Debrief Session

This session reviews the following: a) Journal Entries and b) Gains & Experiences. Talking points are provided for each theme to guide the reviews. There is no order to these themes, or the questions posed when conducting the reviews. The session starter protocol and session ending protocol are not required for this debriefing section. However, the remaining session protocols are in play. Note: For journal reviews, have the journal present.

1) Review: Journal Entries
Talking Points
a) What has journaling, so far, brought or given you?
b) What themes expanded upon in journaling held your attention above all others because of what they allowed you to see?
c) What are some of the major connections you have been making?
d) With what your journaling has exposed, what is known and affirmed?
e) Identify the key operations occurring with journaling from this list that aided your gains:
1) allowing for clarity, 2) integrating information, 3) insight generation, 4)  awareness building, and 5) thoughts and feelings expressed…with this known, speak to how each one of these operations made it valuable.
g) What are those journal entries you made affirming or validating for you?
h) Speak to any decisions or actions influenced by journaling.
l) What has journaling got you to see about yourself that was not as evident before?

Pause ∞ Protocol
One-minute journal entry
Ensure the client circles or tags the entry point of most interest.

2) Gains & Experiences
Talking Points (Note: The last question to be posed at the end of this section is connected to the letter  “M” below.
a) Name moments you can point to that registered you are making gains with person-led living, and what does it tell you?
b) Would you say that this direction you are taking in your life is more or less want to see or not so much, and explain why?
c) What is it about you that has driven this recovery experience to this point, and what has being this way brought to your life so far?
e) What would you say have been the essential learnings, insights, steps taken, or decision-making that speak to how you were able to move your recovery forward?
d) Who or what in your life has experienced the benefits of what you are doing for your life, and what have you seen that indicates this…what does knowing this mean to you?
e) Where would you say you are with person-centered living vs illness-led living, and what do you take away from this?
f) What are you giving yourself credit for now that has been unvalued?
g) What is becoming more familiar and normal in living your life than before, and what do you take away from this?
h) What aspects of the program are making the difference, and what are you experiencing that tells you this?
i) What kind of person are you demonstrating that consciously cares about feeding your life by way of what matters, and who or what in your life is reaping the benefits?
j) Where in your recovery requires more attention, and where requires less emphasis, and indicate why.
k) What has it been like articulating a recovery (see the article, home site) thus far, 2) what has been the challenges, and 3) what have you found it takes to articulate a recovery?

Pause ∞ Protocol
One-minute journal entry
Ensure the client circles or tags the entry point of most interest.

Talking Points: Journal Reflections
1) What in particular out of those entered spoke to you more or piqued your curiosity by what it brought to your attention?
2) What has this note entered got you thinking and pondering about?
3) Speculate on what this entry may mean or suggest to you.
4) What are some of your other top entry notes that would take priority to explore more in your journal?