Intervention
Reframe Delivery Planner
Plan the timing, framing, and exact language for a reframe before the session — and document what to do if the client rejects it.
This worksheet helps therapists prepare a specific reframe before the session in which it will be offered. A reframe prepared in advance is more precise than one improvised in the moment — the exact words matter, and the right moment to deliver it must be identified before entering the session.
Complete this worksheet before any session in which a reframe will be offered. Write out the delivery language fully, identify when in the session to offer it, and prepare the follow-up for both acceptance and rejection. Review the delivery language in the five minutes before the session.
Reframe Delivery Planner
Client (initials or identifier): _______________ Session date: _______________
The presenting problem Described in clinical terms:
The client’s original frame In the client’s own words — as closely as possible to what they have said:
The reframe The new context that makes the behavior make different sense:
The clinical rationale Why is this new frame equally valid — from within the client’s own experience?
The right moment to offer it What needs to have happened in the session before this reframe is offered?
The delivery language The full sentence or sentences, written in the client’s register:
Immediately after delivery
- Hold the pause — do not fill the silence
- Do not explain or defend the reframe
- Wait for the client’s response before speaking again
If the client accepts How to work with the new frame without over-explaining it:
If the client rejects or doesn’t respond How to receive a rejection without defending the reframe:
If the client asks what you mean How to clarify without making the reframe into an argument:
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