ABSTRACT
An agenda is a short list of items that will be the focus of that particular session. Setting an agenda deemed by cognitive behaviour therapists to the best way of making the best use of the therapy time. The agenda items are jointly agreed though reviewing and negotiating homework tasks are permanent fixtures on the agenda. A typical agenda looks like this: Reviewing homework, working on the client's prioritized problems and the key cognitions and behaviours connected to them. Clients encouraged to simple in discussing their difficulties so therapy does not get bogged down in long, reviewing homework, Summarizing the session and Feedback. The last three items can take from 10 to 15 minutes to complete so the client therapist keeps an eye on the time to prevent the session overrunning or the squeezing of these items into the few remaining minutes of the session.
