that's 1/2 letter size (close to A5), making it easy to fit in most bags. 104 pages.




A Therapist Journal


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Keeping organized notes is key for any therapist - and this journal is here to help you with that! Encouraged and guided by a professional therapist, we created this journal to provide the best help for therapists, both in their preparation for the sessions and during the sessions themselves. A simple and practical tool This journal provides an efficient way for organizing all your notes in one place: - It can be used daily in your office (virtual or in person) - It can help organize notes about patients' specific situations, thoughts of resources & strategies that could help each case, past homework assigned to the patients, reminders & takeaways for future sessions, and more! Let's journal together? Ps1. This journal is offered in Black & White and Color versions* - the content is the same. You are on the Black & White version page now (which means that the interior of the journal will be print in Black & White). If you'd like to purchase the Color version, please just click on "A Day to Remember" (our author page on Amazon) and find the Color version with the exact same cover. [* Exception: Color version is still not available in the Amazon Australia and Japan stores - but coming soon!] Ps2. We also would like to invite you to FOLLOW our author page on Amazon (again, to get there just click on "A Day to Remember" on this page). In our author page you will have access to our full collection of journals (mental health, personal development, childhood education journals and more!). You will also find our contact information. We release new journals almost every week, so we encourage you to follow us and come back to our author page on Amazon and on Instagram (@adaytoremember_journals) often. Thank you!




An Action Plan


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Therapy Journal


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Stress and Anxiety. Addiction. Unemployment. Financial hardship. Relationship issues. Domestic Violence. A miscarriage. Feelings of grief and desperation... no matter what made you seek therapy, we would like to congratulate you on this important step. And we would like to "hold your hand" to make the most of it... ...because no matter what you're going through (or what you've been through), we believe that therapy and self-reflection will help you overcome your trauma and find peace again. ...... We created this journal to help you make the most of your therapy and self-reflection sessions. This is a journal with prompts (questions and suggestions), and it was designed to support you during 30 therapy sessions, no matter how often they take place (ie. it will be ok if you use it twice a week, once a week, or once every 2 weeks). It is also ok if you switch therapist in the process, or if you have more than one therapist at the moment. The journal will help you make progress by: - Before the session: prompting you to think about the topics you want to discuss and goals for each session - during & after the session: prompting you to write about insights and takeaways from session (including possible actions & follow ups, challenges to keep in mind & small wins to celebrate) - and by making sure you understand how to get the most out of therapy sessions (we provide 12 key suggestions) ...... How you can use this journal There are 3 main sections for you to fill on this journal: 1.Therapy sessions schedule - a space for you to write down and never forget the time of your appointments 2. Therapy session notes - where you will write about your recent thoughts, feelings and trigger events, goals for the therapy sessions, and important insights that may come to you during your therapy sessions 3. Additional Notes pages - a space for you to write about anything else that you think is important and was not captured by the previous sections (or you may use it as a space to continue to write about your Therapy Sessions and periodic Checkups, if you'd like to have more room for that) ...... This journal is a great gift to anyone going through therapy, as it will bring a little bit of organization, reflection and intentionality to therapy and their healing process. This journal can help people attending therapy to: ✓ "pause" to reflect, ✓ release stress, by writing about thoughts and feelings, ✓ plan for their future therapy sessions in advance, making the most of them, ✓ and, overtime, have a record of highlights of their healing journeys in an easy and organized way. We sincerely hope that your healing will happen faster, and in a more intentional way with the help of this journal. We believe that all the answers are inside of you, so this journal was carefully designed to bring that to light, to hold your hands in your journey to a happier and more fulfilled life! Let's do this together! Ps. If you want to check other options of Therapy Journals, with different covers and different style of contents, just click on "A Day to Remember" above to check our selection. You will have access to our full collection of journals and even our contact information. We release new journals weekly, so we invite you to come back often!




Introduction to Motivational Interviewing for Mental Health Clinicians


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Introduction to Motivational Interviewing for Mental Health Clinicians" is an essential primer designed to navigate the complexities of mental health care through the lens of Motivational Interviewing (MI). Tailored specifically for clinicians, therapists, and counselors, this comprehensive guide offers a foundational understanding of MI principles, strategies, and applications in a mental health context. Crafted with clarity and insight by experts in the field, the book begins by demystifying the core concepts of MI, including its origins, theoretical underpinnings, and the pivotal role of empathy in the therapeutic process. Readers are introduced to the MI spirit and principles that underscore the approach: partnership, acceptance, compassion, and evocation. Through engaging explanations and examples, the book elucidates how these principles facilitate a collaborative therapeutic relationship, empowering clients to explore their ambivalence and initiate meaningful change. Key sections of the book are devoted to practical MI skills essential for mental health clinicians, such as open-ended questioning, affirmations, reflective listening, and summarizing. Each skill is explored in depth, accompanied by real-life dialogues and exercises that allow readers to practice and internalize these techniques. Special attention is given to navigating resistance, a common challenge in therapy, with MI strategies designed to foster a supportive dialogue where change can emerge organically. "Introduction to Motivational Interviewing for Mental Health Clinicians" goes beyond basic MI training, offering insights into advanced topics such as integrating MI with other therapeutic modalities, adapting MI for diverse populations, and applying MI in group settings. The book also addresses the practical aspects of implementing MI in various mental health care settings, providing clinicians with a roadmap to enhance their practice and improve client outcomes. Rich with case studies, interactive exercises, and reflective questions, this book serves as a dynamic learning tool for clinicians at all levels of experience. Whether you are new to MI or seeking to refresh your knowledge, this guide will deepen your understanding of this powerful approach, equipping you with the skills to facilitate change with empathy, respect, and effectiveness. "Introduction to Motivational Interviewing for Mental Health Clinicians" is more than a book; it's a journey into the heart of client-centered care, offering a path to transformative conversations and lasting change in the lives of those you serve.




