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 clients progress toward short- and long-term goals. The content within psychological treatment plans varies depending on the clinical setting. The clinicians theoretical orientation evidenced-based practices and the clients needs are taken into account when developing and implementing a treatment plan. Typically the clients 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
Long-Term Goal
Short-Term Objectives
Interventions
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
Ethics
The Psychological Treatment Plan
Attention Students: The Masters of Arts in Psychology program is utilizing the Pathbrite portfolio tool as a repository for student scholarly work in the form of signature assignments completed within the program. After receiving feedback for this Psychological Treatment Plan please implement any changes recommended by the instructor go to Pathbrite and upload the revised Psychological Treatment Plan to the portfolio. (Use the Pathbrite Quick-Start Guide to create an account if you do not already have one.) The upload of signature assignments will take place after completing each course. Be certain to upload revised signature assignments throughout the program as the portfolio and its contents will be used in other courses and may be used by individual students as a professional resource tool. See the Pathbrite website for information and further instructions on using this portfolio tool.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.