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Do you want the good news or the bad news?

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The good news is that Hope-Focused Couple Therapy works for most people, most of the time with meaningful gains in relationship health.

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The bad news is the maintenance of your gains and further growth aren't guaranteed.  Some couples fall back into old patterns.

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Finishing Therapy well, to guard against losing gains is part of what makes this approach to couple therapy work.  Don't rush the finish, protect all the work you have done.

Workbook 07:
Finish Well

Couple assessment

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Review Your Gains

We recommend returning to the self-assessment workbook you finished at the beginning of counseling.

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Gather up your worksheets, notes from therapy, homework activities

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Put some real effort into thinking about what you will continue.

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Have you established new relationship habits?

It's important before you finish couple therapy that you ponder if you have new ways to 

- Cool Down when things get heated

- Communicate, especially about tense topics

- Stay connected with an intimate bond

- Repair and Forgiveness when inevitable offenses happen

Holding Hands
Hope Routine Outcome Monitoring Form

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Review gains in measures with your counselor

Your counselor will most likely have some questionnaires for you to complete, or look at the results of the routine outcome measures you have been doing over time.  Ask your therapist about the results of your questionnaires.

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The Joshua Memorial

It's important to celebrate the gains you have made in couple therapy.  The Joshua Memorial is a way to remember where you have been, and celebrate all that has happened in your couple therapy.

Stone Tower
Image by Jakob Owens

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Tell Us How it Went

We are always looking to improve the Hope Project, and this workbook.  We would greatly value your ideas on what we should keep because it meant a lot to you, and what was less helpful or distracting. 

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