Transition to Civilian Life Plan

What is Transition to Civilian Life Plan?

Plan for life after service. Leaving service can mean losing structure, identity and community all at once.

When to use it

• Veterans, first responders and other high-risk professions
• Moral distress and critical incidents
• Transitions out of service

How to use it in session

1. Explain the purpose and check that the client wants to do this.
2. What I miss about service.
3. What I do not miss.
4. Skills and values I take with me.
5. New routine and purpose.
6. People and groups who understand.
7. Agree one small next step.

Clinician tips

• Learn the client’s culture and language of service.
• Go slowly with trauma and moral injury material, and stabilize first.
• Assess suicide risk and access to means.

Sharing with clients

Members can download the PDF to print or email, or copy a private client link from the download box. Your client opens the link and downloads the worksheet on any device. No client account is needed, and nothing your client writes is stored on TherapyAid.

This worksheet is an educational tool for use by, or under the guidance of, a licensed or registered mental-health professional. It is not a diagnostic instrument or a substitute for clinical judgement. If a client is in crisis in Canada, call or text 9-8-8 or call 9-1-1.