| Treatment: 1. Do you currently think you may benefit from seeking or receiving mental health treatment? |
| 2. Do you think that diagnoses focus too much on the negative? |
| 3. Do you think a therapist should look at a client's strengths? |
| 4. Do you think a therapist should focus solely on a client's strengths? |
| 5. Did you know that on each of the criteria/axis for a clinical diagnosis, there is a certain corresponding code/number? |
| 6. what are some of your strengths? |
| 7. what are some of your deficits? |
| 8. what are some of your defenses? |
| 9. What do you like the most about yourself? Or about your personality? |
| 10. What would you like to improve upon, regarding yourself, or personality? |
| 11. What goals do you have for yourself? |
| 12. What objectives would need to be devised (measurable) so you can monitor progress in yourself? |
| 13. How would you know if you achieved your goals? |
| 14. How would others know that you achieved or accomplished your goal(s)? |
| 15. What has changed in you or in your life in the last 12 months? |
| 16. What do you want to see change in you or in your life over the next 12 months? |
| 17. Do you believe that psychotherapy can help you? |
| 18. What would therapy be like for you? |
| 19. What are some attributes you would like in your therapist? |
| 20. Are you curently involved in mental health treatment? |
| 21. What would the procees of psychotherapy be like for you? (being in a session) |
| 22. What would the content of psychotherapy be like? (what would be talked about) |
| 23. Do you think that you may require psychotherapy services? |
| 24. What perhaps would be the most appropriate ....individual therapy, marital, group, play therapy, couples counseling, family treatment, combination? |
| 25. What would be a style of the therapist that you would feel comfortable with? |
| 26. Is there anystudy you prefer, for example family systems, or psychodynamic, or behavioral? Or perhaps unsure, or a mix? |
| 27. How important is Trust to you, in a relationship? |
| 28. Any mental health questions, comments, or concerns? |
| 29. Have you ever thought about starting psychotherapy? |
| 30. How would your first session be different from your Last session? |
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| Steven Gordon, RCSW (631) 4994005 ext56 |
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| If you, indeed, believe that you require psychotherapy, or can benefit from it, then please call me or another mental health professional for help and guidance. |
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