I have been Certified in PRINT® Coaching for just over two months. In that time, I have had nearly 60 individuals complete the PRINT® assessment and have provided over 45 debriefs to individuals, couples, families, and organizational teams. While I knew how powerful PRINT® is for organizational team building (This has been reinforced!), I have been very pleased to discover its usefulness for individual coaching/counseling and couple therapy. For individual clients, PRINT® provides incredibly useful information about an individual's core needs/motivations; this information can easily be integrated into the therapy process by understanding triggers, defensive/protective "shadow" behaviors, and the client's Best Self within their motivational structure.

I have had several clinicians reach out to me asking if they could have their clients take PRINT®. We are working out procedures where the clients will complete PRINT®, have a debrief with me, and then bring the comprehensive report back to the therapist to integrate into the existing treatment. For the therapists out there, let me know if you would like to discuss this type of arrangement to support you and your clients.

I am also finding incredible value in using PRINT® with couples. PRINT® very quickly provides information that highlights the reasons why couples get stuck in frustrating interactional cycles and provides tools to interrupt these cycles so each partner can return to their Best Self. The reports make it very apparent why partners trigger defensive/protective reactions in each other, an understanding that supports many couple therapy models such as EFT. The report provides a roadmap that therapists can use to understand triggers, interrupt cyles, and promote self soothing as well as relational healing.