Prior to beginning work on this interactive assignment please review Cases 18 19 and 20 in Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology (Gorenstein & Comer 2015) and any relevant Instructor Guidance.
In practice clinical and counseling psychologists utilize psychoeducational tools (e.g. bibliotherapy client handouts worksheets etc.) to enhance the clients knowledge about mental health issues coping strategies and resources.
For this interactive assignment you will create a visually interesting client handout based on the case study chosen for the Psychiatric Diagnosis assignment in PSY645 and your Week Six Psychological Treatment Plan in this course. You must attach your client handout document to your initial post in the forum.
The client handout will include the following required elements.
Education: Explain with as much visual information as possible the clients cognitive or behavioral symptoms based on your selected theoretical orientation. You may choose to create diagrams figures or charts to illustrate the relationship between the clients cognitions affect and behavior.
Intervention: Create a self-help exercise (e.g. a dysfunctional thought record meditation deep breathing guided imagery muscle relaxation thought stopping etc.) to assist the client in monitoring or reducing maladaptive cognitions affect and/or behavior outside of therapeutic sessions. Include an explanation about how the handout could be useful in reducing the clients symptoms. You may choose to visually represent this exercise with charts scripts steps or other media.
Resources: Assess current trends in psychotherapy and list complete APA reference entries for five sources that would help the client learn more about his or her presenting problem(s) early warning signs of relapse and managing symptoms. Please include hyperlinks if such exist for your resources.Guided Response: Review several of your colleagues posts and respond to at least two of your peers including one response that covers a case different from the one you chose by 11:59 p.m. on Day 7 of the week. You are encouraged to post your required replies earlier in the week to promote more meaningful interactive discourse in this discussion.
Review your classmates handout and provide feedback regarding each component of the document. Provide an evaluation of your peers explanation of the clients symptoms and share an alternative explanation using a different theoretical orientation. Suggest ways in which the document might be improved and include a rationale for all modifications. Recommend two bibliotherapy resources to supplement the handout.
Continue to monitor the discussion forum until 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) on Day 7 of the week and respond to anyone who replies to your initial post.
Carefully review the Interactive Assignment Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate this Interactive Assignment Thread.