ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author discusses two different types of goals: problem-related goals and session goals. When focusing on problem–related goals which can also be seen as outcome goals the author discusses three varieties: self-set, professionally informed and goals where the people bring together the best of the two previous varieties above into a reformulated goal. The main disadvantage of a self-set goal occurs when it is expressed as the absence of something. There are two ways in which the people problem-related goal-setting can be informed by professional constructs. The first way, which comes from cognitive behavior therapy, involves using the acronym ‘SMART’ in their goal-setting. The second way involves the people drawing upon their rational emotive behavior therapy-informed emotional problem formulation and using that to set a goal.
