Reflective Essay On Treatment Plan

My first goal was to be able to use basic counseling skills within my counseling sessions at my practicum site and working on learning more about creating appropriate treatment plans on my own. I did quite a bit of reading of educational books, such as treatment planners and also met with both of the Post Docs at my site to learn how they approach treatment planning. I was able to get some good insight on how my approach may differ from others and how that is okay. I learned that in this journey it is very important to know what theoretical orientation you are using to think about the client and how the client will make changes. In order to measure the progress of this goal, I have also worked to develop a better understanding of the intake/
After being able to master some of these steps I had some time to be able to evaluate client outcomes and hope to successfully terminate with some of my clients when they have met their goals. I have also read more about basic counseling skills each week for thirty minutes to an hour. Additionally, as I mentioned before I was able to meet with Post Docs who were working on treatment plans twice during this semester to ensure that I can write a treatment plan more appropriately. Finally, I have been reading treatment planners as needed for my clients to better conceptualize treatment plans for them when updates are needed, but have not needed to update my treatment plans
This has increased my comfort as a counselor in training and has also helped me to build the therapeutic alliance with my clients. By having these skills and actively learning more about treatment planning I have become more comfortable with my ability to create appropriate treatment plans now. Additionally, I have been trying to integrate the client-centered approach with other theories/techniques, such as existential and interpersonal process to facilitate my own