Intervention

Running head: CLIENT INTERVENTION PLAN 1

CLIENT NTERVENTION PLAN 2

The Client Intervention Plan

Lou Sorrells

Dr. Natalie Peterson

SOWK779

November 4, 2022

Summary of the Case Study

My Client is called John Woods from California. He is a middle-aged man suffering from mild Schizophrenia. Initial Samples indicate that he inherited the disease from his parents. However, upon further investigations, it was discovered that his parents were chain smokers and this might have resulted in his current situation. Currently, John suffers from communication problems, and mood swings and cannot maintain personal hygiene. The doctors noted that John Woods can still recover since his condition is still in its early stage. They recommended the parents hire a social care worker to help John overcome his mild Schizophrenia condition. Two days ago, I was hired for this job.

My Intervention Method

For my intervention method, I will use the General Aggression Therapy model (GAM). It is a method that evaluates behavior management while also helping clients set their goals and objectives (Dunne et al., 2019). Moreover, this model also evaluates the client’s knowledge structures. Knowledge structures evaluate a client’s past experiences to evaluate negative situations that a client may have been subjected to in the past. This helps social care workers identify the root cause of the client’s problems to develop a proper intervention plan (Gilbert et al., 2017). For my client, there are various stages of the GAM steps that he would be subjected to. First, I the client will complete the behavior management cycle. 

During this stage, I will teach the client how to manage his emotions and how to get along with close people. This period will take a maximum period of three weeks. After the stage is over, I hope the client will be able to evaluate good and bad thoughts and he will have also learned how to embrace positive ideas. Secondly, I will subject the client to mental relaxation techniques. This will involve short physical exercises that will help him forget about his current problems. In the GAM model, Allen et al. (2018) state that the focus is on making the client independent. After the therapy session is over, clients must know how to manage their mental health to avoid getting back into their former conditions. John Woods would be running for 20 minutes every morning and evening for two weeks. Furthermore, I will teach him mindful meditation which is also part of the GAM therapy model.

 Additionally, I will also help John Woods to set goals and objectives in his life. I will purchase a diary and fill in all the activities that John Woods will be completed daily and weekly. For example, since John Woods has communication challenges, he will need to complete various grammar and pronunciation challenges for two weeks. As his tutor, I will indicate the progress in his journal and prepare a report of when he can proceed to the next grammar challenge. After three to five weeks, John would have improved his communication. The General Aggression Model (GAM) is among the best therapy models that help clients to overcome their past and present challenges. By the end of this therapy session, their condition of John would have improved.

Barriers General Aggression Model

 Although the GAM model is among the best therapy models, it has a few limitations. First, this method takes a period and it is also among the most costly therapy models (Allen et al., 2018). Therefore, it is not effective for clients who require short-term intervention methods. Moreover, it also involves lots of rigorous activities and mental endurance techniques like meditation. Its goal is to help clients completely overcome their mental health challenges. This may not be effective for all clients. As a social care worker, I have interacted with clients with negative attitudes and ideas. Gilbert et al. (2017) state that this method might not be effective for clients who are impatient, rude, and with a negative attitude. 

Challenges to using GAM Model

The GAM model relies on the information provided by the client regarding their past challenges and experiences. In my experience as a social care worker, I have come across numerous clients who were not willing to divulge information, communicate or share their past experiences. For such clients, it may become almost impossible to rely on the GAM model. This model requires open-minded clients who are willing to learn and overcome their current problems. However, John Woods is a good client and so far, he has shared some of the challenges that he has experienced in the past. Secondly, Dunne et al. (2019) note that the GAM model requires cooperative clients. This model has the Goal-setting phase in which clients fill in the diary regarding the activities they completed and what they hope to achieve. In most cases, this phase requires the client to take responsibility for fill-in in the diary or forms for a final report by the social care worker. Many times, I have encountered clients with a no-care attitude. The majority of these clients often fail to fill in their forms or diaries. In such cases, we always get challenges as social care workers or are even forced to fill the diaries on behalf of the clients. However, according to the GAM ideas, clients should fill out their forms to measure their growth or progress.

Strengths of the GAM model

 The behavior management phase of the GAM model helps the clients to overcome their past and present problems. With other therapy models, the challenges that clients experienced in the past are always ignored. Hence, most clients do not always fully recover from their mental health problems. However, the GAM model helps clients to manage their feelings and emotions by evaluating how they feel, the environment they grew up in and the challenges they experienced in the past. This helps the social care workers identify the root cause of the clients' problems to help them recover from their mental health problems. Secondly, the GAM model also trains the clients to become independent, something not offered by other therapy models. The clients are expected to continue with the relaxation techniques and exercises even after they have recovered from their conditions. The GAM model helps the clients to recover both mentally and physically and helps to prevent any recurrence of their mental health challenges. On the other hand, Gilbert et al. (2017) state that the GAM model also helps the client to set goals and objectives even after the recovery sessions. During the treatment sessions, clients are always required to fill out their diaries including what they achieved and also their goals and objectives. Even after they recover, the clients would still be able to continue setting their daily goals and objectives and become better in life. To conclude, the GAM model is among the best therapy models in the modern era. Through the effective treatment plan highlighted in this model, John Woods would be able to recover from his mental health challenge and lead a normal life.

References

Allen, J. J., Anderson, C. A., & Bushman, B. J. (2018).

The general aggression model. Current opinion in psychology, 19, 75-80.

Dunne, A. L., Lee, S., & Daffern, M. (2019).

Extending the general aggression model: contributions of DSM-5 maladaptive personality facets and schema modes. Psychology, Crime & Law, 25(9), 875-895.

Gilbert, F., Daffern, M., & Anderson, C. A. (2017).

The General Aggression Model and its application to violent offender assessment and treatment. The Wiley handbook of violence and aggression, 1-13.