Introduction & Theoretical Background
A therapy blueprint is CBT tool which summarizes the work a therapist and patient have completed together. It represents the past (the problems, what maintained them), the present (the therapy itself, new knowledge learned and skills developed) and the future (goals, plans, and strategies to manage setbacks). Therapy blueprints also act as a form of relapse prevention – by making new knowledge more accessible, clients are more able to cope effectively with future setbacks. This simple blueprint worksheet helps clients to reflect on their problem and what kept it going, knowledge and strategies that they learned in therapy, and their goals for the future.
Since the publication of this version of the therapy blueprint we have also developed a more sophisticated version: Therapy Blueprint (Universal)