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KEY FEATURES: Required 2016 CACREP standards for CMH Counseling programs are covered. Chapter authors are leading counseling writers, and many are practicing CMH counselors. Chapter topics apply theory to real-world issues of practice, such as paperwork and medications. Case studies and discussion questions afford students opportunities to apply what they read to practical situations. Evidence-based treatments, neuroscience, and other cutting-edge topics reflect the currency of the text.Bolded key concepts help students to focus their reading and learning.
Assessing Client Concerns
Assessing Client Concerns
Learning Goals
Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to do the following:
- Understand the foundations, purposes, and major methods of assessment
- Identify characteristics of assessment tools such as clinical diagnostic interviews, unstandardized questionnaires and checklists, mental status examinations, standardized assessments, projective techniques, qualitative assessments, and collateral reports
- Describe clinical mental health (CMH) counselors’ roles in screening for high-risk situations
- Identify sources of cultural bias in assessment
- Be capable of considering ways in which CMH counselors may use assessment to inform counseling practice
Most people who decide they want to be CMH counselors do so with a vision of a powerful helping process that involves hours of in-depth exploration and processing aimed at alleviating distress, optimizing wellness, ...
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