Identify a client who may be ready to terminate therapy

Question

Assignment: Practicum - Client Termination Summary

Although termination is an inevitable part of the therapeutic process, it is often difficult for clients. However, by discussing termination throughout therapy, you can better prepare your clients for life without you. Once a client has achieved his or her therapeutic goals, termination sessions should be held and documented in a client termination summary. For this Assignment, you have the opportunity to practice writing a termination summary for a client with whom you have worked during your practicum experience.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

· Develop client termination summaries

To prepare:

· For guidance on writing a client termination summary, review pages 693-712 of Wheeler (2014) in this week's Learning Resources.

· Identify a client who may be ready to terminate therapy.

The Assignment

· Identifying information of client (e.g., hypothetical name and age)

· Date the client initially contacted therapist, date therapy began, duration of therapy, and date therapy will end

· Total number of sessions, including number of missed sessions

· Whether termination was planned or unplanned

· Presenting problem

· Major psychosocial issues

· Types of services rendered (e.g., individual, couple/family therapy, group therapy)

· Overview of treatment process

· Goal status (goals met, partially met, unmet)

· Treatment limitations (if any)

· Remaining difficulties and/or concerns

· Recommendations

· Follow-up plan (if indicated)

· Instructions for future contact

· Signatures

Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:

1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.

2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.

3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.