ABSTRACT
Since SSI-CBT is about facilitating movement, one way of implementing this is to ask the client at the beginning of the face-to-face session for an update on their problem since the phone session. I recommend doing this even if the phone session happened very recently. If a change has occurred, then I suggest that you discover what the person did to effect such change. This information will help both of you to see that the client may be able to effect change by doing more of what they did to bring about improvement. If the person tried something new that did not effect change, it is important that you discover what this was and to distance yourself from it and use the ensuing discussion as a search for a new way of going forward for the client based on your input as an SSI-CBT therapist.
Report on the ‘notice change’ task
