8 Free Resources To Help You Set Better Goals: Know What Questions to Ask and How to Document Goals

Treatment planning can be one of the most stressful AND important parts of therapy.  It is, at the end of the day, what helps you identify if your therapy sessions are actually working. When doing consultation with therapists on their most difficult cases, this is often where we start….. because what a therapist might DO in session depends a ton on what the client’s actual goals are. 
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In short - better goals get you better client results! I wanted to give you 8 absolutely free resources to help you set better goals for your clients! 

First check out the four reasons you need to write excellent goals in your play therapy sessions HERE! Once we understand that goal setting is SO much more than a paperwork to-do to check off the list you can set goals in a way that is not only beneficial to the client, but to your ability to conceptualize and move through a case towards healing! 

Annnndd while you're at it take a peek at this post HERE to learn more about why goal setting may actually be the key to battling imposter syndrome! 

On our list, let’s start this resource HERE that gives you an essential question to kick off your treatment planning sessions. Then, check out his resource HERE all about the four deeper questions I ask to help me write quality treatment plan goals. 

Next, be sure to grab your treatment planning guide HERE, which is another FREE Downloadable template of exactly what needs to be included in your treatment plans! Gone are the days that you aren’t quite sure what should go in the treatment plan - this guide puts all the answers right at your fingertips. 

Another note writing tip is that I always recommend writing resilience focused goals, which can be an excellent mindset shift and promote hope for both parents and kids.  

I wanted to share this absolutely FREE Download of 12 Resilience Focused Goals for goal areas of emotional regulation, self esteem, anxiety, and depression.   These are broad umbrella goals to use as a springboard for you to customize to your real-life-in-session clients. If this could help you in your practice grab your free cheat sheet HERE!  

Lastly, research shows us that the more buy-in a client has to their goals the more successful the therapeutic process will be.  I have not one but TWO creative and playful downloads to use with kids and teens to help increase buy-in around goal setting!

This free download HERE gives you an interactive goal setting worksheet to use with kids and teens in the playroom as a springboard to develop meaningful goals! This download HERE is  creative visualization download for kids and teens that feel stuck to help with goal setting! 


If you struggle with notes as much as you do treatment plans, you need The 5 Minute Note Course! This is the course that gives you support on all things progress notes. 
 
​Learn to shrink your note writing process to write effortless and effective notes within your therapy day! This course includes all the details, guides, and cheat sheets to help you know what to write and how to write it.  AND includes templates and cheat sheets specifically for progress notes for play therapy!

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