Assignment 7 Clinical psychologists have a very difficult job. They have to be able to determine the difference between normal behavior and psychopathological behavior. The chances are the clinical psychologist has had no previous interaction with the client, meaning that there isn’t a dual relationship and he doesn’t have prior history with the client. Therefore, the psychologist has to be able to determine the client’s normal behavior without truly knowing them in the beginning stages. This is one reason of why the initial interview is so important. An initial interview is a great place for a psychologist to start building rapport with the client and get a better picture of how the client acts on a daily basis under normal conditions. Even …show more content…
Some clients Google their symptom and listen to Google instead of asking an actual professional. So if a client comes to a clinical psychologist with a self diagnosis, a psychologist shouldn’t take the clients word for it. They should still conduct their assessment and make their diagnosis. However, a psychologist should keep in mind that the clients did go out of their way to see what they think is wrong with them meaning that they are probably truly wanting to get better. Normalcy is the state of being typical. For example, if a client came to a psychologist and said that they get a feeling of anxiety when their parents visit them from out of town. A psychologist would probe and ask why would do they feel like that. If the client says because I haven’t seen them in years and I want to impress them. Then that’s normal behavior, but if a client said its because they make me want to hurt myself. That’s when a psychologist would start with right there and start probing. That’s not typical behavior and can be a great place to start with simple questions such as why do they make you want to hurt yourself. The abnormality in this particular example is that the client isn’t able to function properly. Anything that deviates away from ideal mental health is …show more content…
The client’s pathology of his mood is simply what caused it. In regards to the previous statement above someone would say that the pathology of the client is his parents coming to visit him. However this might now be the case, the psychologist has to ask the right questions. Which would probably be what don’t you like about your parents or the situation that makes you want to hurt yourself? The pathology is not always as clear as it seems, it could be something that has happened to the client when he was just nine years old. His parent could have told them that he should kill himself or he could be under severe stress about them visiting, or even depressed because he feels like he is not living up to his parents standards. The psychologist has to probe and generally it will never happen in one session. There is a variety of reason for it, the client may not feel comfortable opening up or they may not even want to tell you. As a psychologist, you have to find a way to get to the answer so you can start formulating a treatment plan. The concept of impairment in psychology is such a general term. Impairment means that the client is unable to live his or her life as they normally would such as driving a car or eating. So for a person who is depressed their impairment is that they are depressed and unable to eat or bath like they
Clinical psychologists treat those whose thought patterns and behaviours are a threat to their own wellbeing and potentially a threat to others. By using techniques such as observation and interviews, clinical psychologists will assess a patients problem and use this information to provide suitable treatment. Treatments through this pathway require the patients cooperation to both analyse and manage their condition (Health Careers, 2016). Whilst conducting treatments with
Psychologists are committed to increasing scientific and professional knowledge of behaviour and people's understanding of themselves and others and to the use of such knowledge to improve the condition of individuals, organisations, and society (APA, 2010). The PSI preamble (2010) states “the authority of psychologists derives from the scientific methods of investigation on which their knowledge is based, and the ethics which govern all their professional activity. They accept that codes of ethics are necessary to protect the interest of clients and prevent misuse of psychological knowledge. The Ethics Code provides a common set of principles and standards upon which psychologists build their professional and scientific work. The following is a rough and general summary of the principles that are addressed by the APA, PSI and BPS;
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
clients. I think this can be extremely detrimental to clients, specifically because the therapist has
3. Main diagnostic criteria: Eating excessively within a period of time. Lack of control over eating during an episode (a binge). Eating rapidly, to the extent where the individual is “uncomfortably full,” even when the individual is not hungry. It will usually end with the individual feeling ashamed, disgusted at themselves after the episode.
Another ethical issue is competence. A clinical psychologist must provide services for the area that he or she is specialized in. The psychologist must also maintain competence in whichever area they specialize. This means that the psychologist must stay up to date in their field and have appropriate training, skills, and continuing education (Plante, 2011).
Joe has schizoid personality disorder. Like many with schizoid personality, Jose does not seem inclined to feel the need to interact with people. It is not because of paranoia, but because these people genuinely like to be alone and don’t show many emotions. To help Joe one could recommend cognitive-behavioral and group therapy. Cognitive side of the therapy would consist of talking to Jose about his feelings. Especially focusing on any positive feelings that he can remember. The behavioral part would be teaching Jose social skills by role-playing or exposure techniques.
List and briefly describe three different valid reasons why a client may present with self-unfavorable reporting of psychopathology. (~1 paragraph, 6 points)
A professional psychologist enters into the field of Psychology to help others improve their mental health circumstances. As a licensed professional psychologist, it will be easy to know who the client will because the client will request a service, pay and consent form signed. Client cannot be easily defined as just a paying customer because a client encompasses so many other things.
The use of a psychologist and client
According to Erford (2010) defines diagnosis as a framework used to identify problems or the focus of intervention. Mental health settings typically use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition- Text Revision (DSM-IV- TR) (American Psychiatric Association, 2001). Diagnosis is the recognition of a problem that becomes the objective and goals of the counseling intervention it is also the detection of a disease, disorder, or syndrome based on some form of systematic assessment. “The problems associated with diagnosis include identifying clients by their diagnosis as opposed to focusing on their unique situations and experiences” (Erford, 2010 p.285). Understanding the implication of a diagnosis on the client and the counseling relationship is something that all professional counselors need to consider. To develop a treatment plan counselors uses the DSM- IV- TR which includes a five axial system that comprises of clinical disorders and other factors that are the focus of treatment, long-standing socio-emotional problems, medical conditions, environmental stressors, level of symptom distress, and functional impairment. This five axial system is intended to provide a comprehensive diagnostic picture. Professional counselors need to be diligent regarding the use of diagnosis. It is an ethical requirement that counselors providing diagnostic formulations be adequately trained in the use of DSM- IV- TR and that
This paper is a graduate-level writing assignment designed to prepare the student for their first practicum site. It was based on the student’s first interview with a client. The information was built from the recording session with the student’s first client. It is a tool for the student to learn how to navigate the interview process. The student’s professionalism was observed. The therapeutic relationship with the client was examined. The student’s skills were analyzed. The basic counseling skills were evaluated. The complexity of the counseling session and it many elements were experienced.
Case Study Assignment Patryse Thompson Herzing University Case Study The client is a school-age child with asthma admitted to the ER. He is already diagnosed with asthma and is showing signs of respiratory distress. The nurse is concerned that he is experiencing status asthmaticus.
It comes to no surprise that ethics governs the diagnostic process for several reasons. To diagnose a client means to define in professional terms the nature, boundaries, and intensity of a problem a client brings to counseling. In order to achieve diagnosing clients in the most efficient manner, one must use a procedure referred to as an assessment. There are several different assessment procedures that have been developed to help assess diagnosis. Assessments are articulated in a variety of ways; and the more accurate the assessment of the problems, the more likely those problems will be successfully resolved. According to Welfel, “we overall cannot treat what we have not identified” (Welfel, 2015).
It needs to be recognised that every client is individual and there is no guarantee how they will go about the therapeutic process. These stages should only be looked as a guide to some of the steps the client may take.