In order to make progress in substance addiction treatment, clients will need to recognize and manage triggers or obstacles that could impede their recovery. As a substance abuse counselor, you can provide clients with critical strategies to support their recovery. In this assignment, you apply what you’ve learned about recovery and relapse prevention approaches to create a treatment plan for a case study client.Do the following in preparation for creating a treatment plan:Review the case study video and accompanying biopsychosocial assessment that you selected for the Wk 2 – Summative Assessment: Case Study: Effects of Substance-Related Addiction.Conduct research to learn more about the recovery and relapse factors related to the addictive disorder presented in the case study. Suggested topics include:Criteria used in diagnosisCommon symptoms or characteristics exhibited by clientsPhysical and social effects of the addictionTreatment options for clientsChallenges or obstacles that may affect recovery and relapse preventionRecovery and relapse prevention strategiesWatch “Treatment Plan Overview.” This video reviews treatment planning concepts.Optionally, review The Complete Adult Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, 6th ed. This book provides several examples of treatment plan goals and interventions that you can incorporate in your assignment. Reminder: This book is available for purchase in the University of Phoenix Online Bookstore.Review and incorporate faculty feedback from your Wk 2 – Summative Assessment: Case Study: Effects of Substance-Related Addiction.Complete the Treatment Plan Form for your case study client. Remove ALL of the examples in the template and just submit your original work. Two target problems should be included.Cite a minimum of 5 scholarly sources on a separate reference page.
Treatment Plan
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Master of Science in Counseling
Instructions
Use this form to guide your plan for a client’s course of treatment. Review each section’s instructions and
refer to them as you complete the blank form using your client’s information.
The treatment plan is like a map:
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Goal = the client’s desired destination
Objectives = the path to get to the client’s desired destination
Strategies and Interventions = the counselor’s tools and techniques to use in session to
guide the client to their desired destination; these should be from a theoretical
perspective that matches the theory used in the case conceptualization
Identifying Information
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Client name(s):
Date:
Clinical placement student name:
Specify whether this is an individual, family, child, or couple:
Target Problem
What presenting issue is the focus? Keep your summary succinct and specific.
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Example: Client reports feeling depressed nearly all day, every day, for the past month.
Specific Short-Term goals
What are 1 or 2 goals that the client will accomplish to address the target problem? These should be
SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely) goals. See the example below.
Consider the following when writing goals for a client:
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What is the client’s desired outcome of treatment, in their words?
After collaborating with the client to assess their situation, what have you decided that they need
to do?
What strengths and skills does the client have that they can use to meet their goal?
What outside supports, services, or coordinated plans are needed to meet these goals?
What are potential barriers to reaching this goal?
Example of SMART goal format:
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Goal Quality
Revised Goal Statement
Original Goal
Example: Client will report decreased symptoms of depression.
Specific
Example: Alleviate symptoms of depression and return to the
previous highest level of affective functioning.
Ensure it’s clearly defined.
Measurable
You can track your progress and
determine when you’ve achieved it.
Achievable
The goal is realistic to accomplish or
achieve.
Example: Client will report decreased symptoms of depression,
improved sleep, and improved overall daily functioning.
Example: Client will report decreased symptoms of depression
and improved sleep, to return to the previous highest level of
affective functioning.
Relevant
Why is it important?
Time-Bound
When do you need to reach the goal?
What you need to do by when?
Revised SMART Goal
Example: Client will learn and incorporate the use of at least 3
effective coping skills to reduce symptoms and improve their
overall daily functioning, and they will discuss these strategies in
each session.
Example: Client will report reduced symptoms of depression,
improved sleep, and improved sleep, and will report improved
overall daily functioning by the date of the first treatment plan
review in 90 days.
Example: Client will learn and incorporate the use of at least 3
effective coping skills to reduce symptoms, improve sleep, and
reduce the need for sleep aids; and will report improved overall
daily functioning by the date of the first treatment plan review in
90 days.
Objectives
Break down the goals into smaller concrete steps. What are a few steps that clients will accomplish to
move them toward their goals? List at least 2 objectives for each goal.
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Example: Client will learn and implement behavioral strategies to overcome depression,
including, but not limited to:
o Daily journaling (e.g., Daily Record of Dysfunctional Thoughts),
o Engaging in at least 2 self-care activities each day (e.g., healthy eating, physical activity,
maintaining hydration, restful sleep), and
o Engaging in at least one meaningful activity each day (e.g., listening to music, spending
time with family and/or friends, coloring).
Strategies/Interventions to Achieve Goals
What are you, as the counselor, going to do with your client to help them achieve the goals and
objectives? Use a theoretical perspective to develop your strategies and interventions. You may use the
same theory you applied in the case conceptualization.
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Example: Assist the client in developing skills that increase the likelihood of deriving pleasure
from behavioral activation. Explore, address, and resolve underlying assumptions, beliefs, and
biases that support depression. Explore experiences from the client’s past that may contribute to
current symptoms, and help the client process and resolve these feelings.
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Treatment Plan (Blank Form)
Identifying Information
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Client name(s): Enter your response.
Date: Enter your response.
Clinical placement student name: Enter your response.
Specify whether this is an individual, family, child, or couple: Enter your response.
Target Problem 1
Enter your response.
Specific Short-Term Goals
Enter your response.
Objectives
Enter your response.
Strategies/Interventions to Achieve Goals
Enter your response.
Start Date, Target Completion Date, and Frequency
Enter your response.
Target Problem 2
Enter your response.
Specific Short-Term Goals
Enter your response.
Objectives
Enter your response.
Strategies/Interventions to Achieve Goals
Enter your response.
Start Date, Target Completion Date, and Frequency
Enter your response.
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