Journal

Right. So i wanted to figure out what it is that we want to know about the person. Of course we start by talking to them about what they have on their mind. But after this. When we want to learn more about them. Hmm its a good question. Well there are multiple overall areas. Lets list them below.

So we will start by adding the area of occupation. This would be a great basic one. Although realistically we would start by their overall well being. This should be added first then. What else. Well occupation covers either their education or their work. What then? Well after occupation we would get into their close relations. It should at least be added. But i think that prehaps it would be good to look at what they spend their time on. This could actually be a great point in itself. Their weekly routine. Them taking us though their normal week and the patterns there is here. What should we call this? Tour though their week? A normal week in their life? How does a normal week look in their life? Perhaps just a normal week in their life. I like that so far ill add it to the list and on the second place. Now this is only something that they would inform us about once or with larger intervals. Because it does not change very often. So ill have to add some mark to it showing its nature. What is the nature. That it is great to know but not very variable. Maybe it should be habits and routines. Hmm im in doubt here. Lets keep it like this so far. And lets mark it with relatively permanent. Anywho what else? After close relationships. We will go over interests. I was just thinking that making them name three interests might be a good way to get their mind going. But im not sure. And anyway we can look into the more specific areas and types of questions later. This is actually really fun. I can also look into different therapy techniques and types. For example narrative therapy. Anywho. Lets keep going. After their interests. And what is interests by the way. After their interests we would look at their. Uhh their expectations would be cool. Who they would like to be and who they think their close relations would like them to be. We will call that expectations and ideals. But that is a side one. The basic would be their history. So that is their timeline. Or biography. Like where they used to live, who they lived with. Right. Hmm what then? Well then i guess we get into the more specific ones. Which also is where it gets super interesting. I guess that Identity could be one. Like values or idea about who they are. What they are good at and what they are bad at. Thats good. Identity and values. Yes very interesting. Okay what else. Hmm im not sure. I guess sexuality and ideal partner would be very interesting. Ideal partner is good. And what that reflects in themselves. You could also ask them if there is something hidden or secret that they do not tell anyone or very few. And you could say that in asking this we do not ask them to tell us what it is. But a lot of people have some secrets that they do not tell anyone for different reasons. And it is important here that we do not give the impression that we want to figure out what it is or narrow down what it could be. But if they say yes there is then it is possible to talk about how it is to have a secret like that. Thats a very interesting one. There is two interesting parts to it. Both how is such a question formulated and how is such a conversation had. And secondly what questions could there be followed up with after the first. What ways can it go? Okay this is pretty cool so far. I dont know if i feel overwhelmed of the list. I guess i can have more than ten without feeling overwhelmed. But if i get many more i might have to group them somehow into some that are foundational and some that are explorative. Or something like that. I dont know yet. But its actually a good suggestion. There could be status, foundational and explorative. I dont know yet. Well lets see. There is also emotions. That could be interesting. Im not exactly sure what that would look like. But i guess that we there would move towards emotional therapy. But anywho. Then there is the parents. But that is under close relations. But i mean a deep dive into the dynamics of the relationship to each parent and the relationship between the parents. That is also one. Right. These are like deep dives. Or what we could call explorative. The ones that require us to have a decent understanding of them. In order to not move to quickly. Right i just remembered that it is also very great to ask them what they would like to get out of this. I mean what is their goal. If they could make a schedule where they showed what it is that they would dream that each session gave them what would that then be. For example. First session (make you understand who i am), second session (get insight into my problem with structure), third session (get insight into my problems at work), fourth session (get insight into my relation with my parents). And it does not have to be that specific. But is there a overall idea about what it is that you would like to gain from the sessions? This could be added. Now what would we call that? Hmm hope for the sessions. Thats good. Now should that be after a normal week? It could be. Right what then? Well thats a good question. I have many good ones now. Hmm. It would be a good place to start. With these ones.

Overall well being
A normal week in their life (RP)
Hope for the sessions
Occupation
Close relations
Interests
Timeline (Biography)
Expectations and Ideals (Own and Others)
Identity and values
Sexuality and ideal partner
Unspoken secrets
Core Emotions
Parent relations

Now next would be to look into each section. For example i just thought about close relations. That something you could look at would be that which you liked the most about your relationship to X and one thing that they would like to improve. But this might be for another day perhaps. Or perhaps not. hmm. Im not sure what it is i want to do here. Do i want to make a structure of the above? I think that would be best. Because some of them can be considered exercises. The timeline for example and the normal week in their life. Right im considering moving expectations and ideals down into exercises. Hmm. It definitely could be. I guess that it is something that is not updated every week. Okay. It could also be under exploration. I think it is better there. Thoughts and feelings is also a foundational one. One which shifts from week to week. Thats an important one to remember. Lets see if there is something else we have forgotten. I could make a sort of framework based on this i think. Like a sort of method. Hmm pretty interesting. But lets see if we have forgotten something. It can be worries. I don’t know if that should be one. Or problems. I feel like that would be one. Worries and problems. That might be a foundational one. Okay so far we have seven foundational areas. And we have five explorative areas. Other than that we have three foundational exercises. Hmm okay.

Foundational
Overall well being
Occupation
Close Relations
Interests
Significant Events
Thoughts and feelings
Worries and problems

Explorative
Identity and values
Expectations and Ideals (Own and Others)
Ideal partner
Core Emotions
Parent relations

Foundational exercises
Hopes for the sessions
Timeline (Biography)
A normal week in their life

(Not yet approved)
Unspoken secrets
Sexuality



Close relations
(One thing that you appreciate about your relationship with someone and one thing you would like improved)