Three illustrated field guides for counselors, therapists and social workers in their first years: what to say in session, from the first five minutes to the last goodbye; notes, treatment plans, consent, supervision and boundaries; and 147 questions for every phase of the work. One idea a page, each one drawn.
Real pages from all three guides. One idea a page, drawn.
What to Say, Notes, Plans and Boundaries, and Session Questions. 175 pages, one idea each.
The idea, the picture, the words to try, the common slip and one line to remember. Read it between sessions.
Phone-sized PDFs, plus SOAP, DAP, GIRP and treatment-plan templates to print and copy. Yours to keep. Nothing to cancel.
School taught you the theory. Nobody told you what to say.
The first year is full of moments no lecture covered: a long silence, a client who asks if you're new, a note due before the next session, a supervision hour with too much to bring. Every one of them has a page, and every page names the slip new clinicians make.
Where the first year gets hard:
A drawing is easier to take in between sessions than a chapter. That's why every page in the kit has one, and one line to keep.
Every page has the same parts, so you always know where to look. Here is Book 1, page 44, The client goes quiet, with its lines quoted from the guide.
A silence can be thinking, feeling or being stuck, and each needs a different reply. Let it work first.
“What's happening for you right now?”
Filling every pause. New clinicians often break a silence within seconds, just before the client says the important thing.
Let it work, then read which silence it is.
Quoted word for word from Book 1, page 44, The client goes quiet. Every page carries these parts plus the drawing, and where a rule changes from state to state, a note that says so.
How a session runs, four approaches drawn, and the words for 25 hard moments, one idea a page. Start with the first five minutes.
The paperwork and the professional side, in the same layout, with templates to copy at the back.
Three questions to a card, each with when to use it and what to listen for. A phone deck, plus a print deck two cards to a sheet.
Total value: $85
One-time payment. No subscription. Keep the files forever.
Digital guides (PDF), in English. We email your library link right after purchase, and you can download the files again anytime. Plus sales tax where applicable.
Therapist Made Simple is an independent field guide for new clinicians, built from public clinical sources. It is not supervision, not a license course and not continuing education (CE). It is not affiliated with any licensing board or professional association.
You know the theories; the room is new. Book 1 walks the first session minute by minute, then the moments that catch new clinicians out, with the words to try.
Notes, treatment plans, consent, supervision and your hours each get a page, with filled examples and templates to copy, and how to check your own state's rules.
Session Questions gives you three questions to a card for every phase, from intake to the last session, each with when to use it and what to listen for.
A field guide built from public clinical sources, drawn clearly, with the source named on the page. It is not supervision, not a license course, and not CE.
SAMHSA's Treatment Improvement Protocols, NIMH, APA practice guidance and the professional ethics codes, the Beck Institute's public CBT materials, Linehan's DBT skills and Hayes's ACT (described and cited, never copied) and Miller and Rollnick's motivational interviewing. Every page was checked against its named sources before release.
Licensure, supervision rules, reporting duties and minors' rights change from state to state. Those pages teach the shared pattern, say "Varies by state" where it matters, and show you how to check your own board and law.
On safety and reporting, the guides describe the process: ask directly, follow your agency's protocol, talk to your supervisor, write the note. They never tell you what to decide. Your supervisor and your agency come first.
Not affiliated with or endorsed by the American Counseling Association (ACA), the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), the American Psychological Association (APA), the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), SAMHSA or any state licensing board.
Use the kit for 7 days. If it isn't for you, email us and you get 100% of your money back. No fine print, no hassle.
Right after purchase we email you a link to your library, where you download all three guides as PDFs. You can come back and download them again anytime.
One-time payment of $37. No subscription, no recurring charges, and nothing to cancel. All three guides are yours to keep.
Counselors, therapists and social workers in their first years: associates, residents, interns and anyone working toward licensure. It is written for the first caseload.
No. Therapist Made Simple is an independent field guide for new clinicians, built from public clinical sources. It is not supervision, not a license course and not continuing education (CE). It is not affiliated with any licensing board or professional association. Your supervisor, your agency's policies and your state's rules come first.
Every state. The guides teach what works the same way everywhere: how a session runs, notes, plans and the questions to ask. Where a rule changes by state, like licensure, reporting or minors' consent, the page says so and shows you how to check yours.
No. The kit is complete on its own.
At checkout there is one optional add-on, the 50 Client Handouts: one-page illustrated handouts to give a client between sessions, like belly breathing, grounding, a thought record, sleep habits and worry time. It's $19, unticked, and you can skip it.
Both. The pages are portrait and phone-sized, so you can check one between sessions, and the PDFs print, including the note and treatment-plan templates.
We don't promise that, and we'd be wary of anyone who does. The guides show you how each piece works, the words to try and the common slip. Supervision, practice and your own judgment do the rest.
Email us within 7 days of purchase and we'll refund 100% of your money. Details on the refund policy page.
Spotted an error, or a rule that works differently in your state? Email [email protected]. A real person reads every message, and fixes go into the next version.
Every week of your first year brings a moment no class covered. You don't need another midnight forum thread. You need the page for this moment, with the idea drawn, the words to try and the slip named.