Concept information
Preferred term
therapeutic homework
Definition
- Homework assignments are tasks that clients in counseling and psychotherapy work on between treatment sessions. Examples include having a depressed client do one rewarding activity a day, having a couple practice active listening skills between sessions, asking a Navajo client exploring career options to talk to an elder on the topic, having an anxious client practice progressive relaxation techniques, and asking clients to write down their dreams for later processing. [Source: Encyclopedia of Counseling; Homework Assignments]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/therapeutic_homework
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