There has to be a preventive strategy in every intervention procedure to avoid the occurrence of a disease (Straussner, 2012). I find the course of treatment in this intervention beneficial for the creation of the needed preventive measures. I have chosen CBT as my preferred intervention in this treatment. The treatment interventions suggested include attending a 12-step program that will be scheduled three times a week. This will be done until the client registers notable improvements. The client will also be required t meet with a social worker for personalized counseling social for the next six weeks. Medication management will be monitored through a once every month scheduled meeting with the psychiatrist.
The client has several strengths, including the fact that she enjoys working out and running as part of physical activity to keep fit. She also enjoys a good relationship with her four children because she loves children. She used to work as a teacher before depression overwhelmed her. She indicated that she would like to return to teaching when the depression is under control.
In this Biopsychosocial work, I have achieved several things.
Through this social work experience, I understood my profession’s strengths, limitations, and areas where improvement is required. This has also helped me identify my strengths and weaknesses and places where I need to improve. I have realized that smokers smoke for varied reasons, but there is one common reason for all. They all have underlying psychological issues that they intend to suppress by getting high on the drug. During this fieldwork, I hoped to accomplish other goals, but it was difficult to do so with the limited kind of approach.
I wanted to prove that drugs use, especially marijuana, increases the rate of crime. It is a widespread belief that drug-users are more prone to committing suicide than those who do not use drugs. This rationale has been used repeatedly to try to scare non-smokers from engaging in the use of marijuana. However, in my work, I was proven wrong when the Pt denied being involved in any legal issues or problems with the authorities (Straussner, 2012). I was also unable to verify that drug abuse has severe implications and damaging impacts on the abuser’s relationship with his or her family.
Due to these assumptions and biases, the treatment process was shaped in a way that it addresses the wrong issues. To enhance the impact of the biasness of this treatment process, one has to give it the right approach. It is essential to approach the issue as a real problem and not as a particular case, which needs exaggerated attention. As a social worker, I have realized people are reluctant to respond to strangers. As a social worker, people view you as a minor health practitioner, and most of them doubt your ability to treat.
This compromises their willingness to share their personal information with you. On the other hand, the client feels threatened to give out his personal accounts on drug usage. To reduce the power differential effect as a social worker, I had to try to make the client feel comfortable to talk to me. I achieved this by holding private interviews to assure the clients of our conversation’s confidentiality.
Reference
Straussner, S. (2012). Ethnocultural factors in substance abuse treatment. New York, NY: Guilford Press.