Assessment in Clinical Care Role of Client, Family, Therapist, Other Professionals, and Collateral Parties PACC model is a clinical care assessment model that focuses on problem description, development of the treatment plan and conduction of a progress review. The main clients in this assessment plan are diagnosed patients and those with personal problems requiring medical interventions. The same is true in the client map criteria. The clients in the Client Map criteria are the patients and psychologically affected individuals in need of medical interventions (Corcoran, & Walsh, 2008). The person centered assessment and treatment model considers psychologically and physiologically affected persons as its clients. The main difference between the three models is that while the PACC model is broader in its treatment process, the person-centered approach seeks to generate solutions from within the problems faced by patients (Seligman, 2004). The client map model is similar to the PACC, but rather than focusing on the problem identification, treatment plan and recovery, it deals more in how the client’s past and present situation can be modified to make the future better. Assessment Methods In the PACC model, the practitioner encourages the client to be part of the treatment plan and this ensures that the recovery process is properly monitored. In the client model, the treatment process is dependent on the assessment procedure. All the three models use both qualitative and quantitative methods to derive their assessment information. This revolves around conducting interviews that are meant to generate as much information about the clients as well as making quantitative analyses from past data (Cowger, 1994). In the PACC and pers... ... middle of paper ... ... In conclusion, the assessment models are very effective in the development of a treatment plan that best suits the client. Despite the differences in implementation, all the models first identify the problem and then develop a treatment plan that would be appropriate for the clients. Works Cited Corcoran, J., & Walsh, J. (2008). Mental health in social work: a casebook on diagnosis and strengths-based assessment. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon. Cowger, C. D. (1994). Assessing client strengths: Clinical assessment for client empowerment. Journal of Social Work, 39(3), 262-268. Seligman, L. (2004). Diagnosis and treatment planning in counseling. New York, NY: Springer. Woody, S. R., Detweiler-Bedell, J., Teachman, B. A., & O'Hearn, T. (2003). Treatment planning in psychotherapy: Taking the guesswork out of clinical care. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
There are a variety of ways counselors can use assessment in counseling. According to Whiston counselors use (2017) assessments as a tool used to measure people behavior. Assessments can be informal and formal (Laureate, 2013). One significant part of assessments is to evaluate progress between the client and counselor.
A person-centered treatment plan is made of several principles that include outcomes, service, objectives, strengths/berries, goals, prioritization, understanding, assessment, and request for service (Corey 2016). The plan starts with the patient requesting for service. After the application for service, the next step will be the evaluation process.
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Even though conceptualization may develop along the time, the lack of a firm formulation from the first session is often a factor for delayed results (Curwen, Ruddell, and Palmer, 2000). As perceived on the video, using the Five Areas Model the therapist offers a useful way of accounting for the maintenance of the client’s anxiety (Williams and Garland, 2002). A discussion of the formulation with the client should had occurred more elaborately, as this is a very important step to promote the client in engaging in the therapeutic process (Dobson and Dobson, 2009). At the end of the video session, the therapist gives a summary of the problem currently being experienced using the Five Areas Model (Williams and Garland, 2002), however, this could have been done with more detail. As a formulation is hypothetical and based on a theory, the therapist should have asked for the client’s feedback on the formulation (Butler, Fennell, and Hackmann, 2008). In the first session, the therapist should have educated the client about her diagnosis, explaining the cognitive model. As viewed on the assessment session video, the therapist elicits expectation of the treatment and most important, instils hope by setting specific goals with the client on the first session (Primary Psychiatry,
Murdock (2013) identifies that psychoanalytic therapy is designed for long-term counseling. Freud often recommended a two-week trial period to ensure that a client is suitable for analysis (Murdock, 2013). Ana’s insurance has approved 8 sessions, which does not allow this theory to fully be supported.
Discuss three different ways that the success of therapy can be assessed. What factors complicate the determination of whether treatment is successful?
Moreover, an assessment is a more in-depth line of questioning of the client that goes in to the client’s background such as childhood experiences, social life and psychological health; the assessment can also go into a series of testing. Additionally, the assessment is also used to determine a diagnosis of the client (Substance Abuse Counselor, n.d.). Many times clients with substance abuse problems do have psychological issues.
For Pat’s service plan, I will be using CBT to meet the desired outcomes. I will have Pat record his thoughts, emotions, and behaviors in a daily log at least 5 times per week after completing psychoeducation. This will encourage Pat to be mindful and reflective about his how his moods influence his behavior in an effort to reduce the negative relationship between them. To improve Pat’s coping strategies with stress and anger, Pat will report his practice of mindfulness and relaxation techniques at least 5 times per week. To measure Pat’s medication adherence, Pat and I will design a schedule that he feels he follow and record when he goes to sleep, how long he sleeps, his diet, and when he takes his medication.
Since I will be a sport psychologist with the credentials to counsel the athletes, there is one particular genre I will definitely utilize. For sessions with my clients, I will need to fill out client assessments. Client assessments are written up reports on any and all relevant information on the client. They are usually completed during a psychologist’s first meeting with a new client and the assessment helps the psychologist create a plan of treatment for the client. This plan is based on all the information gathered on the client from the session. There are four main features of a client assessment: brief description of client and their problems, historical issues, treatment plans, and contract (Glicken). Psychologists begin with the brief
The Model (Shuler & Davis, 1993) views each client as a holistic individual with unique physiological, psychosocial, and cultural differences. The Framework (CNA, 2010) requires NP to perform comprehensive physical assessment with a focus to individual’s special needs, which includes “physical, psychosocial, emotional, ethnic, cultural and spiritual dimension of health.” With these guidelines, NP is able to obtain the following health history.
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In completing this case analysis, one thing that will inform and influence my future social work practice is to always define the presenting problem first. Once the presenting problem is defined, one can come to a conclusion on what framework, theory and intervention will be most applicable more logically. With the presenting problem defined, it can be broken down into sections. The framework that is most appropriate due to the nature of the issue, what theory fits with the client’s situation best and what intervention will have the most impact with the client. I will also remember to discuss possible interventions with the client and discuss what would be the most appropriate. Once the problem is defined, the framework and theory has been
This piece of work will be based on the pre-assessment process that patients go through on arrival to an endoscopy unit in which I was placed in during my second year studying Adult diploma Nursing. I will explore one patient’s holistic needs, identifying the priorities of care that the patient requires; I will then highlight a particular priority and give a rational behind this. During an admission I completed under the supervision of my mentor I was pre-assessing a 37 year old lady who had arrived to the unit for an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. During the pre-assessment it was important that a holistic assessment is performed as every patient is an individual with unique care needs as the patient outline in this piece of work has learning disabilities it was imperative to identify any barriers with communication (Nursing standards 2006).
It comes from the belief that by resolving the problems that an individual faces in everyday life, depressive symptoms will improve. Treatment lasts from eight to 16 sessions. The therapist attempts to teach the patient a step-by-step process with which to solve problems they will face: identifying the problem, possible realistic solutions, choosing the best solution available, developing and executing a plan of action, and finally assessing the effectiveness of the problem-solving. The therapy is effective in some ways but some experts think that it is too focused on specific problems and that depression as a whole is too broad an issue.
It is very important that you do not input your beliefs on the clients when assessing the clients. Making sure you performed the correct assessment for what that client is experiencing. There are various methods of assessment. Strategies Avoid these strategies