Intervention plan | Psychology homework help

The purpose of this assignment is for you, as the crisis interventionist, to learn an organized approach when working with individuals in suicidal crisis. Each question below is designed to guide you as if you were working through the crisis with your client.

You will take the information from course lectures, your text, the article in the Module 3: Week 3 Reading & Study folder, and the “Suicide Intervention Plan Resources” found in the assignment link in Canvas, along with any other course materials.

You may find some information is not explicitly identified in the Case Scenario. When we are assessing clients for intervention as counselors, available information may not be transparent or readily offered. As clinicians, we cannot assume or speculate as to unknown details, and we must investigate further to fill in the gaps based on review academic resources, scholarly research, and professional resources. For the assignment, you will find you will be required to perform research in the course materials and professional research to obtain information about the case scenario client and your role as the counselor in the scenario.

Review the following case scenario and address each of the crisis components for the client. You will include research where needed as specified. Be sure to address the client needs specifically throughout the paper.

Joanne is a 45-year-old divorcee with a long history of depression. She has had three prior suicide attempts: she has overdosed twice and attempted to slice her wrists. She sees a psychiatrist monthly and is prescribed medication. She is not compliant with her medication. She works a high stress job (60–70-hour week), finds all her satisfaction in her work, and has no hobbies. She has not dated since her divorce, resulting from her husband admitting to being gay, 10 years ago. One child is from that marriage, a 13-year-old daughter. Seven years ago, Joanne had an affair with her sister’s husband. Her sister never found out and Joanne ended the relationship after a year because of guilt, but the husband continues to pursue her. Joanne comes by your outpatient clinical counseling office unexpectedly to tell you how much she appreciates you and just wants you to know how important you are to her. In further questioning, she admits to having a gun in her car. She refuses to stay and talk. She “just wants to go for a drive.”

Your paper will be formatted in current APA style (professional version) and will include a title page, body with APA formatted headings (levels 1-3), and a reference page; an abstract is not required. The number of sources used will include those required as indicated in each section of the paper in the Instructions, as well as the sources noted at the beginning of the instructions to guide your assessment and intervention of the case scenario client.

Your paper will be 4½ – 5 pages in length for the body. Use the following as a template to format your assignment.

Title page: format in current APA style per the Online Writing Center (found under the Resources tab in the upper left corner of Canvas) Template and Sample papers.

Please note, the template may reformat or view differently as part of the instructions document in Canvas. It is recommended you download these instructions to Word to see the actual formatting.

Use this template to format your paper. Ensure APA format and graduate level writing style are followed and use the Online Writing Center for guidance with these.

· Client is very high-risk (actively suicidal and engaging her plan).

· Support your work with scholarly sources. (Note: content taken from the case scenario does not need to be cited or referenced.)

· Narrative paragraph(s) required; bullet points or list formatting is not permitted.

· Describe the presenting problem and identify the immediate crisis. Note: not all issues constitute the presenting problem. What is the presenting problem specifically?

· Address every high-risk detail that indicates the imminent nature of this client’s plan.

· Narrative paragraph(s) required; bullet points or list formatting is not permitted.

· Identify the precipitating event(s). What events have led up to the Presenting Problem?

· Narrative paragraph(s) required; bullet points or list formatting is not permitted.

· Identify four areas: material, personal, and social, and community resources available to the individual and the challenges related to this section. 

· Again, you will need to go beyond those stated in the scenario. As a counselor, consider the resources available to her in the community at various levels. (Assume she resides in an adequately resourced community.)

· Address both her current resources for the immediate need, as well as those that will benefit her and are available.

· This section requires you to identify known resources and protective factors, as well as referrals for the client beyond the scenario.

· Address the client’s available resources and protective factors specifically.

· Research support is needed for those not stated in the scenario.

· Length: 1/2 page

Spirituality

· Narrative paragraph(s) required; bullet points or list formatting is not permitted.

· Format with the two (2) level 3 headings shown in this section:
Ethical Considerations

and
Spiritual Considerations

· Length: 1/2 page

Ethical Considerations

While may not always know a client’s spirituality or current state of spirituality, we must act in accordance with the ACA and AACC Codes of Ethics in the “Suicide Intervention Plan Resources” found in the assignment link in Canvas. What do
each of these ethics require when working with a very high-risk client? What do we know from the literature about the impact of spirituality in very high-risk clients? Length: ¼ page.

Spiritual Considerations

· Discuss the spiritual considerations for suicidal clients.

· We do not know this client’s spiritual orientation.

· What does the research report about faith and suicide?

· At least one scholarly source required.

