For this Assignment select one of the case studies in this week’s resources and consider the phobia(s) related to this case study. Also search the Internet or Walden Library for one peer-reviewed article that presents interventions that might support the treatment of phobias. Then use the treatment plan template to develop a treatment plan to address the phobia in the case study.The Assignment (2–3 pages):Create a treatment plan to address the phobia in the case study you selected.Explain and justifyoneintervention you might use in the treatment plan to treat the phobia.Explainoneway you might involve the parents/guardians in the treatment plan to support the intervention you selected and how. Justify your response.Use evidence-based research and the week’s resources to support your response.Treatment Plan Guidelines: Fears and PhobiasAs you work with treatment planning concepts for individual cases please use the following guidelines.I. Identify a list of problems reported to you by the client and/or caregiver(s).II. As you are able identify the primary psychiatric diagnoses you believe may bepresent and may need to be addressed. (Note: Consider the DSM-5diagnostic criteria for specific problems.)III. Based on these problems describe the counseling goals in the most measurableway possible (e.g. how will you and the client be able to recognize that theproblem has been reduced or the goal has been partially or completely met?).IV. Identify the level of care needed to address the presenting problem(s). This couldinclude:a. Inpatientb. Residential treatmentc. Partial hospitalizationd. Intensive outpatient counselinge. Outpatient counselingV. Based on counseling research and evidence select a treatment modality—individual counseling group counseling family counseling or a combinationof these. (Note: Research and consider evidence-based treatments ortreatment outcomes that you can use to help guide your recommendations fortreatment.)VI. Identify and describe how you will tailor the treatment to the client’s unique individual and cultural background.Week 3 Case 2Darrell is a 12-year-old African American male. He was referred for counseling by hisparents. He does not want to come to counseling and reports that he has a “stupidproblem.” Based on reports from his parents and from Darrell Darrell is extremely afraidof dogs. He lives a short distance from middle school and therefore he walks thereevery school day. Unfortunately Darrell has come to have difficulty walking past severalhouses that keep dogs in their yards. Even though the dogs are fenced and do notappear especially aggressive Darrell will freeze and refuse to walk past these houses.He has tried switching sides of the street and routes to his school but to no avail. Thishas left him his parents and his friends perplexed and frustrated. Darrell is ashamed ofthis problem and of having to come to counseling. He has asked his parents to call theother families to have them keep their dogs inside but does not really want to deal withthe problem on any other level.
