What Strategy Sessions Are

Short-term solution focused discussions. Strategy sessions assist you in identifying barriers that hold you back and to establish a roadmap to get yourself unstuck. The purpose of the strategy is to help you pursue specific needs and goals. Obtain clarity and work towards growth. I will assist you with developing insight into stated behaviors and identify goals for safety and behavior management. All goals and objectives formulated during the session are personalized for your specific concerns.

Strategy sessions guide you toward solutions. For 90 minutes, we problem solve towards the possible and establish actionable steps toward transformation. Strategy Sessions focus on your strengths and skills and are heavily focused on the present and future. You’ll take away at least one strategy that you can use immediately.

Prior to session you will complete two assignments to activate your solution based thoughts and assist in determining your value sets. This information will be utilized to direct the focus of your session.

Only schedule a strategy session if you are ready for work.
Sessions are fast paced and solution focused.

What Strategy Sessions Are Not:

Magic pills to solve your issues. The goal is not to solve the issue at hand, however we will develop a systematic approach for you to implement in the interest of progress. Dependent upon your needs, an approach may focus on adjusting your mindset around a topic, narrowing focus to provide clarity, or establishing a system to reach an established goal.

Strategy sessions not appropriate for exploration of traumatic experiences or acute mental health concerns. The LPC will not provide single session therapy services for concerns determined to require long term care. This determination is based on clinical judgment.

Strategy Sessions are not appropriate for evaluation of court related matters. The LPC will not provide testimony of any kind, including but not limited to verbal or written documentation, based on results from a strategy session.

Does a strategy session mean that you are my therapist? 

No it doesn't. Strategy sessions are offered as an independent service and do not obligate you to participate on ongoing services. You may choose to do nothing, work with the LPC, or work your goals on your own. Participation in strategy sessions does not establish an ongoing therapist-client relationship unless the client so chooses. As an ethical and humanistic courtesy, information disclosed during strategy sessions is held confidential following the same HIPAA guidelines as therapy sessions.