Melbourne ACT Peer Supervision Group
ACT Simple Case Formulation Blank
Client: ______________________ Counsellor: ___________________________
# Sessions completed: __ Dx? ____________________________________
Client Background and presenting issues:
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Case Formulation Questions
1. What thoughts or feelings are fused and unworkable? (Fusion)
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2. What values is the client removed from? (Remoteness from values)
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3. What experiences such as emotions, thoughts, reminders, contexts and
behaviours is the client avoiding or having difficulty accepting (Experiential
avoidance or unwillingness)?
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4. What is the client’s story about self? (Self as Content)
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5. What is the quality of the client’s presence? How do they absent themselves
from life, engagement or connection? (Contact with the present moment)
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6. What does the client fail to start or fail to finish? Where does the client fail to
or lose focus, or fail to engage in committed action? (Committed Action)
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