When It Is Used
Use it when treatment alignment depends on explicit relationship-specific goals that both adolescent and caregiver can recognize enough to guide the work.
Relational Contract / Goal
Relational Contract / Goal is an ABFT-aligned shared-goal tool for practitioners working with an adolescent and caregiver. Practitioners use it to establish explicit dyadic treatment goals that are acceptable enough to both parties to guide attachment-focused work.
Start with the sample dyad-visible contract and review how proposed goals become agreed or unresolved.
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Tool guide
Learn more about this tool
Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
What It Captures
It captures separate expectations, resistance or disagreement, proposed and agreed relational goals, party role recognition, and upcoming-session priorities.
Relevant Limits
It does not provide goal libraries, clinical scripts, scoring, or automated conclusions about whether the contract is clinically adequate.
Is this a full treatment plan?
No. It is a bounded relational contract or goal record for dyadic relationship work.
Can disagreement remain in the result?
Yes. Goals can be proposed, agreed, or unresolved, and disagreement is preserved rather than overwritten.
Can the dyad see the tool during session?
Yes. The shared-session display supports dyad-visible completion while keeping private practitioner notes separate.
What makes a goal complete?
A goal must be relationship-specific and include each party’s recognized role before it is treated as agreed.