The Broad Therapeutic Goals

of the therapy, the client meets the therapist to describe specific problems and to set goals they

The relationship between therapist and client is collaborative and caring. Goals are set by the client with the help of the therapist. The therapy is very goal-orientated and specific. They then work together to assess and then change faulty beliefs that interfere with accomplishing these set goals. The basic goal is to remove biases or distortions that hinder the client from functioning effectively. Changing cognitive schemas can be done in three different ways; reinterpretation, modification, and restructuring.

overview of their lives and feelings, the therapist will get an insight into what the client is going through and a little of what brought them to their presenting issue. It is important at an early stage to make the client feel that there is hope and light at the end of the tunnel – without making unrealistic promises that cannot be reached. The therapist needs to make the client feel they are in safe hands and that they are being listened to and really heard. A potentially suicidal client should not leave a therapy session feeling worse than when they arrived, yet at the same time, the client needs to know that they may have to go through some difficult times in order to start to heal

A therapist assist each client to set individualized goals, the following goals appertain to all clients. Clients are to live a drug-free lifestyle; improve their social skills build up their self-esteem, become motivated and develop personalized prevention plan (New Horizons Community Mental Health Center, 2014).

Goal is to work with client on areas that he or she would like to improve using problem-solving skills. This goal can be achieve by identifying the client goal and personal skills and knowledge. Involving client in decision making helps to move towards independencies and reduce anxiety. Also use empathetic communication, encourage client and family to verbalize fears, express emotions and set goals. Acknowledging and empathizing creates supportive environment that enhance coping. Another intervention is to assess client strength and ability to cope and provide opportunities for expression and recognition. This will help client easily cope with situation and affect self esteem (Weg,

The counselor has employed an integrative approach in working with the client which employs solution-focused, CBT, and mindfulness interventions.

Treatment goals for WM are to resolve his alcohol withdrawal symptoms, abdominal pain, nausea/vomiting, fluid/electrolyte deficit, fever, elevated BUN and reduce the risk of developing systemic complications associated with necrotizing pancreatitis.1 WM should see improvements in his abdominal pain, general mental state and overall quality of life during his treatment, which will allow him to eventually return to work and resume daily activities.1,2 Discontinue Tylenol ES since it has a potential to cause pancreatitis and WM is at an increased risk of liver damage and impairment due to alcohol consumption.1 Pancreaze should be restarted to help maintain his chronic pancreatitis condition.1,3 Bactrim DS should not be restarted because it is known to cause pancreatitis.1 WM can continue taking Pepcid as needed for upset stomach.

The therapist would want to relate to the clients in a meaningful, positive way (Gehart, 2014). The therapist would move away from advice giving, diagnosis and labeling, and away from the therapist being in the expert of their life. The clients are the only people that know what they are experiencing, and the therapist would take a stance in understanding and asking questions about their experience.

The therapist believes the clients are completely capable of healing themselves; he or she just needs the proper environment in which to realize this. The therapist focuses on the person rather than the problem, and with the aid of thorough discussion and a caring, empathetic environment the client will realize he or she can become self-reliant in creating goals and coping with problems.

Often one session is sufficient. It has been estimated that if three sessions yield no improvements, then it is unlikely to work and should be referred to an alternative form of therapy (Iveson ,2002). Generally, the duration between sessions lengthens as the sessions increase. A solution focused therapist operates on several assumptions regarding the client: problems are maintained through interactions; there are always solutions to any presenting complaint; there are multiple possible solutions available; solutions are constructed; the client and therapist can jointly craft the solution; and the construction of solutions can be explained and modeled (Brandman University,

Goals and interventions. In this theory the therapist is to keep within the parameters of the problem as they were described by the client. The therapist must stay focused on the presenting problem and find new meanings around it. They also must be a respectful listener who does not understands too quickly and lets the client give more explanation. When giving client more space to talk rather than asking question right after another can be very exhausting which in this case, the therapist lets the client have a voice to bring out their inner talk. The intervention is very effective in this theory when the therapist ask the question in certain way in which leads to another question and opens more closed doors. I believe that the style of questioning in this

This case is so impressive to see the client as a holistic whole rather than a part. Individuals are regarded as being in movement towards goals. Motivation is to move towards the future. Adler defined “Individual Psychotherapy” to awaken the client’s innate “social interest” This psychotherapy consists of such steps as forming a relationship, investigating the client’s lifestyle, interpreting it to the client, and helping the client change in collaboration with the client (Wedding & Corsini, 2014). It was amazing to learn that the client, Roger, changed his orientation to life, others, and himself from viewing in the negative to accepting in a happier and more productive way through this psychotherapy.

The Cognitive Behavior therapy goals for the client will address her negative thinking patterns and core beliefs, and coping skills. The client will become aware how the these patterns contribute to her depression. The first step is to psychoeducation the client about the depression. The client will identity her maldaptive thoughts and beliefs. The client will become aware of her thinking patterns and how to challenge those thoughts. The client will track her ABCs and discuss in session. The client will have to track many moods, abc and changes. The client will become aware of her triggers by keeping track of what her ABC's. The client will report her mood and activity every week during session. The client will changeling her core beliefs

The goal is to encourage the child to think differently about the abuse, to teach the child to manage the unusual behaviours and to offer the child emotional support or encouragement.

By creating a therapeutic environment in which the client feel safe to be entirely honest and open about their thoughts and feelings we can enable the client to be