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PRAC6650 Psychotherapy With Groups and Families

Week 4 Assignment 1

Journal Entry

As a future advanced practice nurse, it is important that you are able to connect your classroom experience to your practicum experience. By applying the concepts you study in the classroom to clinical settings, you enhance your professional competency. Each week, you complete an Assignment that prompts you to reflect on your practicum experiences and relate them to the material presented in the classroom. This week, you begin documenting your practicum experiences in your Practicum Journal.

Note: Be sure to use the Practicum Journal Template, located in this week’s Learning Resources.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Analyze nursing and counseling theories to guide practice in psychotherapy*

Summarize goals and objectives for personal practicum experiences*

Produce timelines for practicum activities*                                                                          *The Assignment related to this Learning Objective is introduced this week and submitted in Week 3.                       

In preparation for this course’s practicum experience, address the following in your Practicum Journal:

Select one nursing theory and one counseling theory to best guide your practice in psychotherapy.

Note: For guidance on nursing and counseling theories, refer to this week’s Learning Resources.

Explain why you selected these theories. Support your approach with evidence-based literature.

Develop at least three goals and at least three objectives for the practicum experience in this course.

Create a timeline of practicum activities based on your practicum requirements.

 

 

PRAC6650 Psychotherapy With Groups and Families

Week 4 Assignment 2

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Apply documentation skills to examine family therapy sessions *

Develop diagnoses for clients receiving family psychotherapy *

Analyze legal and ethical implications of counseling clients with psychiatric disorders *

* The Assignment related to this Learning Objective is introduced this week and submitted in Week 3.

Select two clients you observed or counseled this week during a family therapy session. Note: The two clients you select must have attended the same family session.

Then, address in your Practicum Journal the following:

Using the Group Therapy Progress Note in this week’s Learning Resources, document the family session.

Describe (without violating HIPAA regulations) each client, and identify any pertinent history or medical information, including prescribed medications.

Using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), explain and justify your diagnosis for each client.

Explain any legal and/or ethical implications related to counseling each client.

Support your approach with evidence-based literature.

 

PRAC6650 Psychotherapy With Groups and Families

Week 5 Assignment

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Assess client families presenting for psychotherapy

Develop genograms for client families presenting for psychotherapy

To prepare:

Select a client family that you have observed or counseled at your practicum site.

Review pages 137–142 of Wheeler (2014) and the Hernandez Family Genogram video in this week’s Learning Resources.

Reflect on elements of writing a comprehensive client assessment and creating a genogram for the client you selected.

Assignment

Part 1: Comprehensive Client Family Assessment

Create a comprehensive client assessment for your selected client family that addresses (without violating HIPAA regulations) the following:

Demographic information

Presenting problem

History or present illness

Past psychiatric history

Medical history

Substance use history

Developmental history

Family psychiatric history

Psychosocial history

History of abuse and/or trauma

Review of systems

Physical assessment

Mental status exam

Differential diagnosis

Case formulation

Treatment plan

Part 2: Family Genogram

Develop a genogram for the client family you selected. The genogram should extend back at least three generations (parents, grandparents, and great grandparents).

 

PRAC6650 Psychotherapy With Groups and Families

Week 7 Assignment  

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Develop effective documentation skills for family therapy sessions *

Develop diagnoses for clients receiving family psychotherapy *

Evaluate the efficacy of solution-focused therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy for families *

Analyze legal and ethical implications of counseling clients with psychiatric disorders *

* The Assignment related to this Learning Objective is introduced this week and submitted in Week 7.

Select two clients you observed or counseled this week during a family therapy session. Note: The two clients you select must have attended the same family session. Do not select the same family you selected for Week 2.

Then, address in your Practicum Journal the following:

Using the Group Therapy Progress Note in this week’s Learning Resources, document the family session.

Describe each client (without violating HIPAA regulations) and identify any pertinent history or medical information, including prescribed medications.

Using the DSM-5, explain and justify your diagnosis for each client.

Explain whether solution-focused or cognitive behavioral therapy would be more effective with this family. Include expected outcomes based on these therapeutic approaches.

Explain any legal and/or ethical implications related to counseling each client.

Support your approach with evidence-based literature.

 

PRAC6650 Psychotherapy With Groups and Families

Week 8 Assignment  

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Create progress notes

Create privileged notes

Justify the inclusion or exclusion of information in progress and privileged notes

Evaluate preceptor notes

To prepare:

Reflect on the client family you selected for the Week 3 Practicum Assignment.

