Initial Diagnosis And Treatment Plan Process

The client's objective in seeking help including any reservations they may have. Is it a long-term problem or a new problem.

the client wants and expects from the treatment and to identify the clients suitability for the treatment

client to hold different aspects of that event or thought in mind and to use his eyes to

Client appears to be really working on trying to repair his life, by being willing to work on his past issues that he feels that keeps

A counsellor focuses of many things during sessions. The core conditions that all therapists should have are empathy, unconditional positive regard and congruency. The relationship between the client and therapist is confidential and formal.

During the initial phase of the treatment, the therapist should be curious about the client’s experiences and also focusing on hearing their story to gain a full understanding of not only the problem, but the client’s point of view, hence making the client the expert. This also helps the therapist avoid any assumptions throughout their sessions. The therapist would also acknowledge some of the feelings that were expressed; such as frustration. She would look for clues of hope between the couple and what they would like to be different in the future. Once Bill and Leslie defines the problem, the next focus is on goal setting and finding solutions based on the clues presented. One of these clues is when Bill states that their problem is

The author states that the best way to set up an intervention plan for our clients is “to start with the client. Ask the client about what it is that he or she wants to work on” (Ward & Mama, 2006, 131). The author suggests that we may see the obvious things that the client wont and that we should see if it would be an interest for them to work on it as well. (Ward & Mama, 2006, 131) But that we should wait until the end of our meeting after the client has told us what they want to work on. After we have done out intervention plan the author explains that we need to take our plan to our supervisors and explain the client and the presenting issues and goals to them so that they have sense

Assess clients need and attend to every aspect he/she might need help with, such as physical, emotional, nutrition and hydration; treatment involves the whole body and not just pieces

Really pay attention to what the client wants and get detailed information about the job. Use active listening strategies such as

The counselor encouraged the client to talk about her feelings on how she felt when she was late and ways to solve them. Another strategy I think the counselor did that was helpful was her strategy of creating a plan or being goal consensus and use of collaboration with the client to form a plan to help her overcome her fear of flying and he use of feedback to client.

Step Two: Client presentation of issue – Counselors encourage clients having a difficult time with establishing a goal. The counselors’ intent

When the clients call us need to explain that the first step is to arrange a consultation with them so

As a helping professional it is imperative to be aware of the kind of client that may be most challenging to work with. The kind of challenge or problem that a client may bring would be one that causes distress to the provider. An example of that type of client would be a mother who has dealt with child abuse or any abuse as a child. The problem would stem from a client, as such who often physically abuses her children. The characteristics of this client in terms of how they behave may also cause a challenge, because the mother may display overly aggressive behavior to her children because of her past child abuse trauma. Also, if the is mother overly dependent on a substance to refrain from being aggressive and abusive to her children, would be consider another challenge with this kind of a client.

In order to facilitate building an effective helping relationship with client’s staff interacts with the patients often and documents various behaviors and feedback from patients. Treatment team meetings are held weekly where the doctor discusses current medication effectiveness with clients directly to address any concerns.

From this paper, for an individual to be considered an effective counselor, he/she must posses a great combination of both personal and professional qualities. All these activities revolve around developing the correct attitude towards the clients to make the counseling process successful. This will lead to a good relationship with the clients as well as building a concrete rapport builds thus a firm foundation to the counseling process because it demonstrates legitimacy in the counseling process.