Your Future Self Will Thank You
Reduce the Pain of Changing Caseloads or Jobs
Whether a client is graduating, transferring, or facing an unplanned discharge, the transition out of regular care can trigger significant anxiety or even a relapse of symptoms.
Life After Therapy is a guided workbook designed to transform that transition into a "warm handoff" to the client’s own internal resources.
Let this workbook be your client's "transitional object": a tangible reminder of the work done in session.
Instead of floating through their own cloud of feelings, they'll leave your care with their own concrete manual, personalized with their progress, maintenance needs, and crisis options.
Typing-friendly Google Doc version (accessible via link) and a printable PDF for digital stylus or pen/paper use.
Licensing: Each purchase includes a single commercial license, authorizing use with unlimited clients within your private practice, group practice, or agency.
White-Label Customization: You can add your own branding and contact information, ensuring clients know how to find you again when they need you.
Accessible and Client-Friendly Language: The workbook is written in plain English, and is approachable for many clients. It is formatted to work well for for screen readers.
Client Workbook
Foundational Information: A central place for personal data, insurance, medications, and diagnoses, designed to save the client time if they or a loved one need to seek help or refill prescriptions.
Retrospective Review (Goals & Progress): Reflections on changes in thinking, emotions, and life circumstances.
Recommended Next Steps: A collaborative checklist for referrals, follow-up programs, or other providers necessary to maintain continuity of care.
Support Systems: Maps out who to talk to on "good," "medium," and "low" days.
Emergency Contacts: First Response resources and alternative community supports that reduce police contact.
Maintenance Skills: Space to include the daily, weekly, monthly, and intermittent habits they can use to prevent symptom return.
Coping Skills & Safe Distractions: Lists of "Safe Distractions" to help clients handle small challenges, and space to include your modality-specific, recommendations.
Big Setbacks: Assistance for client to access more care, and try other modes of support.
Connecting with Values: Includes a values overview and link to a free online activity to help clients stay focused on what matters most when life gets messy.
.pdf instructions
.pdf workbook
active link to workbook in google doc format included in the provider instructions
A review of the research on discharge planning suggests that gold standard of therapeutic discharge is for the client to know exactly why they came to therapy, what they did in therapy, what their next steps are and who in their community and care team are there to help.
You can think of this workbook as a "graduation kit" for therapy. It’s a tangible way for your clients to take everything they’ve learned in your sessions and pack it into a personalized guide they can use when they need it. It helps ease the anxiety of ending or changing therapy by making sure they don’t feel like they’re starting from scratch.
You have total flexibility!
You can work on it together during your last few sessions for a "warm hand-off," send it as a digital file through your client portal, or even print a physical copy for them to doodle in and personalize.
It’s designed to fit into your existing therapeutic style without any extra prep work.
Yes! The workbook is completely unlabeled with no logos.
You can use it as is, or make it your own by adding your business logo or name to the title page and headers in the google doc before sharing or printing.
It’s a professional way to ensure your clients know exactly how to find you if they ever need to reach out in the future.
It works for both! You can build this document together and help your client communicate their needs with their new provider or member of the care team.
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A single copy for personal use can be ordered HERE.
Email info@workingphase.com for bulk orders and/or customized print for your agency. 📦