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- For
- Anyone disabled or living with a disability or long-term condition, in therapy
- Time
- 5–10 minutes
- Format
- One-page worksheet
- Prints
- Yes, the sheet only, on one page
- Evidence
- This site’s own tool
Printable · One page
Raising a problem in therapy
Something isn’t working: an exercise, an explanation, the arrangement, or how you were spoken to. Saying so gives the therapy a chance to put it right. Fill in what helps; you don’t need every part.
1. What happened?
2. How did it affect me?
3. What would I like instead?
4. How will I raise it?
- ☐ Say it at the start of a session
- ☐ Send a message beforehand
- ☐ Show this sheet
- ☐ Ask someone to support me
If writing feels easier, you could adapt this:
“Hi [name], something from our last session didn’t sit right with me. [What happened.] I’d like us to [what you would like instead]. I find it easier to write this first.”
5. Afterwards: did it change?
☐ Yes ☐ Partly ☐ No What happened: ______________________
A good response is curious, not defensive, and leads to something changing. If nothing changes, you can pause, look for another therapist, or raise a concern with the therapist’s professional body, such as BACP or UKCP in the UK, or IACP or IAHIP in Ireland.
Related
- Self-Advocacy Scripts: when something went wrong: more ready-made wording.
- Rupture and Repair: what helps therapy recover when it gets disability wrong.
- Is this working for me?: a wider check on how therapy is going.
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