PYCL 660 Signature Assignment: Case Conceptualization, Advocacy and Clinical Documentation Assignment 20 Possible Points

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The purpose of this assignment is to apply understanding of a systems approach to working with clients in community settings.  Students will read Parts 1-3 (up to page 237) 'Confessions' and write a case conceptualization paper based on the author as a community mental health client. Students will write an ~1,200 word case conceptualization utilizing a systems approach to describe the various systems impacting this community mental health client, their experience of trauma, their presenting problem, and diagnosis.  Here are some expectations for the assignment.

Identify social, institutional, and legislative barriers this client may face.

Write about how a counselor could advocate for the client to access needed treatment, receive equitable treatment, and experience success.

Describe how if you were this client’s counselor you would help them to understand and gain access to community resources.

Identify how to utilize either crisis intervention, trauma-informed approaches, and/or community-based strategies, such as Psychological First Aid, to meet this client’s needs.

Address relevant legislation and government policy as related to this client’s situation and advocacy needs. Address how counselors working with this client would work in collaboration both within their agency and with other community resources.

Address how the client’s needs could be met over time within the continuum of care of the mental health delivery system (for example rst, hospitalization, then partial hospitalization).

Describe how a counselor would consult on behalf of this client.

Design personalized comprehensive treatment plan for your identi ed client.

Write a S.O.A.P. note for a counseling session with this client.

Note that this assignment does not assess the student’s ability to copy/paste from the text, but requires critical thinking to synthesize multiple sources of data for a case conceptualization.

Use the detailed instructions and grading rubric contained in the syllabus appendices to complete this assignment.