Counseling And Using (STIPS) Notes

For your initial post to this Counseling And Using (STIPS) Notes discussion, develop a case note about a client session you recently completed. Use the Signs and Symptoms, Topics of Discussion, Interventions, Progress and Plan, and Special Issues (STIPS) format as presented in the Prieto and Scheel’s 2002 article, “Using Case Documentation to Strengthen Counselor Trainees’ Case Conceptualization Skills.” Maintain confidentiality by altering all names or specific identifying information.

Your post and responses are expected to be substantive in nature and to reference the assigned readings, as well as other theoretical, empirical, or professional literature to support your views and writings. Reference your sources using standard APA guidelines.

The client is a 37 year old AA female with anxiety and moderate depression. He name is Lola.

Must use this reference

References

Prieto, L. R., & Scheel, K. R. (2002). Using Case Documentation to Strengthen Counselor Trainees’ Case Conceptualization Skills. Journal of Counseling & Development, 80(1), 11. Retrieved from http://library.capella.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx

Counseling And Using (STIPS) Notes

STIPS Case Notes

Can you provide a case note about a client session? Use the STIPS (Signs and Symptoms, Topics of Discussion, Interventions, Progress and Plan, and Special Issues) format. Maintain confidentiality by altering all names or specific identifying information.

Please use theoretical, empirical, or professional literature to support your views and writings. Reference your sources using standard APA guidelines.
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A format for organizing case notes is presented that could increase counselor trainees’ case conceptualization skills (Prieto & Scheel, 2002). The STIPS format of case note writing consists of 5 major sections, including documenting clients’ current Signs and symptoms, Topics discussed in counseling, counseling Interventions used, clients’ Progress and counselors’ continuing plan for treatment, and finally, any Special issues of importance regarding clients (e.g., suicide ideation). According to Prieto and Scheel, the structure and design of a STIPS format is intended to enhance trainees’ ability to acquire relevant facts about clients, better understand clients’ presenting problems, better monitor counseling processes, and better evaluate and adjust treatment intervention.

Utilizing a cognitive developmental approach, the aim of case notes is to build trainees’ case conceptualization skills in order for supervisors to help trainees recognize, understand, and integrate discrete facts about clients (Scott & Michelle Scott (2007). In addition, counselors are able to identify what additional facts are needed to acquire additional information about clients, and make plans to implement and adjust their counseling intervention. In this process, case documentation and record keeping could serve as a useful tool for the supervisor in accomplishing cognitive-developmental goals for the client.

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Discussion Questions (DQ)

• Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, including a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
• Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
• One or two-sentence responses, simple statements of agreement, or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
• I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

• Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
• In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
• Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
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• Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
• I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

• I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’s level and deduct points accordingly.
• As Masters’s level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
• It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

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• Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
• Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
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• The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
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