Why Helping Professionals Choose FlourishTalk
Your effectiveness depends on asking the right questions at the right time. FlourishTalk provides research-backed prompts that facilitate breakthrough conversations, deepen client insight, accelerate group bonding, and support transformational work across all helping professions.
🎯 Evidence-Based
All questions grounded in positive psychology, character science, neuroscience, and therapeutic research. Use tools that work.
⚡ Save Time
No more searching for the perfect question or creating prompts from scratch. 23,000+ questions ready when you need them.
🔄 Versatile
Works across modalities, contexts, and populations. One tool for individual work, couples, families, groups, workshops, retreats.
📈 Deepen Practice
Facilitate breakthroughs, accelerate insight, create aha moments. Questions that get to the heart of what matters.
💼 Professional Development
Use questions in supervision, peer consultation, and your own reflection. The tool that helps the helper.
🎁 Client Value
Provide homework, journaling prompts, conversation starters, relationship enrichment tools. Extend your impact between sessions.
Applications by Professional Type
🧠 Therapists, Counselors & Psychologists
Who you serve: Individuals, couples, families, groups dealing with mental health, relationships, trauma, life transitions.
Top categories for your work:
- Emotional Wellbeing (12 topics: Daily Check-In, Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Resilience, Self-Compassion, Boundaries, Hope, Meaning)
- Deepening Relationships (11 topics including Romantic Partners, Family, Kids—199 questions each)
- Character Strengths (24 topics: identify and leverage signature strengths in therapy)
- Mental Fitness (11 topics on Mental Strength, Flexibility, Endurance—train psychological fitness)
- Positive Psychology Coaching (29 topics covering all life domains for strengths-based therapy)
- Gritty HERO's Growth Mindset (6 topics: Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, Optimism, Grit, Growth Mindset)
By therapeutic modality:
- CBT: Clear Thinking & Better Decisions (9 topics on cognitive biases), Thinking Well (19 topics)
- ACT: Acceptance, Mindfulness, Values Clarification topics across multiple categories
- Narrative Therapy: Self (199 questions from Deepening Relationships), meaning-making topics
- IFS: Self-Awareness topics, parts work facilitation using character strengths
- EFT (Couples): Romantic Partners (199 questions), attachment-focused relationship topics
- Positive Psychology: Personal Wellbeing (6 PERMA-H/V topics), Happiness Strategies (12 topics)
Clinical applications:
- Assessment: Use Character Strengths or Personal Wellbeing in intake to understand client resources
- Treatment planning: Categories align with treatment goals—anxiety, depression, relationships, meaning
- Between sessions: Assign relevant questions as journaling homework or couple conversation practice
- Group therapy: Connection Lab builds cohesion; topical categories address group themes
- Termination: Accomplishment topics help clients acknowledge growth and plan maintenance
→ See Individuals page | → See Couples page | → See Families page
🎯 Coaches (Life, Executive, Career, Health, Relationship)
Who you serve: Clients seeking personal growth, career advancement, life transitions, goal achievement, relationship improvement.
Top categories for coaching:
- Positive Psychology Coaching (29 topics covering every coaching domain: Career, Relationships, Health, Financial, Values, Meaning, Work-Life, Transition)
- Character Strengths (24 topics: strengths-based coaching approach)
- ALIGHT Leadership (18 topics: executive and leadership coaching)
- Holistic Wealth (10 dimensions: Time, Growth, Mental, Physical, Craft, Financial, Social, Community, Adventure, Service)
- Gritty HERO's Growth Mindset (6 topics for building psychological capital and resilience)
- Success: Seven Power Factors (7 topics: Vision, Focus, Attitude, Discipline, Persistence, Purpose, Action)
By coaching specialty:
- Executive/Leadership Coaching: Full ALIGHT Leadership program, Wellbeing at Work, Career & Professional Growth
- Career Coaching: Career & Professional Growth, Craft Wealth, Purpose, Values Clarification, Transition & Change
- Life Coaching: Positive Psychology Coaching (all 29 topics), Holistic Wealth (10 dimensions)
- Health Coaching: PAVING STEPSS: Lifestyle Medicine (12 steps), Wellness (6 dimensions), Health & Vitality
- Relationship Coaching: Romantic Partners, Family, Friends topics from Deepening Relationships
Coaching applications:
- Discovery sessions: Values Clarification, Character Strengths assessment
- Goal setting: Goal Setting & Action Planning, Vision topics from relevant categories
- Action planning: Move from insight to action with implementation-focused questions
- Accountability: Check-in questions to track progress and maintain momentum
- Breakthrough sessions: Deep questions when clients are stuck
→ See Business page for Executive Coaching | → See Individuals page for Life Coaching
👨⚕️ Social Workers
Who you serve: Individuals, families, communities facing social, economic, health, and mental health challenges.
