Assignment 1: Practicum – Week 8 Journal Entry NURS 6640

This week, you complete a two-part journal entry.

Learning Objectives
Students will:

• Develop diagnoses for clients receiving psychotherapy*
• Evaluate efficacy of existential-humanistic therapy for clients*
• Analyze legal and ethical implications of counseling clients with psychiatric disorders*
• Analyze clinical supervision experiences*

* The Assignment 1: Practicum – Week 8 Journal Entry Assignment related to this Learning Objective is introduced this week and submitted in Week 10.

Assignment 1: Practicum – Week 8 Journal Entry Part 1

For Part 1, select a client whom you observed or counseled this week (other than the client used for this week’s Discussion). Then, address the following in your Practicum Journal:

• Describe the client and identify any pertinent history or medical information, including prescribed medications.
• Using the DSM-5, explain and justify your diagnosis for this client.
• Explain whether existential-humanistic therapy would be beneficial with this client. Include expected outcomes based on this therapeutic approach.
• Explain any legal and/or ethical implications related to counseling this client.
• Support your approach with evidence-based literature.

Assignment 1: Practicum – Week 8 Journal Entry Part 2

For Part 2, reflect on your clinical supervision experiences. Then, address the following in your Practicum Journal:

• How often are you receiving clinical supervision from your preceptor?
• What are the sessions like?
• What is the preceptor bringing to your attention?
• How are you translating these sessions to your clinical practice?

Assignment 1: Practicum – Week 8 Journal Entry Learning Resources

Required Readings
Wheeler, K. (Ed.). (2014). Psychotherapy for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse: A how-to guide for evidence-based practice (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Chapter 10, “Humanistic-Existential and Solution-Focused Approaches to Psychotherapy” (Review pp. 369–406)
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

Note: You will access this text from the Walden Library databases.

Nagy, T. F. (2011). Ethics in psychotherapy. In Essential ethics for psychologists: A primer for understanding and mastering core issues (pp. 185–198). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. doi:10.1037/12345-010

Note: You will access this text from the Walden Library databases.

Required Media for Assignment 1: Practicum – Week 8 Journal Entry

Sommers-Flanagan, J., & Sommers-Flanagan, R. (2013). Counseling and psychotherapy theories in context and practice [Video file]. Mill Valley, CA: Psychotherapy.net.

Note: For this week, view Existential Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy, and Gestalt Therapy only. You will access this media from the Walden Library databases

Laureate Education (Producer). (2012b). Clinical supervision follow-up [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Note: This is a follow-up to the Thompson family media piece in Week 5. The approximate length of this media piece is 9 minutes.

Accessible player for Assignment 1: Practicum – Week 8 Journal Entry

Laureate Education (Producer). (2015d). On a hamster wheel [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 2 minutes.

Accessible player for Assignment 1: Practicum – Week 8 Journal Entry

Bugental, J. (n.d.). Existential-humanistic psychotherapy [Video file]. Mill Valley, CA: Psychotherapy.net.

Note: You will access this media from the Walden Library databases. The approximate length of this media piece is 108 minutes.

Optional Resources

May, R. (n.d.). Rollo May on existential psychotherapy [Video file]. Mill Valley, CA: Psychotherapy.net.

Note: You will access this media from the Walden Library databases. The approximate length of this media piece is 61 minutes.

Steinert , T. (2016, October 3). Ethics of coercive treatment and misuse of psychiatry. Psychiatric Services. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201600066. Retrieved from http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.201600066