Print The treatment or coaching trajectory you will go through consists of several phases: the start-up, the trajectory itself, and the end. First, it’s essential to know what you can expect from your professional and the treatment. Additionally, it’s crucial to understand your personal contribution during each phase.
Start-up
When you decide to work on yourself, it’s essential to feel intrinsically motivated. This motivation can help you make changes, such as in your behaviour or way of thinking, during your trajectory and stay committed during difficult times. Take a moment to reflect on your motivation. What drives you to bring about a change in your life and work on personal growth? Your professional will also discuss this with you.
Setting goals
Setting clear goals is important and helpful to make your trajectory achievable and to keep yourself motivated. This allows you to evaluate whether you are on the right track during and at the end of the trajectory. Try to formulate your goals as specifically as possible. “I want to get better again” might be your ultimate goal, but it’s too generic in this case. What do you want to improve precisely? When would you be satisfied? What would you do or stop doing once you’ve achieved the goal? How would others notice the change? Is it also realistic? Clear expectations help guide the trajectory and prepare you from the beginning for the conclusion of the trajectory, so that you have the skills to continue independently. If you want to know more about setting goals, read further here.
During the trajectory
The sessions you have with your professional are meant to discuss important topics and explore together what changes might be needed. Then, you will work on these changes through exercises both during and outside the sessions, such as practicing changing your behaviour, assertiveness, or relaxation.
You might not be aware of it, but the majority of your progress happens outside the sessions! By actively engaging in exercises outside the sessions, you increase the likelihood of a successful trajectory. After all, your challenges also arise in your daily life outside the sessions, and the goal is for you to be able to continue independently after therapy. This means that active involvement during and outside the sessions is crucial. Through the NiceDay app, you will have close contact with your professional, where you can register exercises and chat.
Tracking your progress
To monitor your progress, you will discover measurements in the app. Those are two short questionnaires: “How are you doing?” and “How was the session?”. The purpose of these questions is to monitor your well-being and to provide you with the opportunity to share your opinion about the sessions and collaboration. This way, you can easily inform your professional about how you think the therapy is going, and you can continue to work together effectively or improve the collaboration.
Session notes
During the trajectory, it’s useful to create a report after each session about all the important topics discussed. You can do this in session notes. This helps remember what was discussed and you can easily find exercises and information when needed. You can discuss with your professional how to do this. For example, you can do it yourself first and then let the professional add comments to your notes, or you can both create your own notes. If you want more guidance on making your own notes, read more here.
You don’t have to do it alone
It can be a good idea to ask friends or family for support during your trajectory. You don’t have to do it alone! For instance, you can ask someone to join a session, have a talk with you after an intensive session, assist you with challenging exercises, support you during challenges, and motivate you when things seem tough.
Conclusion
After some time, your trajectory will end, and you will make arrangements with your professional for this. Your professional will discuss with you how long the treatment will last, so both of you know what to expect. The goal of the trajectory is often not to eliminate all complaints completely, but to teach you how to manage your life well again and give you the confidence to continue independently.
Part of the end is reflecting on what you’ve learned, what your strengths are, and what your pitfalls might be. If relevant, you and your professional will also explore what you can do to prevent a relapse and create a plan together.
After the trajectory is concluded, you can still use the NiceDay app independently! All your data will be saved, so you will still have access to your registrations and session notes. This way, you can check in with yourself from time to time, keep track of your feelings, review tips, or look back on your growth.