Top categories for social work:
- Emotional Wellbeing (12 topics for mental health support)
- Character Strengths (24 topics: strengths-based case management)
- Deepening Relationships (especially Family, Kids topics—199 questions each)
- Critical Conversations (multiple categories on social justice, healthcare, poverty, inequality)
- Understanding Differences (8 topics for culturally competent practice)
- Holistic Wealth (10 dimensions for assessing and building client resources)
Practice applications:
- Case management: Holistic assessment using Holistic Wealth dimensions
- Family services: Family and Kids topics (199 questions each) for family preservation work
- Crisis intervention: Building Resilience, Hope & Possibility from Emotional Wellbeing
- Group facilitation: Support groups using topical categories (grief, addiction recovery, parenting)
- Community organizing: Community Wealth, social justice topics from Critical Conversations
→ See Families page for Family Services
🙏 Clergy & Spiritual Directors
Who you serve: Faith community members seeking spiritual growth, pastoral care, life guidance, meaning-making.
Top categories for ministry:
- Character Education (19 topics on virtues across traditions)
- Character Strengths (24 universal strengths recognized across faiths)
- Positive Psychology Coaching (especially Meaning & Purpose, Spiritual Growth & Practices, Values Clarification)
- Holistic Wealth (10 dimensions including Spiritual Wealth, Service Wealth)
- Critical Conversations (Death & Dying, Grief & Loss, Social Justice, Ethics)
- Deepening Relationships (for marriage ministry, family ministry)
Ministry applications:
- Spiritual direction: Meaning & Purpose, Spiritual Wellness, Values Clarification
- Pastoral counseling: Emotional Wellbeing, Character Strengths, relationship topics
- Small groups: Any topical category aligned with group theme or study
- Marriage preparation: Romantic Partners (199 questions) provides comprehensive premarital framework
- Grief support: Death & Dying, Grief & Loss from Critical Conversations
→ See Faith & Community page for complete ministry applications
🎓 Educators, School Counselors & Academic Advisors
Who you serve: Students (K-12, university), parents, school communities seeking academic success and personal development.
Top categories for education:
- Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) (5 CASEL competencies with 89-103 questions each)
- Academic Success (24 evidence-based predictors of achievement: Grit, Growth Mindset, Self-Efficacy, etc.)
- Character Strengths (24 topics for student development)
- Character Education (19 topics for values-based education)
- Habits of Mind (16 intelligent behaviors for lifelong learning)
- Emotional Wellbeing (12 topics for student mental health support)
Educational applications:
- Advisory programs: Daily/weekly check-ins using SEL or Personal Wellbeing
- School counseling: Individual sessions using relevant wellbeing and success categories
- Classroom culture: Morning meetings, restorative circles, class discussions
- Academic advising: Academic Success categories for study skills, motivation, goal-setting
- Student leadership: ALIGHT Leadership for developing student leaders
→ See Schools page for complete educational applications
💼 HR Professionals, OD Consultants & Training Facilitators
Who you serve: Organizations, teams, leaders seeking culture change, development, wellness, performance.
Top categories for organizational work:
- Wellbeing at Work (6 PERMA-H/V topics applied to workplace)
- ALIGHT Leadership (18 topics for comprehensive leadership development)
- Character Strengths (24 topics for strengths-based team building)
- Mental Fitness (11 topics for employee wellness programs)
- Positive Psychology Coaching (29 topics for manager-as-coach training)
- Understanding Differences (8 topics for DEI initiatives)
Consulting applications:
- Leadership development: Full ALIGHT Leadership curriculum
- Team building: Connection Lab, Teamwork topics, trust-building activities
- Employee wellness: Wellbeing at Work, Mental Fitness, PAVING STEPSS
- Culture change: Values work, psychological safety conversations, inclusion dialogues
- Manager training: Coaching conversation frameworks, employee development dialogues
→ See Business page for complete workplace applications
🏃 Athletic Trainers, Sport Psychologists & Performance Coaches
Who you serve: Athletes, teams, coaches seeking peak performance, mental toughness, team cohesion.
