MAJOR CASE WRITE UP ASSIGNMENT

Select a “client” from a movie or television character, other media such as a web-based character, or book (fiction, non-fiction, autobiography, biography), or graphic or cartoon media source.

Prepare a clinical report that describes client presentation (presenting concerns, collateral concerns, adjustment dynamics); presents a conceptual formulation; and presents a tentative treatment plan.

Section 1: Introducing the Character (About 1 – 2 pages single-spaced).
Provide a brief summary of the movie or television show from which you have selected your character. Briefly explain your character’s role, key elements important to understanding the character generally, key relationships he or she has, work or job information, family or history, etc. Assume the reader is unfamiliar with the character and provide a short summary. Use good, well constructed everyday written English for this section.

You can find examples in the entire S&R Chapter 5 and online.

Section 2: Traditional Case Summary (About 2 pages single-spaced).
Provide a brief case summary of your client, as you might prepare following a traditional intake interview. Use professional, clinically appropriate language for this section.

You can find 30 examples in S&R; you can find additional examples in the articles posted on Blackboard, and you can use case summary or intake forms with which you are familiar from professional settings.

Use the following headings:
Identifying information
Presenting concern
Background, family, and relevant history
Problem and counseling history
Goals for counseling and course of therapy to date

You can find examples in the entire S&R Chapter 5 and online.

Section 3: Diagnostic Impressions:
Provide a tentative fully prepared DSM5 diagnosis describing the client’s symptoms.

You can consult class notes, Bb examples, and PowerPoint presentations; DSM5; and S& R Ch. 2 & 5.

Section 4: Developing an Inverted Pyramid Formulation (1 page diagram; About 1- 3 pages for narrative single-spaced).
Develop a fully completed “Inverted Pyramid” Formulation of your character’s concerns and dynamics. This should include (a) a filled-in diagram and (b) a narrative explaining how you moved from step 1 downward to step 2, 3, then 4. For example, which concerns in step 1 were combined into the themes you developed in step 2? How did the themes in step 2 fit into the theoretical approach you selected for step 3? Etc.

You can find examples by reviewing S & R Ch. 5 and the entire S&R Chapter 5 and online.
Section 5: Designing 2 Different Treatment Plans (About 1-2 pages single-spaced or in tables for each of the 2 treatment plans).
First, using Jongsma& Peterson, develop a problem-solving or solution-focused treatment plan to address the character’s concerns as they are conceptualized in “Step 1” and/or “Step 2” of your pyramid formation. Describe goals for treatment, interventions you would use, and how you would measure outcomes or change.

Second, using the same theoretical approach you selected in “Step 3 and Step 4” of your inverted pyramid diagram, develop a theory-driven plan to address the character’s concerns as they are conceptualized in “Steps 3 and 4” of your conceptual formulation. Again describe goals for treatment, interventions you would use, and how you would measure outcomes or change.

MAJOR CASE WRITE UP ASSIGNMENT

Select a “client” from a movie or television character, other media such as a web-based character, or book (fiction, non-fiction, autobiography, biography), or graphic or cartoon media source.

Prepare a clinical report that describes client presentation (presenting concerns, collateral concerns, adjustment dynamics); presents a conceptual formulation; and presents a tentative treatment plan.

Section 1: Introducing the Character (About 1 – 2 pages single-spaced).
Provide a brief summary of the movie or television show from which you have selected your character. Briefly explain your character’s role, key elements important to understanding the character generally, key relationships he or she has, work or job information, family or history, etc. Assume the reader is unfamiliar with the character and provide a short summary. Use good, well constructed everyday written English for this section.

You can find examples in the entire S&R Chapter 5 and online.

Section 2: Traditional Case Summary (About 2 pages single-spaced).
Provide a brief case summary of your client, as you might prepare following a traditional intake interview. Use professional, clinically appropriate language for this section.

You can find 30 examples in S&R; you can find additional examples in the articles posted on Blackboard, and you can use case summary or intake forms with which you are familiar from professional settings.

Use the following headings:
Identifying information
Presenting concern
Background, family, and relevant history
Problem and counseling history
Goals for counseling and course of therapy to date

You can find examples in the entire S&R Chapter 5 and online.

Section 3: Diagnostic Impressions:
Provide a tentative fully prepared DSM5 diagnosis describing the client’s symptoms.

