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PRE-COUNSELING QUESTIONS
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Please take some time to think through what has been happening in your life that brings you to counseling. This section will help us get to know your current situation better, in order to match you with a counselor and/or provide the best help. Use the following questions as a guide to journal about what is going on in your life and heart.
1. What has brought you here? Describe the main problem in your life as you see it. (Include when it began and any other very significant events or information.)
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2. What have you done to try and resolve the problem on your own?
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3. Why are you now wanting to seek help?
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4. What types of thoughts come to your mind in your current situation when you feel disappointed, discouraged, angry, and/or fearful about the situation?
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5. What are you hoping we can do for you?
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6. Is there any other information you think we should know?
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COUNSELING INFORMATION FORM:
Please be aware that there are no wrong or right answers to the following questions. Your honest answers will help us to know and serve you better.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
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Does your present work satisfy you?
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Name:
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Sex:
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Male
Female
Age:
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Email:
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Date of Birth:
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00/00/0000
Address:
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City
State
Zip Code
Country
Best phone number to reach you:
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Education (last year completed):
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Current Occupation (or responsibility):
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How many hours do you work in a week at your job?
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What other job positions have you held in the past?
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Who do you live with (what is their relationship to you?)?
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Are you in a significant relationship other than marriage? Explain and include how long:
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MARRIAGE AND FAMILY INFORMATION
Martial Status:
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Single
Engaged
Married
Separated
Divorced
Widowed
Remarried
Spouse's Name:
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Last
Length of Marriage:
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Spouse’s Current Occupation (or responsibility):
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Weekly Hours:
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Children's Names (1):
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Previous Marriage?
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Yes
No
Age
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Gender
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Male
Female
Living?
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Yes
No
Children's Names (2):
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Previous Marriage?
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Yes
No
Age
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Gender
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Male
Female
Living?
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Yes
No
Children's Names (3):
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Previous Marriage?
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Yes
No
Age
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Gender
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Male
Female
Living?
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Yes
No
Children's Names (4):
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Previous Marriage?
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Yes
No
Age
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Gender
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Yes
No
Living?
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Yes
No
Children's Names (5):
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Previous Marriage?
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Yes
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Age
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Gender
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Yes
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Living?
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Yes
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Have you ever been separated before?
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Yes
No
If yes, please explain:
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Has either of you ever considered or filed for divorce?
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No
N/A
If yes, please explain:
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Have you been married before?
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Yes
No
If yes, how many times:
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Is your spouse in favor of your coming to counseling?
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N/A
Is your spouse willing to come to counseling (if needed)?
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Yes
No
N/A
Rate your marriage on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 = terrible; 10 = excellent):
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What might make your marriage better?
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HEALTH INFORMATION
Rate your health:
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Very Good
Good
Average
Declining
Other
If other, please explain:
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Date of last medical exam:
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Report:
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Physician's name:
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Address
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City
State
Zip Code
Country
List all prescriptions and over-the counter medications you are currently taking (Include diet pills, laxatives, birth control pills, cold and allergy medicines, aspirin, etc.).
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Please type the name and purpose of the medication. For example: "Claritin-Seasonal Allergies"
List all important present or past illnesses, physical difficulties, injuries or handicaps:
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Do you have any chronic medical conditions?
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Have you used drugs for other than prescribed medical purposes?
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Yes (Past)
Yes (Now)
No
If yes, what drug? How Long?
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Have you used more than the prescribed amount of any medication?
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Yes (Past)
Yes (Now)
No
If yes, what drug? Amount? How long?
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HOW MUCH OF THE FOLLOWING TYPE OF BEVERAGES DO YOU CONSUME DAILY OR WEEKLY?
Alcohol
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Coffee
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Tea
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Soft Drink
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Water
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On a scale of 1-10, how healthy do you eat?
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Do you smoke?
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Yes
No
How often do you exercise?
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Regularly
Rarely
Never
If regularly, how many times/week?
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How many hours of sleep do you average each night?
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Has there been any recent change?
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Is this sleep uninterrupted?
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Have you ever experienced hallucinations, seen distorted faces, or heard voices?
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Yes
No
If yes, please explain:
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Have you ever had a severe emotional upset? If so, please explain:
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Have others noticed any significant changes in your emotional or mental state, memory, or work abilities?
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Are you willing to sign a release of information so that your counselor may write for any counseling and medical information that might be helpful?
