PSY 650 Week 6 Assignment Help

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Week 6 - Final Project

Psychological Treatment Plan

It is recommended that students review the e-book The Complete Adult Psychotherapy Treatment Planner (Jongsma, Peterson, & Bruce, 2014) for additional assistance in completing this assignment.

Clinical and counseling psychologists utilize treatment plans to document a client’s progress toward short- and long-term goals. The content within psychological treatment plans varies depending on the clinical setting. The clinician’s theoretical orientation, evidenced-based practices, and the client’s needs are taken into account when developing and implementing a treatment plan. Typically, the client’s presenting problem(s), behaviorally defined symptom(s), goals, objectives, and interventions determined by the clinician are included within a treatment plan.

To understand the treatment planning process, students will assume the role of a clinical or counseling psychologist and develop a comprehensive treatment plan based on the same case study utilized for the Psychiatric Diagnosis assignment in PSY645. A minimum of five peer-reviewed resources must be used to support the recommendations made within the plan. The Psychological Treatment Plan must include the headings and content outlined below.

Behaviorally Defined Symptoms

·         Define the client’s presenting problem(s) and provide a diagnostic impression.

·         Identify how the problem(s) is/are evidenced in the client’s behavior.

·         List the client’s cognitive and behavioral symptoms.

Long-Term Goal

·         Generate a long-term treatment goal that represents the desired outcome for the client.

o    This goal should be broad and does not need to be measureable.

Short-Term Objectives

·         Generate a minimum of three short-term objectives for attaining the long-term goal.

o    Each objective should be stated in behaviorally measureable language. Subjective or vague objectives are not acceptable. For example, it should be stated that the objective will be accomplished by a specific date or that a specific symptom will be reduced by a certain percentage.

Interventions

·         Identify at least one intervention for achieving each of the short-term objectives.

·         Compare a minimum of three evidence-based theoretical orientations from which appropriate interventions can be selected for the client.

·         Explain the connection between the theoretical orientation and corresponding intervention selected.

·         Provide a rationale for the integration of multiple theoretical orientations within this treatment plan.

·         Identify two to three treatment modalities (e.g., individual, couple, family, group, etc.) that would be appropriate for use with the client.

It is a best practice to include outside providers (e.g., psychiatrists, medical doctors, nutritionists, social workers, holistic practitioners, etc.) in the intervention planning process to build a support network that will assist the client in the achievement of treatment goals.

Evaluation

·         List the anticipated outcomes of each proposed treatment intervention based on scholarly literature.

o    Be sure to take into account the individual’s strengths, weaknesses, external stressors, and cultural factors (e.g., gender, age, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, etc.) in the evaluation.

·         Provide an assessment of the efficacy of evidence-based intervention options.

Ethics

·         Analyze and describe potential ethical dilemmas that may arise while implementing this treatment plan.

·         Cite specific ethical principles and any applicable law(s) for resolving the ethical dilemma(s).

The Psychological Treatment Plan

·         Must be 8 to 10 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

·         Must include a separate title page with the following:

o    Title of paper

o    Student’s name

o    Course name and number

o    Instructor’s name

o    Date submitted

·         Must use at least five peer-reviewed sources in addition to the course text.

·         Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

·         Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.