You can consult class notes, Bb examples, and PowerPoint presentations; DSM5; and S& R Ch. 2 & 5.

Section 4: Developing an Inverted Pyramid Formulation (1 page diagram; About 1- 3 pages for narrative single-spaced).
Develop a fully completed “Inverted Pyramid” Formulation of your character’s concerns and dynamics. This should include (a) a filled-in diagram and (b) a narrative explaining how you moved from step 1 downward to step 2, 3, then 4. For example, which concerns in step 1 were combined into the themes you developed in step 2? How did the themes in step 2 fit into the theoretical approach you selected for step 3? Etc.

You can find examples by reviewing S & R Ch. 5 and the entire S&R Chapter 5 and online.
Section 5: Designing 2 Different Treatment Plans (About 1-2 pages single-spaced or in tables for each of the 2 treatment plans).
First, using Jongsma& Peterson, develop a problem-solving or solution-focused treatment plan to address the character’s concerns as they are conceptualized in “Step 1” and/or “Step 2” of your pyramid formation. Describe goals for treatment, interventions you would use, and how you would measure outcomes or change.

Second, using the same theoretical approach you selected in “Step 3 and Step 4” of your inverted pyramid diagram, develop a theory-driven plan to address the character’s concerns as they are conceptualized in “Steps 3 and 4” of your conceptual formulation. Again describe goals for treatment, interventions you would use, and how you would measure outcomes or change.

MAJOR CASE WRITE UP ASSIGNMENT

Select a “client” from a movie or television character, other media such as a web-based character, or book (fiction, non-fiction, autobiography, biography), or graphic or cartoon media source.

Prepare a clinical report that describes client presentation (presenting concerns, collateral concerns, adjustment dynamics); presents a conceptual formulation; and presents a tentative treatment plan.

Section 1: Introducing the Character (About 1 – 2 pages single-spaced).
Provide a brief summary of the movie or television show from which you have selected your character. Briefly explain your character’s role, key elements important to understanding the character generally, key relationships he or she has, work or job information, family or history, etc. Assume the reader is unfamiliar with the character and provide a short summary. Use good, well constructed everyday written English for this section.

You can find examples in the entire S&R Chapter 5 and online.

Section 2: Traditional Case Summary (About 2 pages single-spaced).
Provide a brief case summary of your client, as you might prepare following a traditional intake interview. Use professional, clinically appropriate language for this section.

You can find 30 examples in S&R; you can find additional examples in the articles posted on Blackboard, and you can use case summary or intake forms with which you are familiar from professional settings.

Use the following headings:
Identifying information
Presenting concern
Background, family, and relevant history
Problem and counseling history
Goals for counseling and course of therapy to date

You can find examples in the entire S&R Chapter 5 and online.

Section 3: Diagnostic Impressions:
Provide a tentative fully prepared DSM5 diagnosis describing the client’s symptoms.

You can consult class notes, Bb examples, and PowerPoint presentations; DSM5; and S& R Ch. 2 & 5.

Section 4: Developing an Inverted Pyramid Formulation (1 page diagram; About 1- 3 pages for narrative single-spaced).
Develop a fully completed “Inverted Pyramid” Formulation of your character’s concerns and dynamics. This should include (a) a filled-in diagram and (b) a narrative explaining how you moved from step 1 downward to step 2, 3, then 4. For example, which concerns in step 1 were combined into the themes you developed in step 2? How did the themes in step 2 fit into the theoretical approach you selected for step 3? Etc.

You can find examples by reviewing S & R Ch. 5 and the entire S&R Chapter 5 and online.
Section 5: Designing 2 Different Treatment Plans (About 1-2 pages single-spaced or in tables for each of the 2 treatment plans).
First, using Jongsma& Peterson, develop a problem-solving or solution-focused treatment plan to address the character’s concerns as they are conceptualized in “Step 1” and/or “Step 2” of your pyramid formation. Describe goals for treatment, interventions you would use, and how you would measure outcomes or change.

Second, using the same theoretical approach you selected in “Step 3 and Step 4” of your inverted pyramid diagram, develop a theory-driven plan to address the character’s concerns as they are conceptualized in “Steps 3 and 4” of your conceptual formulation. Again describe goals for treatment, interventions you would use, and how you would measure outcomes or change.