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Please answer these background questions to the best of your ability, so we might minister to you more sensitively and wisely. These questions are not meant to imply: 1) that we cannot now know God as Father, sovereign, good and sufficient because of our past, 2) that God cannot use our past for good, 3) that our past is our identity nor, 4) that we are determined by our past.
Were you raised by both biological parents?
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Yes
No
If no, please explain:
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Rate your parent's marriage:
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Unhappy
Average
Happy
Very Happy
Are/were your parents divorced?
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Yes
No
If yes, explain briefly when, and the basic circumstances:
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Describe your relationship with your mother:
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Describe your relationship with your father:
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How many older brothers do you have?
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How many older sisters do you have?
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How many younger brothers do you have?
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How many younger sisters do you have?
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Describe your relationship with your siblings:
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Check all the following that best describe the predominant atmosphere(s) in your home as a child:
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Happy
Secure/Safe
Open/Honest
Truly Christian
Tumultuous/Uncertain
Sad/Depressing
Closed off/Private
Outwardly-religious
Calm/Relaxed
Angry/Hostile
Loving/Encouraging
Non-Christian
Was there any substance abuse in your family?
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No
If yes, please explain:
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Other and Later Life:
Other than your parent(s), describe people in your life who have had a significant influence in your life (positive or negative):
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Has there been any abuse in your past?
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Physical
Verbal/Emotional
Sexual
No
If yes, by whom?
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What age?
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Have you ever seen a psychologist, a psychiatrist or received counseling before?
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Yes
No
If yes, list counselor(s) and the dates you received counsel from them:
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What were you seen for?
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What was the outcome? Was it helpful?
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Do you carry significant guilt?
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Yes
No
If yes, for what?
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Do you experience any job or co-worker difficulties?
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Yes
No
If yes, please explain:
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Have you ever been arrested?
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Yes
No
If yes, when? Describe the circumstances:
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Describe any recent, significant event(s) in your life (i.e. job loss, birth, death, successes, etc.):
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SPIRITUAL LIFE INFORMATION:
Church/religious experience as a child (Denomination and length of time):
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Church/religious experience as an adult (Denomination and length of time):
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Do you attend a local Christian church?
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No
If yes, name the church you attend:
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Are you a member?
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Yes
No
If yes, how long?
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Have you been baptized?
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If yes, at what age?
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Church services/functions attended per month:
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If married, do you attend church with your spouse? If no, please explain:
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Do you consider yourself "saved"?
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Yes
No
Not sure what you mean
Does your spouse consider himself/herself as "saved"?
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Yes
No
Don't know
Have you come to the place in your spiritual life where you know with certainty that you would enter heaven after death?
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Yes
No
If you were to die and stand before God and He asked you why He should permit you to enter heaven, how might you respond?
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Explain recent changes in your spiritual life, if any:
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How often do you pray to God?
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Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
How often do you read the Bible?
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Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Do you give financially to the church/God's work?
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Do you serve at your church? How?
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PROBLEM CHECK LIST
Please mark 1-3 on all that apply (1=Mild, 2=Moderate, 3=Severe).
Abuse at present (sexual, physical, verbal)
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Anger
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Anorexia
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Anxiety
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Apathy
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Bitterness
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Bulimia
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Children
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Communication
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Conflict (Fights)
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Deception
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Decision making
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Depression
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Drastic changes in life circumstances/lifestyle
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Drunkenness
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Drugs
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Envy or jealousy
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Fear
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Finances
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Gambling
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Gluttony
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Guilt
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Grief
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Health
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Homosexuality
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Infidelity
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In-laws
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Loneliness
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Memory
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Mental Confusion
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Moodiness
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Overwhelmed
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Perfectionism
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Poor Concentration
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Pornogrophy
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Procrastination
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Rebellion
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Same sex attraction
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Self-injury
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Sex (lust, impotence...)
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Sleep
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Other
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PRE-COUNSELING QUESTIONS
Please take some time to think through what has been happening in your life that brings you to counseling. This section will help us get to know your current situation better, in order to match you with a counselor and/or provide the best help. Use the following questions as a guide to journal about what is going on in your life and heart.
1. What has brought you here? Describe the main problem in your life as you see it. (Include when it began and any other very significant events or information.)
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2. What have you done to try and resolve the problem on your own?
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3. Why are you now wanting to seek help?
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4. What types of thoughts come to your mind in your current situation when you feel disappointed, discouraged, angry, and/or fearful about the situation?
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5. What are you hoping we can do for you?
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6. Is there any other information you think we should know?
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Submit
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