Counselors help other people with problems. A counselor by any other name would do the same:
Success coach
Life coach
Personal coach
Career coach
Human Resources Manager
The Thinkerer materials were developed primarily in the context of paraprofessionals working with clients.
Research background:
The Applied Cognitive Research Lab At Texas Christian University
You may print any pages in the Thinkerer for use with your clients.
Readings: Specify a page. Ask your clients to read the page at home and to give you a reaction at the next meeting.
Ratings: Ask your clients to respond to one of the rating pages at home and to give you a reaction at the next meeting.
Supplementary material: Clients who access the Thinkerer online will be able to use the supplementary material as they choose. You may wish to give guidance. You may wish to select and print pages for those who lack adequate online access.
How to build self-confidence by doing really easy things
Rating
Readings: Specify a page. Ask your clients to read the page at home and to give you a reaction at the next meeting.
Ratings: Ask your clients to respond to one of the rating pages at home and to give you a reaction at the next meeting.
Supplementary material: Clients who access the Thinkerer online will be able to use the supplementary material as they choose. You may wish to give guidance. You may wish to select and print pages for those who lack adequate online access.
Thinkerer's Kit
Problemater's Kit
(.pdf)
Tools for brains that feed on problems
Group work
If you work with groups, here are some ways you could use the Thinkerer as part of other group activities:
Head Staff: Print out the pages that give the roles for the Head Staff. Ask each client to play the role of one or two of the Head Staff players. Assign roles at random. Assign important roles to more than one client. Change role assignments frequently.
Personal Skills. Ask each client to take charge of two or three of the skills. The client's job is to point out instances when a skill is important in the group activity.
The Book of Strengths (.pdf)
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