1) Pause and reflect on what you would say in this moment. Share in your small group what you would say and what’s behind your intuitive response.

3) Pause and reflect on what you would say in this moment. Share in your small group what you would say and what’s behind your intuitive response.

4) What do you make of this interaction? Let’s imagine that you misstepped this early in the relationship. What would you say in this moment to help you recover? Is there anything you might want to reiterate at the end of the intake to further smooth things over in this early blip?

5) Ok so everything basically starts to go to crap at this point. Spoiler alert: Carrie doesn’t go back. Or well, she does, because she starts dating another patient briefly that she met in the waiting room and proceeds to terminate prematurely. What do you think Carrie is experiencing internally right now? As you imagine her felt experience, share with the group what you would have done differently at this point in the intake. Give specifics on what you’d be curious about and what you’d want to say to Carrie to help support her ambivalence about therapy.