ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author refers to the documents as "take-home documents" as they are crafted within the single session with the intention of returning home with the person consulting to clinicians and perhaps finding a wider circulation with a fitting audience. This practice is fully inspired by the work of Michael White and David Epston, and Jennifer Freeman, Epston, and Dean Lobovits who introduced co-crafting therapeutic documents as part of narrative practice. In co-crafting the documents there is an etiquette that serves to structure safety, foster transparency, and provide guidance. Specific certificates or diplomas can be crafted on the spot as markers of new or revised meanings. Recording the revised position and the benefits of it in a co-crafted take-home document keeps it visible and proves useful in "extending the conversation" beyond the moment. In the context of a walk-in therapy clinic finding ways to extend the influence of a single session remains a creative and important project.
