Questions A Therapist Asks
A Comprehensive Guide to Insight, Growth and Healing
Discover the transformative power of asking the right question. Whether you are facilitating a professional counseling session or seeking your own answers, this guide provides the essential framework to explore the depths of dozens of relevant therapeutic topics and functions as a tool to improve overall mental health.
Get Your CopyFor the Therapist Navigating a Complex World
In an era of information overload and unique client stressors, this book bridges that gap by providing therapists with carefully crafted questions that unlock deeper insights, facilitate meaningful growth, and support the healing journey.
For the Person on Their Own Journey to Improved Mental Health
This book is a powerful guide for personal reflection, with questions that serve as insightful journal prompts to deepen emotional awareness.
Unlock Insight
Work through resistance and defense mechanisms with questions designed to facilitate self-awareness and deeper understanding.
Foster Growth
Guide clients toward meaningful change and personal development through inquiry that challenges and expands their perspectives.
Support Healing
Create pathways for emotional processing and resolution through compassionate, carefully structured inquiry.
What's Inside "Questions A Therapist Asks"?
This comprehensive guide offers therapists a structured framework for asking powerful, transformative questions in clinical settings. Drawing from evidence-based practices and years of therapeutic experience, the book provides practical tools for facilitating insight, promoting growth, and supporting healing across diverse client populations.
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Organized by Therapeutic Goals
Carefully crafted questions organized by therapeutic goals and client needs for quick reference.
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Proven Techniques
Evidence-based techniques for facilitating insight, growth, and healing through strategic inquiry.
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Versatile Application
Questions designed for diverse therapeutic modalities and client populations.
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Powerful Journal Prompts
Thoughtful questions serve as insightful journal prompts for personal reflection and self-discovery.
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Explore 90 Mental Health Topics
Deep dive into dozens of relevant therapeutic categories from anxiety and depression to relationships and personal growth plus many more.
Topics Covered
• Addiction
• Anger
• Anxiety
• ADHD
• BPD
• Boundaries
• Change
• Cognitive Distortions
• Communication Skills
• Conflict Resolution
• Depression
• Emotional Regulation
• Financial Issues
• Goal Setting
• Grief
• Habits
• LGBTQIA+ Issues
• Low Self-Esteem
• Marital Issues
• OCD
• Overthinking
• Parenting
• Procrastination
• PTSD
• Self-Care
• Social Anxiety
• Time Management
• Trust Issues
• Work Life Balance
+ 50 more topics
Mindfulness
Building Awareness
- • What helps you feel grounded in the present moment?
- • How aware are you of your thoughts, feelings and emotions as they arise?
- • What helps you pause before immediately reacting?
Noticing Thoughts Without Judgement
- • What kinds of thoughts do you tend to ruminate about or get "stuck" in?
- • Are you able to notice a thought without believing it or acting on it? If not, why do you think that is?
- • How often do you judge yourself for your thoughts and feelings?
Practicing Mindfulness and Overcoming Barriers
- • What activities help you feel the most present, grounded or connected?
- • What distractions, situations or thoughts tend to pull you away from the present moment?
- • How do you typically respond to silence, restlessness or boredom? How can you use these experiences to practice mindfulness?
- • If you were more mindful, how would your life change?
- • How does being mindful impact your relationships?
- • What is one small way you could bring more mindfulness into your day?
Sample from the book
Stress
Identifying Sources and Patterns
- • What situations, places or people tend to trigger the most stress for you?
- • What is currently causing you the most stress in your life?
- • Do you notice any patterns in how you react to stress?
- • How can you physically tell when you are feeling stressed? How can you tell emotionally?
Exploring the Impact
- • How and where does stress show up in your body?
- • What emotions do you most often associate with stress?
- • How does stress affect your relationships?
- • When you are stressed, how does it affect your ability to make decisions or think clearly?
Healthy Coping Strategies
- • Who or what helps you to feel supported during times of stress?
- • What helps you feel calm or relaxed?
- • What boundaries could you set to decrease your level of stress?
- • What does healthy self-care look like during stressful times?
- • When or how have you handled stress in a way that felt healthy or empowering?
- • What small change could you make this week that would make a big difference in how you manage stress?
Sample from the book
A Note from the Author
Sarah Kaye Drazen, LPC
Sarah Kaye Drazen brings years of therapeutic experience and a deep commitment to empowering fellow clinicians. Drawing from diverse therapeutic modalities and real-world clinical practice, she created this comprehensive guide to help therapists harness the transformative power of well-crafted questions. Her passion lies in supporting therapists to facilitate deeper connections with their clients and achieve meaningful therapeutic outcomes.
What Colleagues Are Saying
"As a therapist, Sarah Drazen is fearless when it comes to asking her clients tough questions. She has worked with some of the most difficult and heartbreaking client stories, involving profound grief, loss, regret, and even harm to self and others. She joins the client as they wade through the murky waters of their darkest selves and begin the journey toward a path of growth and redemption."
– Dr. Emily R. Marhan
Psy.D., Clinical Psychologist
"As a school counselor, I know firsthand how powerful the right question can be in guiding a student toward insight and growth. This book is not only a valuable tool for clinicians, but also for school counselors, educators, and any professional working with young people or adults. With each carefully crafted question, Sarah offers us a way to inspire reflection, deepen connection, and empower meaningful change."
– Jennifer Morgan
BS, M.Ed, School Counselor
"Sarah Drazen is a compassionate, insightful therapist committed to helping others build healthier, more adaptive ways of thinking and living. Her years of experience are evident in her ability to weave together clinical wisdom and hope to offer her clients and readers a path towards healing and self-understanding."
– Dr. Brecken Blades
Psy.D., Clinical Psychologist
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