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CPSY Goals & Objectives

Goal 1: Clinical Evaluation Identify Presenting Problems and Collect Information to Assess Clinical Issues and Formulate A Diagnostic Impression Within A Client’s Interpersonal and Cultural Context.

Outcome 1.1 Thorough initial assessment

1.1: Conduct a thorough initial assessment.

Outcome 1.2 Additional considerations in assessment

1.2: Consider the impact of substance abuse history, psychosocial history, cultural factors, age, and other environmental factors on the assessment of client problems.

Outcome 1.3 Need for referrals

1.3: Evaluate the need for referrals based on clients’ medical and psychosocial functioning.

Outcome 1.4 Accurate diagnosis

1.4: Gather, evaluate, and integrate information from collateral sources, testing, signs, and symptoms in order to formulate an accurate psychiatric diagnosis.

Goal 2: Crisis Management Identify, Evaluate, and Manage Crisis Situations Within the Client’s Interpersonal and Cultural Context.

Outcome 2.1 Assessment of a client's crisis

2.1: Assess the level of a client’s crisis, suicide potential, and risk for domestic violence and the need for intervention.

Outcome 2.2 Evaluate crisis situations

2.2: Evaluate the impact of a crisis in light of a client’s level of impairment, trauma history, human diversity factors, and acculturation.

Outcome 2.3 Manage crisis situations

2.3: Develop intervention strategies for managing a crisis situation.

 

Goal 3: Treatment Planning Develop A Comprehensive, Measurable Treatment Plan and Prioritize Treatment Goals Based on Assessment, Diagnoses, and A Theoretical Model Within the Client’s Interpersonal and Cultural Context.

Outcome 3.1 Treatment goals

3.1: Establish and prioritize collaborative treatment goals and monitor progress toward them.

Outcome 3.2 Appropriate treatment plan

3.2: Formulate an appropriate treatment plan that is sensitive to a client’s culture, values, beliefs, social environment and includes appropriate referrals to medical and community services.

Outcome 3.3 Treatment plans from different perspectives

3.3: Formulate treatment plans from several different theoretical perspectives (e.g., cognitive-behavioral, humanistic-existential, postmodern, psychodynamic, systems, group and child).

Goal 4: Treatment Implement, Evaluate, and Modify Clinical Interventions Consistent with the Treatment Plan and Theoretical Orientation Including Outcome-Based Models and Diversity Factors.

Outcome 4.1 Build a therapeutic relationship

4.1: Maintain a therapeutic relationship and implement culturally-sensitive treatment.

Outcome 4.2 Interventions from several perspectives

4.2: Implement interventions from several different theoretical perspectives (e.g., cognitive-behavioral, humanistic-existential, postmodern, psychodynamic, systems, group and child).

Outcome 4.3 Interventions that consider clinical factors

4.3: Implement interventions that consider developmental issues, substance use, and psychosocial stressors.

Outcome 4.4 Termination of treatment

4.4: Determine a client’s readiness for termination and develop a termination plan.

 

Goal 5: Ethics Identify, Apply, and Manage Ethical Standards and Principles in Clinical Practice.

Outcome 5.1 Obtain informed consent for therapy

5.1: Obtain informed consent for therapy.

Outcome 5.2 Maintain professional boundaries in therapy

5.2: Maintain professional boundaries in therapy.

Outcome 5.3 Manage ethical issues

5.3: Manage ethical issues in therapy including confidentiality, scope of practice, scope of competence, and record maintenance.

 

Goal 6: Law Identify, Apply, and Manage Legal Mandates in Clinical Practice.

Outcome 6.1 Confidentiality and privilege

6.1: Know the legal requirements for confidentiality, privilege, treatment of minors, and requests for records.

Outcome 6.2 Mandated reporting

6.2: Know the exceptions to confidentiality and act on mandated reporting obligations when appropriate.

Outcome 6.3 Legal standards for professional practice

6.3: Know and comply with other legal standards that affect the professional practice of counseling.

 

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