Explain how you might impact social change through your work with clients who have mental health issues.

Develop diagnoses for clients receiving psychotherapy

Analyze legal and ethical implications of counseling clients with psychiatric disorders

Analyze how nursing and counseling theories guided personal practice in psychotherapy

The Learning Objectives are related to the Practicum Journal Assignments presented in Weeks 9 and 10.

Week 10 Journal Entry

Reflect on your overall practicum experience in this course. Then, address the following in your Practicum Journal:

Explain whether your therapeutic theory has changed as a result of your practicum experiences. Recall the theories you selected in Week 1.

Explain how you integrated the therapeutic approaches from this course in your clinical practice. Include how this helped you achieve the goals and objectives you developed in Week 1.

Explain how you might impact social change through your work with clients who have mental health issues.

Support your approach with evidence-based literature.

Note: Be sure to use the Practicum Journal Template, located in the Learning Resources.

By Day 7

Submit your Practicum Journal entries for Weeks 9 and 10. Refer to the weekly instructions for additional guidance.

Submission

To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

Please save your Assignments using the following naming convention: “WK10Journal+lastname+first initial.”

Click the Week 10 Assignment link.

Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK10Journal+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open. Repeat for each of the Practicum Journal submissions.

Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

Grading Criteria