The First Session Toolkit: 18 Practical CBT Worksheets for Trainees

Feel more prepared for those important early CBT sessions.

The First Session Toolkit is a practical companion resource for adult CBT trainees, designed to help you prepare, conduct, close, and reflect on early therapy sessions.

Inside you'll find 18 structured worksheets and prompts covering session preparation, referral review, agenda setting, boundaries, explaining CBT, consent and confidentiality, safety conversations, collaborative goals, a Five Areas starter map, session endings, between-session tasks, reflection and supervision.

Your purchase includes:

✓ Printable A4 PDF

✓ Fillable PDF edition

✓ 18 practical worksheets and prompts

✓ Worked examples

✓ First-ten-sessions learning log

✓ Supervision question builder

✓ Personal-use licence

Designed for: CBT trainees and practitioners developing their early-session skills.

This is an educational learning resource for supervised practice. It does not replace professional training, supervision, clinical assessment, safeguarding procedures or local service policies.