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Pre-Relapse Safety Planning Worksheet

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Quick Overview

Not having a plan doesn’t prevent relapse. It just guarantees that when it happens, nobody knows what to do. That’s the line from the blog, and this worksheet is the answer to it. Most clinicians wait until after a relapse to figure out a response — and by then they’re reacting instead of responding. This tool flips that. You sit down with your client when things are stable, walk through each section together, and build a plan that’s ready to go if things fall apart. The court conversation section is especially critical — your client writes out what they’ll say to their PO before they need to say it, which changes the entire dynamic from panic to preparation. Print it or fill it digitally in session, give the client a copy, and keep the original in the chart.

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Basic Resource Center, Justice Involved, Relapse Prevention Tools

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Any addiction counselor working with justice-involved clients who wants to stop being caught off guard by relapse. It’s built for early-career clinicians who haven’t yet learned the hard way that relapse planning needs to happen proactively, but it’s equally useful for experienced counselors who want a structured tool to formalize what they’ve been doing informally. Clinical supervisors can use it as a teaching tool in supervision to walk through what a thorough pre-relapse plan looks like. It’s also a strong documentation asset — having a signed, collaborative safety plan in the chart demonstrates that you were clinically proactive, which protects both the client and you if things go sideways.

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