· Length: ¼ page

Interventions

· Bullet point formatted (as shown in Kolski et al. (2015) text); this section is not to be a narrative paragraph. Keep in mind, listing should list key points and should not include sentences.

· Using the TIP 50 resource in the “Suicide Intervention Plan Resources” found in the assignment link in Canvas, list the
immediate interventions (pre-stabilization phase) for Joanne, a very high-risk client.

· Listing general steps for intervention without specificity to the client will result in deductions. State how you will do to intervene for Joanne rather than intervention options available.

· Notes:

· Keep in mind your setting (a private counseling office) and the very high-risk level of the client.

· Ensure the safety of you, the client, and the community.

· Notice, much of the risk assessment is provided in the case scenario.

· The interventions should meet the client in the present moment and immediate need to achieve stabilization.

· Length: ¼ page

Treatment Plan: Goals and Interventions

· For the treatment plan, the client has completed your recommended interventions in the previous section and is now stable and resuming outpatient counseling with you as her counselor.

· Do not include interventions for the immediate crisis in your treatment plan; these should be addressed in the previous section.

· Approach the treatment plan for the treatment frequency of 1-hour sessions at 1 time per week for 12 weeks/3 months.

· Develop your treatment plan using the treatment planners found in the assignment link in Canvas: Klott & Jongsma (2015) and Kolski et al. (2015) as guides.

· Keep in mind, the treatment plan must be SMART (see next main bullet point),

· Copy-pasting from the Wiley Treatment Planners without including SMARTs will result in deductions.

· You must individualize your treatment plan to the client.

· The plan must be SMART: client-centered, individualized, specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-oriented, and appropriate for the client in the case scenario. Use the SMART resource found in the assignment link in Canvas.

· Both the counselor and client should be represented in the treatment plan demonstrating collaborative development.

· Five (5) problems are required: mental/psychological, biological/physical, emotional, social, and spiritual.

· You will only develop one plan for each problem. Do not add additional goals, objectives and interventions for each problem.

· Format each problem as shown in this example borrowed from ICANnotes.com (n.d.).:

Goal 1: Mary will reduce overall level, frequency, and intensity of anxiety so that daily functioning is not impaired.

Objective 1: Mary will learn and practice at least 2 anxiety management techniques with goal of decreasing anxiety symptoms to less than 3 times per week

Intervention 1: Therapist/Counselor will teach and support Mary to learn and be able to verbalize at least 2 communication strategies that can help decrease anxiety to the point where anxiety will occur less than once per day.

· Length: 1-1¼ pages

Use the following template to format your treatment plan.


Problem 1 (mental):
This should be a brief statement of the problem.

Goal 1: unbold

Objective 1: unbold

Intervention 1: unbold


Problem 2 (physical):
This should be a brief statement of the problem.

Goal 1: unbold

Objective 1: unbold

Intervention 1: unbold


Problem 3 (emotional):
This should be a brief statement of the problem.

Goal 1: unbold

Objective 1: unbold

Intervention 1: unbold


Problem 4 (social):
This should be a brief statement of the problem.

Goal 1: unbold

Objective 1: unbold

Intervention 1: unbold


Problem 5 (spiritual):
This should be a brief statement of the problem.

Goal 1: unbold

Objective 1: unbold

Intervention 1: unbold

Case Scenario
Joanne is a 45-year-old divorcee with a long history of depression. She has had three prior
suicide attempts: she has overdosed twice and attempted to slice her wrists. She sees a
psychiatrist monthly and is prescribed medication. She is not compliant with her medication. She
works a high stress job (60–70-hour week), finds all her satisfaction in her work, and has no
hobbies. She has not dated since her divorce, resulting from her husband admitting to being gay, 10 years ago. One child is from that marriage, a 13-year-old daughter. Seven years
ago, Joanne had an affair with her sister’s husband. Her sister never found out and Joanne ended
the relationship after a year because of guilt, but the husband continues to pursue her. Joanne
comes by your outpatient clinical counseling office unexpectedly to tell you how much she
appreciates you and just wants you to know how important you are to her. In further questioning,
she admits to having a gun in her car. She refuses to stay and talk. She “just wants to go for a
drive.”

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the plagiarism tool.

References

ICANNotes.com (n.d.).
Outpatient treatment plan. Retrieved October 19, 2022, from https://www.icanotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Sample-Mental-Health-Treatment-Plan.pdf

Klott, J., & Jongsma, A. E. (2015). 
The suicide and homicide risk assessment &

prevention treatment planner (2nd ed.). John Wiley & Sons.

Kolski, T. D., Jongsma, A. E., & Myer, R. A. (2015). The crisis counseling and traumatic

events treatment planner (2nd ed.). John Wiley & Sons.

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