General Flow of core skills:

Pray
Informed consent :(harm to self and others,
abuse of children,
elderly, disabled or court order,
we are mandated reporters)

Summary (only if it’s a continued session) in our last sessions we talked about ___, how did
the journaling affect that?

Door opener: what brings you in the office today?

Minimal encouragers: mhm, ah, ok
Keyword reflection encourager: feeling words like frustrated, fear, joy, anything repeated
often or exaggerated
Paraphrase: by listening, put in my own words, repeat to client without judgment
Reflection of content
Reflection of feeling, meaning (feeling, meaning and content might be included in
paraphrase)
Summary: what I took away, what you took away, strengths I see in the session (ask
permission to close in prayer)