TREATMENT PLANNING MADE EASY FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS © 3rd Edition (2004)

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Treatment Planning Made Easy: A Workbook for Mental Health Professionals

Treatment plans establish that the proposed treatment meets the needs of the client. Additionally, they also serve as an assessment tool indicating whether the client is benefiting from treatment, that the goals of treatment were completed, and that the client is ready to terminate. When used effectively, treatment plans protect clinicians should a legal action arise. Such action can and do arise when client perceive or suffer an actual injury. Treatment plans protect clinicians by demonstrating and documenting how the clinician assessed the client appropriately to reach a diagnosis. From the diagnosis, the clinician developed a treatment plan. Finally, the clinician used the treatment plan effectively to assess the client's progress.

This thoroughness in documentation helps clinicians avoid being labeled as incompetent or practicing below the standards of the profession. Opposing attorneys dislike this degree of documentation. This format helps protect the clinician in case a legal action arises.

This workbook provides a step-by-step approach allowing clinicians to develop and create treatment plans rapidly and easily. This book uses a variety of theoretical models to illustrate the use of goals, objectives, and interventions in the 4 phases of treatment. Each of the following phases is an important part of the overall treatment. The book addresses how to document goals, objectives, and interventions for each of the following phases: Crisis, Beginning, Middle, and Ending Phases. This workbook is a must for any clinicians interested in elevating his/her practice to the standard of care and to develop a self protective foundation should he/she face legal action.

3rd Edition, 2004

The following topics are addressed in this workbook:

Table of Content

Introduction

Chapter 1 What is a Treatment Plan?

Standard of Care

Therapeutic Duty

Treatment Plans

Creating Clinical Safety With Treatment Plans

Treatment Plans as Legal Documents - Clinical Example

Chapter 2 Creating a Treatment Plan

Step-wise Creation of a Treatment Plan

The Components of the Four Phases of Treatment

Goals in The Crisis Phase of Treatment

Goals in the Beginning Phase of Treatment

Goals in the Middle Phase of Treatment

Goals in the Ending Phase of Treatment

Objectives in the Crisis Phase of Treatment

Objectives in the Beginning Phase of Treatment

Objectives in the Middle Phase of Treatment

Objectives in the Ending Phase of Treatment

Interventions

Chapter 3 Treatment Plans and Insurance Requirements

Criteria for Eligible Treatment

Criteria for Treatment From a Typical Insurance Company Protocol

Measurable and Observable clinical Treatment Interventions

Cninical Interventions for Insurance Purposes

Documented Behavioral Evidence

Psychosocial Impairments

Sample Insurance Pre-Authorizaton

Chapter 4 Regerian Theoretical Model

Basic Elements of the Theory

Moving Towards Growth, Health and Adjustment

Circle of Rogerian Therapeutic Movement

Cninical Assessment

Rogerian Goals and Objectives

Rogerian Treatment Plan

Chapter 5 Bowenian Theory

Basic Elements of the Theory

Nuclear Family Emotional System

Differentiated vs. Undifferentiated Individuals

Solid Self, Psuedo-Self, and Fusion

Triangulation

Family Projection Process

Unresolved Emotional Attachments

Multigenerational Transmission Process

Assessment Techniques

Moving Towards Health

Bowenian Goals and Objectives

Bowenian Treatment Plan

Chapter 6 Cognitive-behavioral Theory

Basic Elements of Cognitive-behavioral Theory

Change

Clinical Assessments

Cognitive-behavioral Goals and Objectives

Cognitive-behavioral Treatment Plan

Chapter 7 Structural Theory

Basic Elements of Structural Theory

Important Theoretical Concepts

Spousal Subsystem

Parental or Executive Subsystem

Sibling Subsystem

Boundaries

Clinical Tools

Assessment Techniques

Moving Towards Health

Structural Goals and Objectives

Structural Treatment Plan

Chapter 8 Virginia Satir’s Theory

Basic Elements of Virginia Satir’s Theory

Important Theoretical Concepts

Assessment Techniques

Moving Towards Health

Satir’s Goals and Objectives

Satir’s Treatment Plan

Chapter 9 Treatment Plans and Presenting Issues

Presenting Clinical Issues

Clinical Example

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Insurance Pre-Authorization for the Sample Vignette

Treatment Planning Software for Macintosh and Windows

Chapter 10 Clinical Examples and Practice Vignettes

Vignette 1 Bipolar Disorder

Vignette 2 Child Sexual Abuse/ PTSD

Vignette 3 Anger Management/Couple’s Conflict

Vignette 4 Substance Abuse

Practice Vignettes

Index