How a Treatment Plan Is Decided
Your plan comes from your assessment rather than a template, and it adjusts as your progress is reviewed.
A treatment plan is decided at the assessment. After reviewing your history, concerns and reasons for seeking treatment, the practice identifies areas of concern and recommends individual sessions, group, or both. The plan sets your treatment goals, how often you attend and what is expected of you. When a court or program has requirements, they are factored in, though that body still decides whether it accepts the treatment. As sessions continue, progress is reviewed and the plan adjusts.
Plan Inputs
What Shapes Your Plan
Four things feed into the recommendations:
- What the assessment finds about your history, the behavior of concern, your mental health background and your reasons for coming in
- Your needs, meaning the areas of concern identified and the skills you most need to build
- Requirements set by a court, probation office or program, if any apply to you
- Your progress once sessions are underway, which is why the plan is reviewed over time
Setting Treatment Goals
Goals give the work direction. They grow out of the areas of concern the assessment identifies and are set before regular sessions begin, so you and the practice both know what treatment is working toward.
In this work, goals center on personal responsibility, coping skills, emotional regulation, impulse control, healthy boundaries and decision-making. They are practical by design. The aim is to learn from mistakes and make better choices, not to talk about change without acting on it.
Individual Sessions, Group or Both
Some plans use individual sessions alone. Others add group: the Adult Sexual Behavior Treatment Group for adults 18 and older, or the youth group for adolescents 13 to 17. The two groups are always kept separate.
Individual sessions give you room to talk openly and work through a personalized plan with practical assignments. Group adds guided discussions, educational materials and practical exercises with others doing similar work. Which mix you get is a recommendation from the assessment, based on your needs and any requirements you carry.
Deciding How Often You Attend
When treatment starts, individual sessions are often set at twice a week, 45 to 60 minutes each. Group sessions run 45 to 60 minutes as well. Your exact schedule is set at the assessment from your needs and any program requirements, then reviewed along with the rest of the plan.
How the Plan Is Revisited
Regular Sessions
You attend as scheduled and complete the practical assignments given between sessions.
Progress Review
Your progress toward the goals in your plan is reviewed over time. Attendance, participation and finished assignments are the parts you control.
Adjustments
Goals, session frequency or the balance of individual and group work can change based on what the review shows and any program requirements.
Consent for Updates
If a court, probation officer or program needs updates, they go out only with your signed consent, within limits the law sets that are explained in writing at the start.
Questions About Your Plan
Can I ask for a different schedule?
You can raise it at any time. Any change depends on your needs, your progress and any program requirements, so the answer weighs all three.
Does my court decide my plan?
A court or program may set requirements, and the plan accounts for them. The treatment recommendations come from the assessment, and acceptance of the treatment remains the court's decision.
Will I know what is expected of me?
Yes. Program expectations, session frequency and financial responsibilities are all covered at the assessment, before regular sessions begin.
What if my progress stalls?
Then the plan gets a closer look. Reviewing progress over time exists for exactly this reason: to change what is not working.
Keep Reading
- Sexual Offense TreatmentThe service your plan belongs to, from assessment through group work.
- The Intake and AssessmentThe 1 to 2 hour session where your plan is first put together.
- Why Sessions Are Often Twice a WeekThe thinking behind a twice weekly start and how it can change.
- Group or Individual Sessions?A plain comparison of the two formats.
- How Long Treatment TakesWhat sets the length when there is no fixed end point.
See What Fits Your Situation
A free 20 to 30 minute consultation is the place to ask how planning would work for you. Reach the office at (405) 205-6314 or through the Contact page.
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