Practicum – Week 8 Journal Entry

Complete a two-part journal entry.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

• Develop diagnoses for clients receiving psychotherapy*
• Evaluate efficacy of existential-humanistic therapy for clients*
• Analyze legal and ethical implications of counseling clients with psychiatric disorders*
• Analyze clinical supervision experiences*

ACTUAL ASSIGNMENT

For Part 1, select a client whom you observed or counseled

THIS IS MY SCENARIO. PLEASE ADD MORE IN-FOR WHERE NECESSARY

Client is a 35 year old female presenting with persistent anxiety and depressive symptoms Which became worst recently because of her marital problems and her being a caretaker for her mother. She reports inability to focus on her own life and take care of her children because of her anxious and depressed mood

The plan is client-centered therapy; explore client’s feelings with a goal to decreasing anxiety and ways to manage stress and self-care, process issues that are sources of anxiety and depression, decrease the fear of disappointment and failure, increase the sense of self-acceptance and insight.

Then, address the following in your Practicum Journal:

• Describe the client and identify any pertinent history or medical information, including prescribed medications.
• Using the DSM-5, explain and justify your diagnosis for this client.
• Explain whether existential-humanistic therapy would be beneficial with this client. Include expected outcomes based on this therapeutic approach.
• Explain any legal and/or ethical implications related to counseling this client.
• Support your approach with evidence-based literature.

For Part 2, reflect on your clinical supervision experiences. Then, address the following in your Practicum Journal:

• How often are you receiving clinical supervision from your preceptor?
• What are the sessions like?
• What is the preceptor bringing to your attention?
• How are you translating these sessions to your clinical practice?

GUIDE

Please use these sub topics for part 1

• Presenting problem
• History of present illness (please include medications)
• Past psychiatric history
• Medical history
• Using the DSM-5, explain and justify your diagnosis for this client.
• Explain whether existential-humanistic therapy would be beneficial with this client. Include expected outcomes based on this therapeutic approach.
• Legal and/or ethical implications of counseling

N/B: PLEASE Addressed each of the bullets with a subtopic, use the references in in-text citation in each paragraph. If you have to use other articles, they must be within last five years only that is from 2014 to 2018.

References/Resources. Please you can find your own references from 2014-2018

Wheeler, K. (Ed.). (2014). Psychotherapy for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse: A how-to guide for evidence-based practice (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

• Chapter 10, “Humanistic-Existential and Solution-Focused Approaches to Psychotherapy” (Review pp. 369–406)

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

Nagy, T. F. (2011). Ethics in psychotherapy. In Essential ethics for psychologists: A primer for understanding and mastering core issues (pp. 185–198). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. doi:10.1037/12345-010