About Counseling Treatment
Plans
By Jacquelyn
Jeanty, eHow Contributor
About Counseling Treatment Plans
The design
of counseling services is to help individuals overcome psychological and
emotional problems within their daily lives. The overall process provides the
direction needed in order for change to take place in a person's life.
Treatment plans map out these changes, and provide guidelines for how change
can occur. Both counselor and client decide on what goes into the plan.
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1. Identification
o 
Counseling is a planned, coordinated process where
clients can learn new ways of thinking and behaving. The initial session
involves an assessment-interview where information about the client's problem
is obtained. The parties use this information to put together a strategy that
details how the client will progress toward a healthier state. This strategy is
called a treatment plan. It contains the client's treatment objectives, goals
and measurable outcomes, all laid out in a clear, detailed process. In the case
of government-funded agencies, treatment plan outcomes may be a key determinant
in whether or not funding is provided.
2. Function
o Information gathered during the
assessment-interview identifies a person's psychological state, relationship
problems and any health concerns. This information is used to establish a
behavioral baseline from which both the counselor and the patient can measure
future progress. Part of the counseling process involves helping the client
understand her current behavioral patterns, as well as the steps required for
change. Both the counselor and the client work to develop the steps that will
bring about change in the client's psychological and emotional condition. These
steps are laid out in the treatment plan.
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3. Objectives
o 
Treatment plan objectives describe how new behaviors
will be incorporated into the client's daily life. Desired behavioral changes
are laid out in terms of how he will approach identified problem areas
throughout the course of treatment. An example of this would be an individual
who has anger management issues. Treatment plan objectives would outline how
the client might identify an anger-inducing situation, and describe how he
would go about finding a constructive outlet for his anger. Other objectives
may focus on how the client perceives his role in an anger-induced situation,
and how he can change the situation's outcome by changing his behavior.
4. Goals
o Treatment plan goals provide a way
to measure areas where change has taken place. The information gathered during
the assessment-interview serves as a starting point from which people can
identify and measure goals. Each goal describes a specific, measurable event
that indicates how change will take place. An example of a goal in the case of
someone with anger management issues would be "client will have 0
incidences of anger outbursts within a one-week period." As the course of
treatment progresses, the parties may lengthen the time period, with one week
becoming two weeks, or three weeks, until anger outbursts are no longer present
within the client's daily lifestyle.
Funding Sources
o 
In many cases, treatment plan success rates can play a
part in determining whether or not an agency receives government funding.
Treatment plan outcomes provide a way of measuring how effective a particular agency's
treatment approach is. Success rates can then be measured in terms of cost
effectiveness to determine whether or not an agency is making a difference.
High success rates will show a decrease in overall costs in areas like law
enforcement, unemployment and juvenile detention facilities.
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