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Graduate School of Professional Psychology University of St. Thomas APPENDIX K: CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATION FORMAT - Option #1

You are required to delete/remove ALL identifying information about a client from the case description and recording sample. Your instructor may require you to play a segment of the counseling session during the case presentation. Client description: In most cases, include the client’s age, race, ethnic background, gender, sexual orientation, and relationship / marital status. Include other information only if it is relevant to the case and to your questions about it. However, be aware of the need to preserve the client’s confidentiality. Consider carefully whether the client could be identified by what you disclose. Examples of other potentially relevant information include: psychiatric medications, ability/disability, occupation, education, religious affiliation, family constellation, medical issues, and previous treatment. You may have additional information available in the event that it is requested by your faculty practicum instructor/consultant or colleague. Presenting and other identified problems, clinical impressions, diagnosis: This section includes both the client’s conceptualization of his or her or their concerns as well as yours. Your interpretations of the dynamics you observe could be included. Background / history: Provide a brief summary of the client’s significant life experiences and his or her or their feelings / responses to them. This section might include information about abuse or other traumatic experiences; chemical use or abuse; social history and support system; and family history, as well as other pertinent history. Summary of treatment to date: Describe the issues that have been addressed with this client, any interventions you have made, and your assessment of their effectiveness. You must also complete a Treatment Plan associated with this client; use the Minnesota Universal Outpatient Mental Health-Chemical Health Authorization Form. Goals, objectives, and strategies: List the general, agreed upon goals, the related objectives identified by you and the client, and any strategies you’ve developed to achieve them. For example, a goal may be for a given client to have better relationships with people in authority at work. An objective could be to respond to criticism with more openness and less defensiveness and dread. A related strategy might be to actively solicit feedback about work performances. Your goals for this consultation / supervision: Identify the specific questions or issues about which you would like to receive feedback. Be aware that it is not uncommon for a faculty practicum instructor/consultant and/or colleagues to raise additional issues that you may not have identified. Additional information: Include anything that you believe is relevant that does not fit easily into any of the other sections. Your impressions of the client’s responses to you, your personal responses to the client (transference and counter-transference), client’s strengths and limitations, etc.

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APPENDIX K: CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATION FORMAT - Option #2 You are required to delete/remove ALL identifying information about a client from the case description and recording sample. Your instructor may require you to play a segment of the counseling session during the case presentation.

Background Information Client description: In most cases, include the client’s age, race, ethnic background, gender, sexual orientation, ability/disability, and relationship status. However, be aware of the need to preserve the client’s confidentiality. Consider carefully whether the client could be identified by what you disclose. Include other information only if it is relevant to the case and to your questions about it. Examples of other potentially relevant information include: occupation, education, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, family constellation, medical issues, and previous treatment. Have additional information available in the event that your faculty practicum instructor/consultant or colleague requests it. Presenting and other identified problems This section includes the client’s view of his or her concerns. History: Provide a brief summary of the client’s significant developmental experiences and his or her feelings/responses to them. This section might include information about abuse or other traumatic experiences; chemical use or abuse; social history and support system; and family history, as well as other pertinent history.

Conceptualization

Clinical impressions, cultural formulation, diagnosis: In your conceptualization, describe your understanding of the client’s presenting issue within the client’s cultural context. Begin using relevant theory or empirical resources to frame your understanding. Reflections: In this section, include your impression of your client’s responses to you, personal responses to the client, and moments between you two that you thought impacted the therapeutic process.

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APPENDIX K: CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATION FORMAT

Option #2 (continued)

Treatment Planning List the general, agreed-upon goals, the related objectives identified by you and the client, and any strategies you’ve developed to achieve them. For example, a goal may be for a given client to have better relationships with people in authority at work. An objective could be to respond to criticism with more openness and less defensiveness and dread. A related strategy might be to actively solicit feedback about work performances. Goals: Expected Outcome & Prognosis* ☐ Return to normal functioning ☐ Relieve acute symptoms, return to baseline functioning ☐ Expect improvement, anticipate less than normal functioning ☐ Maintain current status/prevent deterioration Treatment Objectives* For each objective, provide the following information:

• Measurable Objective: • Intervention/Method/Strategy for Achieving Objective • Progress to Date: N-New Objective, 1-Much Worse, 2-Somehwat Worse, 3-No Change,

4-Slight Improvement, 5-Great Improvement, R-Resolved • Resolution Date (if applicable)

Consultation Goals

Identify the specific questions or issues about which you would like to receive feedback. Be aware that it is not uncommon for a faculty practicum instructor/consultant or colleagues to raise additional issues that you have not identified. *Format follows Minnesota’s Universal Outpatient Mental Health/Chemical Health Authorization Form