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What is a Treatment Plan and Why Is One Necessary?

You go to the counselor to talk about your child’s interesting behavior and he/she wants you to sign a “treatment plan.”  This term may sound a bit off-putting, and may be confusing if it hasn’t yet been explained properly. 

The What
A tx plan is the “why are you here and what are we doing” of therapy.  It is a document that includes presenting problems, goals related to addressing those problems, and interventions that will be implemented reach those goals.  It’s a road map to help guide therapy sessions so that they are more effective in helping you do whatever it is you want to do in therapy.  It’s a way for you and your therapist to stay on track and watch for progress.

While you may state your goals for therapy as “just feel better,” “stop being so anxious,” or even, “I don’t really know,” your therapist will (or should) help you identify the reason for seeking service and create measurable, sometimes behaviorally-based benchmarks to identify progress- or lack thereof.

For example, an identified problem may look like this: “Cl presents with anger outbursts and inability to control impulses at home and school.” 
This will often be followed by severity and intensity indicators such as “as evidenced by yelling, throwing self on floor and kicking legs around 3X per day for 30-45 minutes.”

A goal, or “measurable objective” may be something like, “Cl and/or family will identify and process 3-5 coping skills to assist cl in managing strong emotions,” or “Cl and/or family will identify triggers to outbursts in 3 out of 5 situations,” or any variation applicable to family and circumstance.

While this all sounds medical-ish, tx plans are not meant to pathologize or sterilize the therapeutic relationship.  The actual sessions can still be warm, fuzzy, supportive and compassionate.  You won’t even have to worry about the technical jargon- it’s only used with these sorts of required clinical documents that allow your therapist to meet ethical, legal and other requirements.

And the Why
Which brings us to the “why” of tx plans… to sum it up, mostly for insurance billing.  Insurance companies want to know that services rendered are for cause, or meet “medical necessity” (this is why we also have to diagnose, but that’s another story altogether). 

In therapy, just like in medical practice, providers must perform services that are necessary and appropriate for the client.  You don’t go to your doctor for an ear infection and get a cast put on your leg.  It’s the same with the mental health profession- law, ethics and money demand accountability.
Tx plans can be updated whenever issues, needs, or goals change, but must be updated every 6 months to one year, depending on where you live and what insurance company you use. 

Tx plans don’t limit services.  You can have a few in-progress issues at the same time, complete all of your stated goals, and then get a new treatment plan based on new issues that have popped up- either by therapeutic insight or life, in general.
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Things you should know about your treatment plan:
1) It’s a GPS of emotional-relational sorts.
2) You should be a collaborative part of its creation.
3) You can ask to have things changed on it before you agree to sign.
4) You are allowed to ask questions about it and about therapeutic progress. 4) It can and should be updated regularly.  
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FCCS is directed by Melinda Haynes, MA, California LMFT license number 102308.  Oklahoma LMFT license number 1153. North Carolina LMFT license number 2143.

​The National Supervised Visitation online training program is a subsidiary of FCCS and can be found at 
https://www.SupervisedVisitationTraining.com.  Professional consulting for mental and behavioral health professionals is available at www.MelindaHaynes.com.  Other connected but unrelated sites are Kate & Mel, Can We Talk? and The Motley Ms. 


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    • Folletos en espanol
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    • What We Do
    • Meet Us | Our Team >
      • Jayme Schlager - Office Assistant
      • Bryony Hottendorf - Program Manager, Supervised Visitation
      • April Nicole- Billing Manager
      • Roxanna Taylor- Supervised Visitation Monitor
      • Abigail Mebrahtu Supervised Visitation Monitor
      • Ashlyn Crouch Supervised Visitation Monitor
      • Tiffany Runge, AMFT 112914
      • Emily Medina, AMFT 107900
      • Deb Auran, Therapist Trainee
      • Jasmine Madera, MS, APCC 8239
      • Jasmine Madera, MS, APCC 8239 Clinico profesional
      • Melinda Haynes, MA, LMFT. President and CEO
    • As Seen On
    • Trauma-Informed
    • Attachment Trauma Recovery >
      • Origins of Attachment Trauma
      • Signs of Attachment Trauma in Adults and Children
      • Therapy for Attachment Trauma
    • Mission Vision Philosophy
    • Values
  • Services
    • Therapy or Counseling >
      • Online Therapy >
        • Online Therapy- Questions and Answers
      • Family Therapy
      • Child Therapy
      • Teen Therapy
      • HSP
      • Reunification Therapy
      • Foster /Kinship
      • Post-Adoption
      • Family Maintenance
      • EPIC Family
    • Types of Therapy >
      • Cognitive-Behavioral (CBT)
      • Play Therapy
      • Play Therapy for Adults
      • Multi-Sensory Integration
      • Parent-Child Therpay
      • Experiential Therapy
      • REBT
      • EMDR
      • School Based Family Counseling >
        • For Schools and Districts- PBIS Partners
      • E-Motion >
        • Movement- Stored Trauma Therapy
      • Mindfulness
    • Supervised Visitation >
      • Online Visits
      • Getting Started
      • California Supervised Visitation >
        • Supervised Visitation in Chico, California
      • Facilitated Visitation
      • Monitored Exchange
    • Family Preservation
    • Groups >
      • Camp Fire Support Group
      • Confident Kids
      • Productive Parenting
    • Kids Behavior Coaching
    • Daycare / School- Based Services
    • Associate Clinical Supervision
    • Workshops
    • Online Learning Center >
      • Become a Supervised Visitation Monitor
    • PBIS Partners >
      • Why Do We Have Empty Chairs?
      • Signs A Student May Benefit
      • Why Should My School Collaborate with FCCS?
      • School-Based Services May Include
  • Insurance / Fees
    • Important Note About Insurance
  • Helpful Links
    • Community Services >
      • 2020 California Fire Resources
      • Community Services- Butte County California
      • Free Mental Health Free Therapy
    • Mental Health Apps
    • Recommended Reading
    • Places to Go- Family Fun >
      • Places to Go in California >
        • Places to Go in Butte County California
        • Places to Go in Shasta County California
        • Places to Go in Fairfield, California
        • Places to Go Suisun City, California
      • Places to Go in North Carolina
      • Places to Go in Oklahoma >
        • Places to Go in Tulsa, Oklahoma
        • Places to Go in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
    • Weight Management >
      • Why We Develop Bad Habits
      • Diets Don't Work
      • Mapping Out Success
      • Journaling
      • Making New Habits
      • Creating Staying Power
    • Can We Talk?
    • Life On Their Terms >
      • Is My Partner Abusive?
      • The Cycle of Violence
      • Dangers of Staying
      • Healing From an Abusive Relationship
    • What is a Treatment Plan?
    • Of Caterpillars and Courage
    • Helping Kids Feel Safe in a Scary World
    • LifeStyle Wellbeing- Creating a New You
  • Contact
    • Tour the Chico Office
  • Career Center
    • What We Offer
    • Now Hiring LMFT LPCC LCSW Supervisor- CHICO, CA
    • Now Hiring Client Services Manager | Front Desk
    • Now Hiring Family Monitor
    • Taking Applications for Therapist Associate >
      • We Help You Build Your Private Practice