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The Return After the Break
Reconnection worksheets for the first sessions back
Worksheets, 11 pages, PDF, instant download.
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Most practices treat the first session after a long break as a resumption, when it is closer to a reunion and carries whatever the separation stirred up. Five sheets help the patient look at the gap and at what they did with what they would have brought here, and three ask the same of the clinician. A patient who says the break made no difference is making a statement about the therapy, and it deserves to be heard as one.
Abstract
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The first session after a long break is often treated as a resumption, although clinically it is closer to a reunion that carries whatever the separation stirred up. These worksheets support the first sessions back. Five client sheets explore the felt length of the gap, what happened to material the patient would have brought to session, the difference between the beginning and the end of the break, what was noticed about not attending and what the patient expected on returning. Three clinician sheets ask the same questions of the therapist, covering their own break, changes in the field and the subjects quietly not returned to. The worksheets are intended for adult clients in ongoing therapy and treat the claim that the break made no difference as a statement about the therapy worth exploring.
Who it's for
Therapists coming back from summer, holidays or leave, with adult clients in ongoing work.
Contents
- Before you start
- The shape of the gap
- What you did with what you would have brought here
- The first week and the last
- What you noticed about not coming
- Coming back
- For the clinician: my own break, what changed in the field, what I have not asked
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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