Free Tools, Forms & Templates for Counselors
Welcome to our library of free counselor tools and templates, designed to help counselors improve their practice and better support clients.
As advocates of efficient counseling tools and practices, we are dedicated to supporting counselors around the world. This includes creating and providing useful counseling toolkits, resources, and templates such as free counseling templates, free SOAP notes templates, and free counseling intake assessment templates, among others.
We believe that these downloadable resources can help counselors improve their practice and provide better support to their clients.
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List of Counseling Tools, Templates, and Resources
We’ve created our free tools, templates, and resources for counselors to support the great work that they do. These tools and templates are free to download and use for your counseling practice or organization. If there are any specific templates for counselors that you would like to see added, please don’t hesitate to let us know.
- Free Psychosocial Assessment Template for Counselors
- Free Slides – Best Questions Counselors Ask Clients
- Free Counseling Intake Form
- Free Genogram Template for Counselors
- Free Culturagram Template in Counseling Practice
- Free Ecomap Template for Counselors
- Free SOAP Notes Template for Counselors
- Free HIPAA Medical Records Release Form for Counselors
- Free CAGE Questionnaire for Substance Abuse Counselors
- Free Biopsychosocial Assessment Template
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Download Free Basic Psychosocial Assessment Template for Counselors PDF | Word Document
Are you looking for a psychosocial assessment template to use in your counseling practice? If so, below you can download the free psychosocial assessment report template PDF and Word document.
Our psychosocial assessment template includes many of the areas that counselors need to include when conducting a psychosocial assessment.
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Download Free Slides With Best Questions Counselors Ask Clients PPT | PDF
SWP free slides with the best questions counselors ask clients are designed to help counselors with basic questions relating to client needs so they can better support them.
Questions counselors ask will vary depending on the scope of the counseling session, but regardless of the situation, they will allow you to learn more about your clients and set the tone for subsequent sessions.
We’ve categorized potential general questions counselors should be asking into the following categories:
- Questions to Ask on the Phone
- First Therapy Session Questions to Ask
- Group Therapy Questions
- Family Therapy Questions to Ask Clients
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Questions to Ask Clients
- Gestalt Therapy Questions to Ask Clients
- Therapeutic Questions for Depression
- Questions to Ask a Resistant Client
- Miracle Questions
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Download Free Counseling Intake Form PDF | Word
Are you looking for a free counseling intake form that you can leverage for your counseling practice? If that’s the case, below you can get a free downloadable counseling intake assessment form PDF and Word to use in your intake sessions.
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Free Genogram Template Resource for Counselors
Our genogram template free Microsoft Word document and PDF help you easily map out a client genogram in family counseling sessions or counseling practice in general.
In the family genogram template, you’ll find a reference table of common line types used to represent different types of relationships and how healthy they are.
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Free Culturagram Template for Counselors PPT | PDF
A culturagram tool is used by counselors to better understand clients that come from different countries, regions, or cultural backgrounds. A culturagram template is often used to assess immigrant families or refugees to learn the cultural aspects of their lives and situations.
Our culturagram template (PPT and PDF) gathers a holistic view of an individual or family and their situation to guide the counseling session. This free culturagram template PowerPoint download is designed to make it easy for counselors to add client details into each area to make a culturagram.
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Free Ecomap Template for Therapists PDF | Word Document
An ecomap is a visual representation of all the different systems impacting an individual’s or family’s life.
Individuals frequently engage with a variety of entities such as friends, extended family, work, school, recreational clubs, medical professionals, and others, forming what is referred to as their “ecosystem.” By utilizing eco-mapping in therapy, one can gain a deeper understanding of this ecosystem and glean more insights into the various relationships within it.
Below you can download a free Ecomap Template for mapping the influences in a client’s life.
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Free SOAP Notes Template PDF | Word Document
Counselors use SOAP notes for client documentation and counseling session notes. SOAP notes adhere to a consistent 4-section format (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan) that ensures completeness and conciseness, preventing confusion and omission of important details.
Below you can find the free blank SOAP notes template Word and PDF versions that you can use in your counseling practice.
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Free HIPAA Medical Records Release Form in Counseling Practice
One of the most common forms used by counselors and other mental health professionals is a HIPAA authorization for medical records release form. If you are a counselor who needs to release medical records to another healthcare provider or to a patient, you will need to follow HIPAA guidelines to ensure the protection of the individual’s PHI.
With that in mind, we have prepared HIPAA medical records release form templates (Word & PDF) that you can use in your counseling practice.
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Free CAGE Questionnaire for Substance Abuse Counselors
The CAGE substance abuse screening tool* is a 4-item questionnaire used by counselors and other mental health professionals to identify alcohol use disorder.
On page 2, you’ll find the CAGE-AID Questionnaire, which has been slightly reworded to include drug use in the screening in addition to alcohol use. You’re free to use this CAGE Questionnaire Word and PDF in your counseling practice.
* Source: Per multiple online government sources, the CAGE assessment for counselors is in the public domain.
Download Free Biopsychosocial Assessment Template for Counselors PDF | Word
Are you looking for the best free biopsychosocial assessment template you can adjust and use in your counseling sessions?
Feel free to download our free printable biopsychosocial assessment template Word and PDF. You can adjust the template and use it in your counseling sessions.
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