Assignment

Part 1: Progress Note

Using the client family from your Week 3 Practicum Assignment, address in a progress note (without violating HIPAA regulations) the following:

Treatment modality used and efficacy of approach

Progress and/or lack of progress toward the mutually agreed-upon client goals (reference the treatment plan for progress toward goals)

Modification(s) of the treatment plan that were made based on progress/lack of progress

Clinical impressions regarding diagnosis and or symptoms

Relevant psychosocial information or changes from original assessment (e.g., marriage, separation/divorce, new relationships, move to a new house/apartment, change of job)

Safety issues

Clinical emergencies/actions taken

Medications used by the patient, even if the nurse psychotherapist was not the one prescribing them

Treatment compliance/lack of compliance

Clinical consultations

Collaboration with other professionals (e.g., phone consultations with physicians, psychiatrists, marriage/family therapists)

The therapist’s recommendations, including whether the client agreed to the recommendations

Referrals made/reasons for making referrals

Termination/issues that are relevant to the termination process (e.g., client informed of loss of insurance or refusal of insurance company to pay for continued sessions)

Issues related to consent and/or informed consent for treatment

Information concerning child abuse and/or elder or dependent adult abuse, including documentation as to where the abuse was reported

Information reflecting the therapist’s exercise of clinical judgment

Note: Be sure to exclude any information that should not be found in a discoverable progress note.

Part 2: Privileged Note

Based on this week’s readings, prepare a privileged psychotherapy note that you would use to document your impressions of therapeutic progress/therapy sessions for your client family from the Week 3 Practicum Assignment.

In your progress note, address the following:

Include items that you would not typically include in a note as part of the clinical record.

Explain why the items you included in the privileged note would not be included in the client family’s progress note.

Explain whether your preceptor uses privileged notes. If so, describe the type of information he or she might include. If not, explain why.

 

PRAC6650 Psychotherapy With Groups and Families

Week 10 Assignment 2

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Develop effective documentation skills to examine group therapy sessions with children and adolescents *

Develop diagnoses for child and adolescent clients receiving group psychotherapy *

Analyze legal and ethical implications of counseling child and adolescent clients with psychiatric disorders *

Select two clients you observed or counseled this week during a group therapy session for children and adolescents. Note: The two clients you select must have attended the same group session. If you select the same group you selected for the Week 8 or Week 9 Journal Entries, you must select different clients.

Then, address in your Practicum Journal the following:

Using the Group Therapy Progress Note in this week’s Learning Resources, document the group session.

Describe each client (without violating HIPAA regulations), and identify any pertinent history or medical information, including prescribed medications.

Using the DSM-5, explain and justify your diagnosis for each client.

Explain any legal and/or ethical implications related to counseling each client.

Support your group therapy and treatment approach with evidence-based literature.

 

PRAC6650 Psychotherapy With Groups and Families

Week 10 Assignment 3

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Develop effective documentation skills for group therapy sessions *

Develop diagnoses for clients receiving group psychotherapy *

Evaluate the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy for groups *

Analyze legal and ethical implications of counseling clients with psychiatric disorders *

* The Assignment related to this Learning Objective is introduced this week and submitted in Week 10.

Select two clients you observed or counseled this week during a group therapy session. Note: The two clients you select must have attended the same group session.

Then, in your Practicum Journal, address the following:

Using the Group Therapy Progress Note in this week’s Learning Resources, document the group session.

Describe each client (without violating HIPAA regulations), and identify any pertinent history or medical information, including prescribed medications.

Using the DSM-5, explain and justify your diagnosis for each client.

Explain whether cognitive behavioral therapy would be effective with this group. Include expected outcomes based on this therapeutic approach.

Explain any legal and/or ethical implications related to counseling each client.

PRAC6650 Psychotherapy With Groups and Families

Week 11 Assignment  

Although termination is an inevitable part of the therapeutic process, it is often difficult for clients. However, by discussing termination throughout therapy, you can better prepare your clients for life without you. Once a client has achieved his or her therapeutic goals, termination sessions should be held and documented in a client termination summary. For this Assignment, you have the opportunity to practice writing a termination summary for a client with whom you have worked during your practicum experience.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Develop client termination summaries

To prepare:

For guidance on writing a client termination summary, review pages 693–712 of Wheeler (2014) in this week’s Learning Resources.

Identify a client who may be ready to terminate therapy.

Assignment

With the client you selected in mind, address in a client termination summary (without violating HIPAA regulations) the following:

Identifying information of client (e.g., hypothetical name and age)

Date the client initially contacted therapist, date therapy began, duration of therapy, and date therapy will end

Total number of sessions, including number of missed sessions

Whether termination was planned or unplanned

Presenting problem

Major psychosocial issues

Types of services rendered (e.g., individual, couple/family therapy, group therapy)

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