Intervention:
Therapist/Counselor will teach and support Mary to learn and be able to verbalize at least 2 communication
strategies that can help decrease anxiety to the point where anxiety will occurs less than once per day.
Initials: LCSW Progress will be monitored and documented.
Short Term Goal / Objective:
Mary will work with therapist/counselor to help expose and extinguish irrational beliefs and conclusions that
contribute to anxiety.
Frequency: once per week Duration: for 45 minutes Progress: Working on
Target Date: 10/6/2016 Completion Date: ______ Status: ______
Intervention:
Therapist/Counselor will provide therapy to help Mary expose and extinguish irrational beliefs and conclusions
that contribute to anxiety. Progress will be monitored and documented.
Frequency: once per week Duration: one hour Initials: LCSW
Short Term Goal / Objective:
Mary will work with therapist/counselor to identify conflicts from the past and the present that form the basis
for present anxiety.
Frequency: once per week Duration: for 45 minutes Progress: Working on
Target Date: 10/6/2016 Completion Date: ______ Status: ______
Intervention:
Therapist/Counselor will assist Mary in developing reality based, positive cognitive messages that will increase
self confidence and thereby decrease anxiety. Progress will be monitored.
Frequency: once per week Duration: one hour Initials: LCSW
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Problem / Need: Depressed Mood
PROBLEM: Depressed Mood
Mary's depressed mood has been identified as an active problem requiring treatment. It is evidenced by:
Depressed Mood: Details as follows:
*Present All the Time
*Complaints of Feeling Sad or Empty
*Expressed Verbally and Through Behavior
LONG TERM GOAL:
Mary will report depressed mood less than once a week.
Target Date: 12/20/2016
SHORT TERM GOAL(S) & INTERVENTIONS:
Short Term Goal / Objective:
Mary will identify be able to explain personalized causes of depression.
Frequency: once per week Duration: for one hour Progress: Working on
Target Date: 10/6/2016 Completion Date: ______ Status: ______
Short Term Goal / Objective:
Mary will keep a journal to express thoughts and feelings relating to the loss. This will help Mary learn about
the relationship between feelings and moods and identify and explore moods as they are experienced. Share
journal with therapist weekly with the goal of depressed mood occurring less than 4 times per week.
Duration: two weeks Progress: Working on
Target Date: 10/6/2016 Completion Date: ______ Status: ______