Clinical Rewrite

CLINICAL PRACTICE 1

ASSIGNMENT #3

An integrative paper (6-8 pages) of practice concepts and skills on the Termination process with a client.

A. Provide an Ego – Oriented Assessment of a client which should reflect and include Ego Psychotherapy practices/skills: identification of ego defenses/functions, a reflection of client’s stresses, developmental stages, situational stress or traumatic event and a focus on the internal and external resources that may motivate the improvement of the client’s coping/functioning level.

· Demographic information.

· Presenting problem

· Agency information

· Stressor that the person has.

· Developmental task (adolescence, senior, integrity vs despair, identify particular traumatic event, why it was referred to you, analysis of external and internal resources that can help better functioning.

· Assessment.

B. Identify and utilize an Ego –Oriented Intervention. Apply the goals, techniques and modalities of intervention that mesh with the Ego Psychological Perspective. {Ego Supportive or Ego Modifying Approach/Intervention} Include the focus, nature of change, the use of relationship, types of techniques utilized during the intervention with the client.

· Interventions.

· Treatment providing

· Techniques

· Individual, modality, family, group therapy.

· Connect to Ego Psychology.

· Chapter 8 Goldstein

· What is the focus of the work with the client.

· The nature of the change that they have made or not made.

· Nature of my relationship with the client.

· Particular techniques (crisis intervention, sustaining techniques, reflective techniques,

C. Present and discuss the process of termination as “ego building” on behalf of the client. Discuss how the termination process with the client surfaces and illustrate how specific interventions impact the termination process on behalf of the client and you as the clinician. Recognize separation-individuation issues, transference and countertransference, client’s feelings, experience with loss, client’s growth.

· Ego building

· how is the client responded about termination.

· Describing what is the particular termination process.

· What form of termination is use?

· If a client wants your email, phone number.

· How specific terminations impact termination.

· How the therapist feels about ending this client.

· Separation issues

· Transference countertransference that may arise.

· What kind of progress was made during the course of treatment and termination. Also, if they regress.

D. Suggest and substantiate a Social Work Model on behalf of the client that should be used after termination with you as the Clinician.

· Make recommendations

· What clients’ needs after they leave.

· Client needs, a particular approach,? needs to be seen monthly, weekly? Specific gender?

· Ego psychology.

· Practical issues

· Like a transfer summary to a coworker.

6 to 8 pages, 5 references (Goldstein for the 1st 2 sections?

The purpose of this paper is to do termination