Assignment 1: Practicum – Client Termination Summary PRAC 6650

Assignment 1: Practicum – Client Termination Summary PRAC 6650

Assignment 1: Practicum – Client Termination Summary PRAC 6650

Assignment 1: Practicum – Client Termination Summary (Due in Week 11)
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.
Assignment
With the client you selected in mind, address in a client termination summary (without
violating HIPAA regulations) the following:
 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
No Assignment 1 due this week. .

Submit Assignment 1 By Day 7 of Week 11

 

Learning Resources
Required Readings

Document: Group Therapy Progress Note

Required Media

Microtraining Associates (Producer). (2009). Leading groups with adolescents [Video file].
Alexandria, VA: Author.

The approximate length of this media pice is 140 minutes.

Psychotherapy.net (Producer). (2002). Adlerian parent consultation [Video file]. Mill Valley,
CA: Author.

The approximate length of this media pice is 117 minutes.
Optional Resources

American Nurses Association. (2014). Psychiatric-mental health nursing: Scope and
standards of practice (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental
disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

Wheeler, K. (Ed.). (2014). Psychotherapy for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse: A how-
to guide for evidence-based practice. New York, NY: Springer.