Step 3: Gather Data

The challenge is to gather data to discover the problem of the counselee. We use a form which has categories of data and uses the "PREACH" acronym:
P – Physical - sleep patterns; medications; diet; activity level; illness
R -- Resources and Relationships - job situation; finances; school; intellectual; social; spiritual
E – Emotions (feelings) - extremes; “feelings oriented”
A – Actions - behavior; sins of commission and omission
C -- Conceptual (thinking) - goals; values; desires; motives
H – Historical - good and bad in past context; present context; failures; school/job problems