When It Is Used
Use this tool at the beginning of task-centered work when the practitioner and client need to choose a concrete focus from several possible concerns.
Target Problem List for Task-Centered Work
Target Problem List is a task-centered intake and focusing tool for practitioners working collaboratively with clients. It helps the practitioner and client turn competing concerns into a manageable prioritized problem set for short-term action.
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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 candidate concerns, selected target problems, priority order or selected subset, and unresolved specificity notes. It deliberately avoids diagnoses, severity scores, treatment recommendations, and detailed goal or task plans.
Repeat Use
The selected problem set can be revised later while preserving earlier selected problems for comparison and continuity.
Does Target Problem List diagnose or score client problems?
No. Target Problem List organizes candidate concerns into selected target problems and priority order; it does not diagnose, score severity, or interpret clinical meaning.
Can lower-priority concerns stay visible?
Yes. Lower-priority concerns can remain visible for context without becoming parallel work unless the list is intentionally revised.
Does this tool create goals or tasks?
No. It stops at a focused target problem set. Goals and tasks are natural next steps but are separate workflows.