Assignment: Practicum - Client Termination Summary
Learning Objectives
• Develop client termination summaries
To prepare:
• For guidance on writing a Client Termination Summary, review pages 693-712 of the Wheeler text in this week's Learning Resources.
• Identify a client who may be ready to complete therapy.
The Assignment
With the client you selected in mind, address the following in a client termination summary (without violating HIPAA regulations):
• Identifying information of client (i.e., hypothetical name, age, etc.)
• Date initially contacted therapist, date therapy began, duration of therapy, and date therapy will end
• Total number of sessions, including number of missed sessions
• Termination planned or unplanned
• Presenting problem
• Major psychosocial issues
• Types of services rendered (i.e., individual, couple/family therapy, group therapy, etc.)
• Overview of treatment process
• Goal status (goals met, partially met, unmet)
• Treatment limitations (if any)
• Remaining difficulties and/or concerns
• Recommendations
• Follow-up plan (if indicated)
• Instructions for future contact
• Signatures
Assignment: Practicum
Learning Objectives
• Analyze how nursing and counseling theories guided personal practice in psychotherapy
• Analyze goals and objectives for personal practicum experiences
• Analyze the impact of psychotherapy on social change
Reflect on your overall practicum experience in this course. Then, address the following in your Practicum Journal:
• Explain whether your therapeutic theory has changed as a result of your practicum experiences. Recall the theories you selected
• Explain how you integrated the therapeutic approaches from this course in your clinical practice. Include how this helped you achieve the goals and objectives you developed.
• Explain how you might impact social change through your work with clients who have mental health issues.
• Support your approach with evidence-based literature.