Assignment II – Intake Session Assignment & Treatment Plan

1) Identify what additional information you would need to begin treatment with this client?

One of the most important aspects of counseling is to learn how your client copes with their struggles. I found that this was not covered in the “Karen” intake. If I were to go back and complete an assessment with her, I would most definitely cover this topic in further detail, specifically with her traumatic event with her own personal experience with her car accident as well as losing her father to a car accident. I could always assume that she has chose to cope with the traumatic event of being in the car accident by isolative behavior as well as disengagement from social events with her friends and family; however, this would need to be clarified with her to see if she has any awareness of this unhealthy coping mechanism. I would also need to know more in regards to her head injury-concussion, she had following her car accident to see if her isolation could be due to another medical condition that should be considered. I would need to have a medical exam conducted on Karen before diagnosing her with something that could be explained by a medical condition.

2) Provide your narrative diagnosis of this client, including WHODAS score, with rational.

I would diagnose Karen with (309.81) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder due to her meeting the criteria for this disorder. WHODAS score was 2/5 and her Cross Cutting Symptom measure being highest on depression, Anxiety, Repetitive thoughts or behaviors, and personality functioning.

My rational for diagnosing Karen with (309.81) Post Traumatic Stress disorder is due to her directly experiencing the traumatic event of being in a car accident (APA, 2013). Karen also experiences recurrent and involuntary memories of the traumatic event when she passes the