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The First Ten Minutes
Session openers and check-ins for adolescent therapy, ages 13 to 18
Session openers, 11 pages, PDF, instant download.
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The opening of a session with an adolescent is its most diagnostic stretch, and it is usually spent on a question that invites a shrug. Seven openers ask for smaller and truer things, such as the smallest event they actually remember or who got the good version of them this week. When a teenager chooses the same opener every week, that is a structure worth asking about rather than a preference.
Abstract
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The opening minutes of a session with an adolescent are often its most diagnostic stretch, yet they are frequently spent on a question that invites a shrug. This set of session openers for ages thirteen to eighteen replaces that question with seven smaller and more specific prompts, such as the smallest event the young person actually remembers, the volume of the week, something thought but not said, a room or person avoided and who received the best version of them. A final opener names the topic they would rather not be asked about without requiring an answer. Clinician notes track which opener was chosen or refused and what changed afterwards. The guidance observes that choosing the same opener every week is a structure worth exploring rather than a preference.
Who it's for
Therapists and school counselors working with adolescents aged 13 to 18.
Contents
- Before you start
- The smallest true thing
- Volume check
- What you did not say
- The room you avoided
- Who got the good version
- Two minutes ago
- The thing you would rather I didn't ask about
- Clinician notes
Format and license
- Format
- PDF, 11 pages
- Delivery
- Instant download from your Etsy account once payment clears
- License
- For one therapist's own clinical practice; worksheets may be printed for your clients
- Status
- Educational material for clinicians, not a validated instrument and not clinical advice
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