“Thinking for a Change” Curriculum 3.1 - Trainer Counselor for T4C

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Transition
Good job. This is exactly what the first 3 parts
of a thinking report are supposed to be.
1. You gave a brief, factual description of
Notes
member presents them.
The point is to capture
what was going on in the
person’s mind, whatever
it was (not to make a
technical distinction
between feelings and
thoughts).
Ask a few simple probing
questions to help
him/her remember more
details of his/her
feelings. Example: “When
you had this thought
about the other person,
do you remember what
you were feeling then?”
When you have written a
few feelings and the
reporting group member
doesn’t remember
anything else to add to
the report, stop.
P-7-13
National Institute of Corrections Pay Attention to Our Thinking
Thinking for a Change
Lesson 7 - 20