Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
Abstract
Community counseling professionals face clients with family issues that relate to their entire psychological and general life issues. To treat these clients and lead them to healing, a community counselor needs to understand that he or she cannot handle all the concerns of the clients that he or she faces. This is because of the limitation in expertise as well as the professional skills that are needed to handle such extensive matters (Goldenberg & Goldenberg, 2008). To fulfill his or her role professionally, it is recommended that a community counselor recommends his or her clients to experts who can provide some services that he cannot provide. This is important, especially when the services to be provided by another expert require specialized and lengthy recovery plans. To explore this element, this case treatment paper will focus on the family of Jeff and Sandy Williams, who have a diverse family problem that requires diverse treatment plan. Therefore, this paper will propose the services that the community counselor will provide and those that he will recommend for expert professional help.
Introduction
The Williams family is a home of four, Jeff and William as the parents and two sons; Jacob and Leo. Being married for 21 years has been an achievement that Jeff and Sandy feel they should not waste away. Jacob is 18 years old and suffers from Asperger syndrome. Leo, 15, is the youngest and the only other child in the family. This couple has established family support income channels with Jeff own a used car, while Sandy has been employed as a teacher’s aide at a local elementary school for 10 years. However, the couple has been facing financial problems due to business, yet the downturn in the economy has created financial difficulty for him and Sandy. On the other hand, their children have psychological and medical problems in addition to the need for counseling especially for Leo. Moreover, William is an alcoholic with a drinking problem in addition to a social alienation since he feels misunderstood leading to depression.
Services to offer
As a community counselor, the capacity to help the Williams family will deal with the counseling therapy and recovery guidance. First, the community counselor will help both Jeff and Sandy to realize their situation and start the recovery process. In pursuit of this service, the community counselor has held two sessions and is continuing to provide further counseling sessions. The result of this service and the two sessions is the realization of the family situation described above.
The second service that the community counselor will provide for the Williams family is to offer counseling services to the wife Sandy. This will be to help her understand the family situation and guide her towards recovery. In addition, the community counselor will continue to establish the problems that the couple faces as well as issues that need to be addressed as part of the counseling session.
Recommended Services by other Agencies
To address the drinking problem of alcoholism by Jeff, the community counselor recommends that he attends a rehabilitation center. In particular, the community counselor feels that La Paloma Treatment Center is the best destination for the rehabilitation program for Jeff. According to La Paloma Treatment Center (n.d), the center offers recovery programs and rehabilitation for diverse problems. The La Paloma Treatment Center (n.d) further illustrates that the facility has a serene environment that Jeff can utilize for the purposes of personal reflection and meditation. La Paloma Treatment Center address is 2009 Lamar Ave, Memphis, TN 38114, and their 24 hour contact line is (901) 505-6518 (La Paloma Treatment Center, n.d).
The recovery center has an online platform to train people and offer follow up programs to their clients. This service will be important to Jeff since he will need continuous monitoring after the recovery program at the La Paloma Treatment Center. In addition, Jeff will need a self-educational materials and advice that will keep him focused on his life and avoid the alcoholism addiction for the rest of his life. Therefore, the community counselor evaluates the La Paloma Treatment Center as the most appropriate center for all these services in sundry. The recovery center charges varied fees for their services, but the service for Jeff will cost him (La Paloma Treatment Center, n.d).
The third service that the community counselor recommends for the family is psychiatric help from Jeff. This will be needed for the social alienation that he finds himself in and the feeling of loneliness even in the middle of his family. Jeff will also need medical attention and expert advice of doctors as well as psychiatric attention. This will be important to the recovery process and will involve the discussion on his medical and psychological situations.
Moreover, Jeff will need to have these services at a close location to avoid traveling and movements. Therefore, the community counselor recommends Jeff to get medical and psychiatric attention from Campbell Clinic. The hospital will charge Jeff around five hundred dollars for the services, but the figures may vary with the days and doctors on duty. The address is 1400 S Germantown Rd, TN, and the phone number is (901) 759-3100. (Campbell Clinic, n.d).
The fourth service that the community counselor recommends for the Williams family is a different counseling session for the sons, Leo and Jacob. This service is important to help the two sons to understand the family situation and appreciate the efforts by their parents. In particular, the counseling sessions for these two sons will help each one of them to realize their paths in life and activate their educational performances. This counseling will involve educational counseling and academic guidance. Therefore, the community counselor recommends that they receive this service from the Samaritan Counseling Center. The Samaritan Counseling Center is address is 200 E Parkway N, Memphis, and contact number is (901) 729-3900 (Samaritan Counseling Center, n.d).
However, the services provided by the Samaritan Counseling Center for the two sons will be independent of each other. This is because their psychological needs are different and are defined by the problems they face. While Jacob will need a lot of psychiatric and general counseling to appreciate life and family, Leo needs expert advice on his condition and how to appreciate life with such a situation. The community counselor will particularly be following up with Samaritan Counseling Center to ensure that he hands over the cases to the counselors and psychiatrists as two different cases.
Another service that the community counselor recommends is financial advice for the family from a reputable financial consultant. This is because their difficulties in finance and raising income may affect their prospects in running their family smoothly. This is because it may affect their ability to provide the family with basic needs, education for their sons and medical attention especially for Jacob. The community counselor, therefore recommends Compass Financial Advisors LLC located at 795 Ridge Lake Blvd, Memphis, TN, and the contact number is (901) 762-0080 (Compass Financial Advisors LLC, n.d).
Finally, the community counselor recommends medical attention for Jacob, who suffers from Asperger syndrome. For this service, the community counselor recommends that Jacob be taken to an Asperger syndrome specialist at Memphis VA Medical Center. According to Memphis VA Medical Center (n.d), the facility has the capacity to provide the best hospital care both as inpatient and outpatient. It is located at 1030 Jefferson Ave Memphis, TN and the contact number is (901) 523-8990 (Memphis VA Medical Center, n.d).
Conclusion
With the family facing several problems that require diverse attention, the community counselor needs to understand all the dynamics of the issues presented. As a community counselor, I propose to provide services that I will comfortably and successfully handle. Therefore, I commit to provide the service of general counseling for the family and in particular the, Sandy. In addition, I offer to provide the service of general guidance to the family, especially in selecting the best and most appropriate services for the family. In this regard, I will consult with the agencies that provide expert and professional advice and services and hand over the Williams family to them as referral clients.
These services will involve advanced psychiatric, specialized counseling and medical attention. Jeff will receive financial advice from Compass Financial Advisors LLC, psychiatric and rehabilitation service from La Paloma Treatment Center and medical advice and attention from Campbell Clinic. The two sons, Leo and Jacob will receive general counseling and educational counseling services for Samaritan Counseling Center. However, the services will be provided independently. Finally, Leo will receive his medical attention for his Asperger syndrome at Memphis VA Medical Center. With the provision of these services, from other agencies, I believe the family will be on a clear path to recovery.
References
Campbell Clinic. Retrieved From, < www.campbellclinic.com> May 9, 2014
Compass Financial Advisors Llc. Retrieved From, <http://www.compassfin.com > May 9, 2014
Goldenberg, I., & Goldenberg, H. (2008). Family therapy: An overview. Belmont, CA: Thomson
Brooks/Cole.
La Paloma Treatment Center. Retrieved From, <www.lapalomatreatment.com> May 9, 2014
Memphis VA Medical Center. Retrieved From, <www.memphis.va.gov> May 9, 2014
Samaritan Counseling Center. Retrieved From, <www.samaritanmidsouth.org>
May 9, 2014