Treatment Planning Process Flashcards
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When prioritizing problems on a treatment plan, which factor takes precedence?
Answer: Immediate safety concerns and risk to self or others
Safety issues—suicidality, homicidality, abuse—must always be addressed before other presenting problems.
Which of the following BEST illustrates a strengths-based treatment plan goal?
Answer: Client will use identified coping skill of journaling 3×/week to manage anxiety
A strengths-based goal incorporates a skill the client already possesses or is developing, making it empowering and actionable.
In a multidisciplinary treatment team, the LMHC's role in the treatment planning process typically includes:
Answer: Contributing psychosocial assessment data and mental health goals
The LMHC provides psychosocial expertise, assessment findings, and mental health goals within the collaborative team structure.
A treatment plan amendment differs from a treatment plan review in that an amendment:
Answer: Makes a targeted change to one element without rewriting the entire plan
An amendment modifies a specific goal, objective, or intervention in response to new clinical information without overhauling the whole plan.
Which ethical principle is MOST directly supported by obtaining informed consent before finalizing a treatment plan?
Answer: Autonomy
Informed consent upholds client autonomy by ensuring clients understand and voluntarily agree to the proposed treatment direction.
A newly licensed LMHC uses a boilerplate treatment plan template for every client. This practice MOST violates which standard?
Answer: Individualized care
Using identical plans for all clients fails the standard of individualized care, which requires tailoring treatment to each client's unique needs.
When a treatment goal is not being met after several sessions, the clinician should FIRST:
Answer: Assess whether the goal, intervention, or client factors need to be reconsidered
Lack of progress is a clinical signal to examine fit between the client, goals, and interventions—not to simply close the case.