Question 1 of 6

Choose the one that's closest to what you'd actually do. Not the one you'd like to do. The one you do.

A client says: "I know it's irrational, and it still happens every time." Your next move:

to reach for the tool you learned on your last course to feel it with them; you know that one to ask what evidence they have for the belief to offer a different way of seeing it to slow down, say less, and see what the client does with the space to say it's understandable and move to the goal for the week to wonder, quietly, whether this is a therapist's territory

A new client is five minutes into the first session. You're already deciding whether this is one you can help with. What you're listening for:

which of your tools fits what they're describing nothing in particular; you'll know by how the room feels whether you recognise what they're carrying from your own life whether the story they tell about it could be told another way whether anything in it sounds like it belongs with a therapist or a doctor whether there's a clear goal you can set and track whether they seem steady enough for the session to feel safe