Top categories for athletic performance:
- Mental Fitness (11 topics on psychological training for sports)
- Gritty HERO's Growth Mindset (6 topics: Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, Optimism, Grit, Growth Mindset)
- Character Strengths (24 topics: Courage, Perseverance, Teamwork, Leadership, Self-Regulation)
- Success: Seven Power Factors (7 topics: Vision, Focus, Attitude, Discipline, Persistence, Purpose, Action)
- Connection Lab (5 topics for accelerating team chemistry)
- Character Education (19 topics on sportsmanship and athletic character)
Sport psychology applications:
- Mental skills training: Mental Fitness (all 11 topics) provides systematic psychological training
- Team bonding: Connection Lab accelerates trust and cohesion
- Pre-performance routines: Focus, mindfulness, self-regulation questions
- Performance review: Growth mindset questions for learning from wins and losses
- Injury recovery: Resilience, Hope topics maintain athlete motivation
→ See Sports page for complete athletic performance applications
👥 Group Facilitators, Workshop Leaders & Retreat Designers
Who you serve: Groups seeking connection, learning, transformation through facilitated experiences.
Top categories for facilitation:
- Connection Lab (5 topics including Aron's 36 Questions—research-proven to accelerate intimacy)
- Small Talk (10 topics for icebreakers and warm-ups)
- Character Strengths (24 topics for strengths-based team building)
- Understanding Differences (8 topics for diversity dialogues)
- Critical Conversations (multiple categories for topical workshops)
- Any topical category aligned with workshop theme
Facilitation applications:
- Icebreakers: Small Talk categories for low-risk warm-ups
- Trust building: Connection Lab for accelerated group bonding
- Deep dialogue: Topical categories (wellbeing, values, character, relationships) for meaningful exchange
- Conflict facilitation: Understanding Differences, Positive Conflict topics
- Reflection prompts: End workshops with questions that consolidate learning
Using FlourishTalk for Your Own Development
🧘 Self-Reflection & Personal Growth
The questions that help your clients also help you. Regular self-reflection prevents burnout and maintains the grounded presence needed for helping work.
- Daily practice: Answer one question from Daily Check-In (from Emotional Wellbeing) each morning
- Weekly review: Accomplishment and Meaning topics for perspective on your work
- Burnout prevention: Emotional Wellbeing (12 topics) monitors your wellbeing
- Values alignment: Regularly revisit Values Clarification to stay true to why you do this work
👥 Supervision & Peer Consultation
- Case consultation: Use relevant questions to explore stuck cases from new angles
- Supervision topics: ALIGHT Leadership, Character Strengths, professional development topics
- Peer learning groups: Connection Lab deepens peer relationships beyond case talk
- Ethical dilemmas: Character Education provides framework for ethical reasoning
📚 Continuing Education
- Theory integration: Study how questions map to therapeutic theories you're learning
- Skill building: Practice question timing, following responses, deepening inquiry
- New populations: Explore categories relevant to populations you're beginning to serve
- Modality expansion: If moving from individual to couples/family work, immerse in those categories
Two Ways to Use FlourishTalk in Your Practice
🖥️ Free Online Access
Browse all 37 categories and 23,000+ questions online. Perfect for exploring categories before sessions, preparing specific prompts, having unlimited variety across all client populations and presenting issues. Access anywhere, anytime.
🎴 Physical Card Decks
Get customized card decks aligned to your practice specialty and client populations. Ideal for therapy/coaching sessions, group work, workshops, retreats, and client homework. Tangible cards create different energy than screens—many professionals find clients engage more deeply with physical prompts. Perfect for waiting rooms, intake packets, and client gifts.
Explore Professional Card Decks →
The Science Behind the Questions
FlourishTalk's questions for professionals draw from:
- Positive Psychology - Science of wellbeing, strengths, flourishing across populations
- Therapeutic Modalities - CBT, ACT, Narrative, IFS, EFT, Solution-Focused, Psychodynamic
- Coaching Psychology - Evidence-based coaching frameworks and methodologies
- Character Science - VIA strengths research, virtue development across lifespan
- Relationship Research - Gottman Method, attachment theory, intimacy acceleration
- Social-Emotional Learning - CASEL framework and SEL research in education
- Sport Psychology - Mental skills training, team cohesion, peak performance
- Organizational Psychology - Leadership development, team effectiveness, workplace wellbeing
- Spiritual Development - Psychology of religion, meaning-making, contemplative science
- Neuroscience - How questions facilitate insight, neural plasticity, change
Every category is grounded in research, refined through practice, designed to facilitate the conversations that matter most in helping work. These aren't just questions—they're tools for transformation.