Compass Points Counselor Guide Compass Points
Tier III Individual Counseling Guide: Grief & Loss
High School Senior
Objectives
Grief: Worden's Tasks II & III.Narrative: Separation from the "Visitor".SFBT: Identifying Miracle Morning goals.Somatic: Map and anchor physical responses.
Phase 1: Somatic
Prompt
"Notice the weight of this week. Let's ground with three breaths."
Phase 2: Narrative
Prompt
"How has this visitor tried to convince you that you're not ready for graduation?"
Framework
1Body
2Story
3Tasks
4Future
5Anchor
Phase 3: Worden's
Prompt
"Senior year is a series of 'lasts.' Which one feels heaviest today?"
Phase 4: SFBT
Prompt
"If you woke up and the storm had quieted, what's the first thing you'd do?"
Phase 5: Closing
Hand out Grounding Reference Card
"Which anchor from your card will you take with you into this week?"
Terrain Mapping Workbook Terrain Mapping
Tier III Counseling Workbook
Name:
Date:
The Body Weather Map
Mark areas of tension or static
Sensation Description
Coping Energy Level
Empty Balanced Surging
Externalizing the Guest
Sketch your loss
The Visitor's Name:
When is it loudest?
Interrogating the Guest
How does this "visitor" try to interfere with your transition to life after high school?
The Horizon View
The Miracle Morning
"Imagine you wake up tomorrow and the storm has quieted. The visitor is small enough to carry in your pocket."
What is the very first tiny thing you notice that tells you things have changed?
Survival Strengths
Action steps taken this week:
The Next Tiny Step
Goal for tomorrow (+0.5):
Grounding Anchors Reference Grounding Anchors
A Portable Guide for the Senior Journey
Somatic Stabilization
5-4-3-2-1 Fix
5 see • 4 touch3 hear • 2 smell1 taste
Box Breath
Inhale 4s • Hold 4s 4s • Pause 4s
The Narrative Shield
"I am not my grief. I am the person who is carrying it."
When the "visitor" gets loud:
"I see you. I hear you. But I am moving forward anyway."
Navigator’s Tasks
T1 Reality
T2 Feeling
T3 Adjust
T4 Connect
Steady As She Goes
Cut along border to keep
Horizon View Slides Horizon View
Navigating Loss, Change, and the Senior Journey
Grounding Anchor
Before we explore the terrain, we secure our footing.
Box Breathing
Inhale (4 counts)
Hold (4 counts)
Exhale (4 counts)
Pause (4 counts)
Naming the Guest
"Your grief is a visitor you are hosting, but it is not your identity."
Identify
If this loss had a form or a name, what would it look like?
Separate
What does it try to tell you about your future?
Observe
How do you talk back to it when you need focus?
The Navigator's Scale
0: Drowning 5: Afloat 10: Thriving
"What keeps you at your current number and prevents you from sliding back to zero?"
What would +0.5 look like tomorrow morning?
The Miracle Morning
"Imagine you wake up tomorrow and the storm has finally moved off the coast. It is still visible on the horizon, but it is no longer crashing on your shore."
What is the very first thing you'd notice?
