PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW
5 REFERENCES
ZERO PLAGIARISM
- 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