Therapist Desk Guides: Starter Set

A practical bundle of therapist-facing scripts, quick references, and decision support for the moments that are hardest to improvise in real time.

The four-guide Starter Set is available now for $2.99. It includes four focused, two-page desk guides you can scan quickly before or during clinical work. Use them when you need a fast reminder of what to consider, what to say, or how to document the moment in front of you.

Inside the Starter Set

  • 15-Minute Consultation Call Desk Guide — a compact structure for fit, boundaries, next steps, and keeping a short consult on track.
  • When a Client Cries Quick Guide — fast support for deciding whether to wait, speak, slow down, or offer more structure.
  • Navigating Silence Desk Guide — processing time, word finding, emotional edges, overwhelm, and rupture-related silence.
  • Neutral Documentation Quick Card — reusable neutral phrases plus a brief self-check before signing a note.

Why these tools belong together

These are intentionally short. The Starter Set is for the therapist who does not need another long manual in the middle of a workday. Each guide is designed to help you orient quickly, choose a response, and get back to the person in front of you.

The full-length toolkits remain separate for therapists who want more scripts, examples, worksheets, and clinical discussion.

Want more depth?

The Starter Set is designed for quick reference. If you want more scripts, examples, worksheets, and clinical discussion, the consultation, crying, silence, documentation, rupture, mandated reporting, and other full therapist toolkits are available individually.

Created by Kristen McClure, MSW, LCSW, drawing on 31 years of clinical practice.

Resources are for educational and professional reference and do not replace individualized clinical judgment, supervision, legal advice, or jurisdiction-specific requirements.