CCMH 511 Wk 2 Team – Therapeutic Questioning Exercise

The types of questions we ask as counselors can determine the progress made during a counseling session. This assignment will prepare you to develop effective therapeutic questions.

Review information on the Open and Closed Questions page on the Changing Minds website.

Create a list of 12 to 15 different therapeutic questions you may ask a client in the initial stages of the counseling process.

Analyze the list of questions as a team and revise them to ensure they are open-ended. Use “Track Changes” in Microsoft® Word to show what you revised. This will be submitted with your summary.

Write a 350- to 700-word summary of your experience revising the questions.

Include the following:

• Describe the process you went through as a team to revise the questions.
• Reflect on any difficulties you encountered while revising the questions.
• Explain what strategies you may keep the same and which you may change while asking questions of clients in a counseling setting.

Format your summary according to APA guidelines.

Submit your list of questions with tracked changes, along with your summary.