One Life at a Time


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One Life at a Time: Helping Skills and Interventions is a student-centered, inexpensive experientially based textbook for beginning courses in counseling and therapy. Written in Kottler's personal, easy-to-read and engaging style, this text covers all the basic skills and core interventions that beginners need to be taught in order to begin seeing clients. Students are encouraged to explore self-reflection and make connections between the material and their prior knowledge and experience; once internalized, these ideas and skills can be applied to one's life as well as one's work. Including an online instructor's manual, case examples and first person accounts - this book will help students to understand how best to meet a client's needs.




The Guide to Play Therapy Documentation and Parent Consultation


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The Guide to Play Therapy Documentation and Parent Consultation guides play therapists through the case-documentation process, from the initial inquiry for services through intake session, diagnosis, treatment planning, session notes, and termination summary. There’s a special focus on writing session notes, one of the areas in which play therapists most often request additional training. Chapters also identify play themes, explore clinical theories and case conceptualization, and guide play therapists from the playroom to the paperwork. The authors include several examples of case notes and treatment plans completed from a variety of theoretical perspectives, and vignettes and case studies illustrate ways to connect with caregivers, strategies for working with challenging caregivers, addressing difficult topics at different ages and stages of parenting (how to talk about sex, screen time, co-parenting, etc.), and much more. The book also includes a thorough discussion of ways to structure parent consultations to facilitate the therapeutic process. Expansive appendices provide many case examples and tips to explain and demonstrate documentation, and the authors provide form templates in the text and on the book’s website.




Well-Being Therapy


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Well-Being Therapy (WBT) is the psychotherapeutic approach developed by Giovanni Fava, a world-renowned psychiatrist and psychotherapist, and the editor-in-chief of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. WBT is an innovative strategy that is based on monitoring psychological well-being, whereby the patient progressively learns how to make it grow. This type of therapy has enjoyed much success and is increasing in popularity around the world. The first part of this long-awaited book describes how the idea for WBT was formed, the first patient treated, and the current evidence that supports this approach. In Part II, Giovanni Fava provides the treatment manual of WBT, describing what each session entails, and includes many examples from his own cases. The last part covers some of the specific conditions for which WBT can be used and how sessions can be conducted. It includes sections on depression, mood swings, generalized anxiety disorder, panic and agoraphobia, and posttraumatic stress disorder. There is also information on the application of WBT in interventions in school settings. Throughout the book, Dr. Fava keeps things interesting by peppering his narrative with anecdotes from his medical career. The primary audience for this book is professionals within psychology, psychiatry, and other fields of medicine (e.g., family practice, pediatrics, and rehabilitation). However, the book is written in a relaxed, clear, and accessible style that also makes it of interest to counselors, educators, and family and friends of patients, not to mention patients themselves.




EMDR Therapy and Mindfulness for Trauma-Focused Care


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Based on the belief that mindfulness is a critical component in the delivery of EMDR, this innovative text integrates mindfulness-informed practice with EMDR therapy to create an effective new approach for healing trauma. Based on current evidence-based research, the book demonstrates—with clear, step-by-step guidelines—how clinicians can conceptualize and deliver trauma-focused care in both mental health and addiction treatment. Infused with practical applications, the book offers clearly articulated and effective approaches that provide a concrete beginning, middle, and end of treatment planning. Following a description of the long history of mindfulness practices, the book offers guidelines for developing one’s own mindfulness practice—emphasizing the use of trauma-focused language—and suggestions for teaching specific techniques to clients. The book describes both classic and creative mindfulness practices, including breath awareness/sensory grounding, breath meditation, body scanning, feeling tone meditation, labeling, standing meditation, walking meditation, and loving-kindness meditation, along with using day-to-day objects as a meditative focus, movement practices, the expressive arts, and other forms of creativity. Key Features: Offers a complete framework for healing trauma by integrating mindfulness-informed practice with EMDR therapy Provides clearly articulated, step-by-step approaches that are evidence-based Authored by noted experts in EMDR and mindfulness-based therapies Includes guidelines for developing one’s own mindfulness practice and tools for teaching specific practices to clients Describes both classic and creative mindfulness practices




Pedophilia, Hebephilia and Sexual Offending against Children


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This book provides extensive information on pedophilia (sexual interest in the prepubescent body age), hebephilia (sexual interest in the early-pubescent body age) and sexual offenses against children, i.e., the various forms of child sexual abuse, including the use of child sexual abuse images, along with the current state of knowledge concerning offender groups. The book makes it clear that pedophilia or hebephilia do not inevitably lead to offenses against children – that there are those who keep their desires in their fantasies and do not act them out on the behavioral level. The World Health Organization classifies pedophilia as a mental disorder. It can be safely assumed that many pedophile men in a given community live their lives, unrecognized and adamant about hiding their sexual drives from society and from themselves, and who are genuinely motivated not to act upon their sexual fantasies. The numbers of exactly this particular group of pedophilically inclined non-offenders can be increased by preventive therapeutic measures. For this purpose, two treatment programs have been developed at the Institute of Sexology and Sexual Medicine at the Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin (University Clinic) since the initiation of the Prevention Project Dunkelfeld in 2005 – First, the project involving adult participants (Berlin Dissexuality Therapy: BEDIT) and later, another for adolescents (BEDIT-A), who find themselves attracted to children. Both program manuals are completely integrated into this work, which reflects 15 years of assessment and treatment experience.