Couple Intake Form
Wendy E. Smith, MA, LMHCA
18 W. Mercer St., Seattle, WA 98119
(206)965-8749
www.wendysmithcounseling.com
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Name:________________________________________Date of birth:__________Age:_______
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Religious affiliation, if any:_______________________________________________________
Ethnic/ racial/ national/ indigenous heritage:__________________________________________
Other way you identify yourself that is important to you:________________________________
Have you ever received counseling, psychiatric, or drug or alcohol treatment before? Y__ N__ If yes, please explain:
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Please list any physical health problems or disabilities of any kind you currently have and how long you have had them:
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Name of partner:___________________________________________________________
If living together, how long? _______________ If married, how long? _______________
If there are children from this relationship, please indicate:
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If there are children by previous marriage or relationship, please indicate:
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If any brothers and sisters, including those deceased, please indicate:
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Father’s Name____________________ Birthplace______________
Education________________________ Occupation_____________
Present Age___If deceased, when?_______
Mother’s Name____________________ Birthplace_____________
Education________________________ Occupation_____________
Present Age___If deceased, when?_______
Was either parent married more than once? Please give details:
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Please answer each question as completely and accurately as possible. Your information will help me learn about your relationship and help me plan your treatment.
1. What are the things you like most about your relationship?
2. What do you like most about your partner?
3. What are the things you most want to change?
4.How often do you argue? What do you most often argue about?
5. Do your arguments get physical? Verbally abusive? Please detail.
6.Do you feel safe and secure with your partner? Now? In the past? Please detail.
7.In your present relationship, can you ask your partner when you need closeness and
comfort? Please detail. Please rate your level of difficulty in doing so (1 extremely easy --
– 10 extremely difficult).
8.Can you think of bonding moments in your relationship when one of you reaches out and the other responds in a way that makes you both feel emotionally connected and secure with each other? Please detail.
9.Who did you go to for comfort when you were young? Could you always count on this person/ these people for comfort? Did this person/ these people ever betray you, or were they unavailable at critical times? What did you learn about comfort and connection from this person/ these people? Please detail.
10. If no one was safe, how did you comfort yourself?
11. Did you ever turn to alcohol, drugs, sex, or material things for comfort?
12.Have there been any particularly traumatic incidents in your previous romantic relationships? Please detail.
13.Were there significant times in your current relationship when you felt your partner was not there for you. Please detail.
14.If it is hard for you to turn to and trust others, to let them close when you really need them, what do you do when life gets too big to handle or when you feel alone?
15.Name two specific things that would make you feel safer and more secure in your present relationship.
16. Anything else about your relationship you wish to share?
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