I-Poetry as an Instructional Tool in Counselor Education.

Originally intended for qualitative research, I-poetry is proffered here as a tool that counselor educators can use to help counselor trainees develop case conceptualization and treatment planning skills. Discussion includes a description of the I-poem Transcript and Case Conceptualization (ITCC) assignment, a teaching strategy that incorporates I-poetry with case conceptualization. With the discussion, we present step-by-step instructions for constructing an I-poem transcript from a recorded counseling session and using a client's "I" statements from the transcript to conceptualize elements of a client's case utilizing the T/C Model for Case Conceptualization. We include reflective questions that can help counselor trainees to devise treatment plans based on their written conceptualizations and discuss additional applications of I-poem transcripts in counselor education and clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]