Describe nine topics that could be addressed in a final session with a client

Answer 1

1) Review beginnings. Counselors could discuss issues that brought the client to counseling including initial assessments.
2) Discuss progress. Goals and progress in meeting them could be identified.
3) Emphasize success. A review of accomplishments could be discussed, particularly those that were difficult to overcome.
4) Discussion of the skills. Counselors should place emphasis on the skills a client used to bring about change.
5) Summarize current status. Counselors can highlight current biochemical and physical parameters, coping skills, social support, challenges, and environmental issues.
6) Explore the future. Counselors can explore how the changes that have been made will be maintained.
7) Discuss future involvement. Counselors can discuss the possibility of future interaction which could include personal meetings, phone calls, or e-mail.
8) Provide and elicit feedback concerning the significance of the relationship. Counselors can encourage a discussion of the meaning of the relationship has the counselor as well as the client.
9) Holding a ceremony and exchanging symbols. Mementos symbolic of work done together can be particularly meaningful.
10) Picturing your client. At a final parting counselors can tell their clients they will picture them doing something they have longed for or intend to accomplish. Such statements reinforce that the client's future welfare is important to the counselor.