Upon a referral, clients and therapists will be required to use our monitoring assessment sheet, referred to as the ‘Outcome Star’. This uses a graduated scale of points to identify and measure the level of individual problems. This will enable the therapist to measure the progress of the client and the performance of the counselling itself, and make a plan for the client’s specific needs. Following their initial assessment, the client will return to the Outcome Star every three weeks, enabling the therapist to monitor whether or not there is an improvement. With school referees, we also ask that a class teacher complete a similar form for the client, so we can also get an outside perspective on the child. The class teacher will then carry on monitoring the therapeutic intervention, and be able to feedback any improvements or changes they’ve noticed. This is cost effective, as it will enable us to pinpoint the areas that need to be focused on, and therefore to achieve effective results in a short time.