Description

The client, a troubled woman of 33, is in your office at a community mental-health center because it is a requirement of her parole. She reports that she has always had difficulties handling her family and her personal life. She says that she had a relatively stable marriage until she found out her “old man was running around with other women.” Although she filed for a divorce from him, she never appeared in court, so she is uncertain about her marital status. She reports that after the separation he “disappeared” until quite recently, when he “reappeared out of nowhere” and took their son, now 10, to live with him. She also has two girls, ages 8 and 10, who still live with her. The client says that once her husband left, she was forced to resort to stealing to support the family and her drug habit.

Janet has been addicted to cocaine for four years. During this period she has had behavioral problems with her two daughters, as well as the son. Eventually she moved in with her current boyfriend, and the behavioral problems with the children escalated. She reports that she is on parole for a theft charge and is afraid that she will have to go back to prison for parole violation because of her drug use.

Janet lets her parole officer know that she has seen you and that she wants to get some help “to get her life together.” A few days later her parole officer calls and says that her urine test is “dirty,” showing traces of several drugs. The parole officer asks about your treatment plan for therapy and requests that you write your opinion on whether the client should be back in prison.

You will complete the TLP in three stages:

Stage 1 – COMPLETE
Stage 2 – COMPLETE
Stage 3 – Create a PowerPoint presentation to share the results of your case analysis. The PowerPoint presentation should be structured as follows:
Title slide (including presentation title and names of team members)
3-5 slides PER THEORETICAL ORIENTATION OR THERAPEUTIC APPROACH that summarize key information (since there are 5 approaches, this will constitute 15-25 slides)
2-3 slides with conclusions (overall comparative analysis of the approaches)
Reference slide (you do not need references beyond the text book, but you must include the textbook as a reference; include other materials as applicable)
Assignment Expectations:

Length: 19+ slides for groups of three or more; 8-10 slides for individuals
References: All necessary information can be obtained from the textbook; no additional references are required (if you utilize additional references, include them in the reference list)
Structure: Slides in the body of the presentation should include a combination of text, graphics and/or video (video length must not exceed 3 minutes)

Sample Solution