Running Head: PRACTICUM EXPERIENCE TIME LOG AND JOURNAL TEMPLATE PRACTICUM EXPERIENCE TIME LOG AND JOURNAL TEMPLATE Student Name: E-mail Address: Practicum Placement Agency's Name: Preceptor’s Name: Preceptor’s Telephone: Preceptor’s E-mail Address: Time Log Week Dates Times Total Hours for This Time Frame Activities/Comments Learning Objective(s) Addressed 4 3/7/2017 6am-6pm 12hrs Admissions, evaluations, follow-ups, medications management DSM-5 of mental disorder was utilized, Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) was used, Contingency Management (CM) & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 8 14/9/2017 10am-6pm 8hrs evaluations medications management. DSM-5 of mental disorder was utilized, Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) was used, Contingency Management (CM) & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the seasonal affective disorder 11 23/10/2017 10am-5pm 7hrs evaluations medications management, Discharge instructions DSM-5 of mental disorder was utilized, Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) was used, Contingency Management (CM) & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the seasonal affective disorder Total Hours Completed: 27 The client The client in this practicum was a 28-year old male. She arrived at the clinic with a concern about his inability to concentrate on his job, having disrupted sleep, withdrawal from social activities, unusual fatigue associated with loss of energy, reduced appetite, unusual sadness and high affinity for irritability. In some cases, he experiences hallucinations and delusions. During the short preliminary stages of examination, the patient appeared weak and needed serious help. He retorted that the condition has molested his independent decision making and economic engagements. He complains he no longer go to job as he gets irritated so quickly at his boss. Diagnosis The diagnosis commenced with identification and respect for the dignity of the client. DSM-5 played a significant role as it highlighted the standards to be used in addressing mental problems (Fisher, 2016). Effectivity of motivational, contingency and cognitive therapy. The client indicated that he really wanted to concentrate on his job, besides feeling wasted by this seasonally swinging moods. The American Psychiatric Association provides that the attitude of the client determines the effectivity of this therapy. Wheeler also proposes the approach as a sedative to helping patients anticipating change in given directions. Such therapies involve the influence of family and the personal attributes that agitate the phenomenon (2015). Contingency management therapy highlights the influence of environment and family as a factor of the disorder. Issues of financial liberty will help solve the problem. The cognitive therapy, however, champions proper health habits as an aid to the healing process. Legal and ethical implications. Fisher provides that ethics promotes development of proper records of the client. All parties mu ...

1. Running Head: PRACTICUM EXPERIENCE TIME LOG AND
JOURNAL TEMPLATE
PRACTICUM EXPERIENCE TIME LOG AND JOURNAL
TEMPLATE
Student Name:
E-mail Address:
Practicum Placement Agency's Name:
Preceptor’s Name:
Preceptor’s Telephone:
Preceptor’s E-mail Address:
Time Log
Week
Dates
Times
Total Hours for This
Time Frame
Activities/Comments
Learning Objective(s) Addressed
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2. 3/7/2017
6am-6pm
12hrs
Admissions, evaluations, follow-ups, medications management
DSM-5 of mental disorder was utilized, Motivational
Enhancement Therapy (MET) was used, Contingency
Management (CM) & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
8
14/9/2017
10am-6pm
8hrs
evaluations medications management.
DSM-5 of mental disorder was utilized, Motivational
Enhancement Therapy (MET) was used, Contingency
Management (CM) & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the
seasonal affective disorder
11
23/10/2017
10am-5pm
7hrs
evaluations medications management, Discharge instructions
DSM-5 of mental disorder was utilized, Motivational
Enhancement Therapy (MET) was used, Contingency
Management (CM) & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the
seasonal affective disorder
Total Hours Completed: 27
The client
The client in this practicum was a 28-year old male. She arrived
at the clinic with a concern about his inability to concentrate on
his job, having disrupted sleep, withdrawal from social
activities, unusual fatigue associated with loss of energy,
reduced appetite, unusual sadness and high affinity for
irritability. In some cases, he experiences hallucinations and
delusions. During the short preliminary stages of examination,
the patient appeared weak and needed serious help. He retorted

3. that the condition has molested his independent decision making
and economic engagements. He complains he no longer go to
job as he gets irritated so quickly at his boss.
Diagnosis
The diagnosis commenced with identification and respect for
the dignity of the client. DSM-5 played a significant role as it
highlighted the standards to be used in addressing mental
problems (Fisher, 2016).
Effectivity of motivational, contingency and cognitive therapy.
The client indicated that he really wanted to concentrate
on his job, besides feeling wasted by this seasonally swinging
moods. The American Psychiatric Association provides that the
attitude of the client determines the effectivity of this therapy.
Wheeler also proposes the approach as a sedative to helping
patients anticipating change in given directions. Such therapies
involve the influence of family and the personal attributes that
agitate the phenomenon (2015).
Contingency management therapy highlights the influence of
environment and family as a factor of the disorder. Issues of
financial liberty will help solve the problem. The cognitive
therapy, however, champions proper health habits as an aid to
the healing process.
Legal and ethical implications.
Fisher provides that ethics promotes development of proper
records of the client. All parties must equally have an
established relationship in order to be effective (2016).
Confidentiality and privacy should be upheld according to APA
recommendations. Professional ethics and standards enables
compliance with the established statutes.

4. Reference
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and
statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington,
DC: Author.
American Psychological Association. DOI: 10.1037/12345-010
Chapter 10 “Humanistic Existential and
Solution
- Focused Approaches to Psychotherapy’ (Review pp. 369-406)
Fisher, M. A. (2016). The ethical ABCs of conditional
confidentiality. In Confidentiality limits in psychotherapy:
Ethics checklists for mental health professionals (pp. 13–25).
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. DOI:
10.1037/14860-002
Nagy, T.F. (2011). Ethics in psychotherapy. In Essential ethics
for psychologists: A primer for understanding and mastering
core issues, pp. 185-198. Washington D.C.
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Practicum Experience Time Log and Journal Template
Student Name:
E-mail Address:
Practicum Placement Agency's Name:
Preceptor’s Name:
Preceptor’s Telephone:
Preceptor’s E-mail Address:

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Time Log
List the objective(s) met and briefly describe the activities you
completed during each time period. If you are not on-site for a
specific week, enter “Not on site” for that week in the Total
Hours for This Time Frame column. Journal entries are due in
Weeks 4, 8, and 11; include your Time Log with all hours
logged (for current and previous weeks) each time you submit a
journal entry.
You are encouraged to complete your practicum hours on a
regular schedule, so you will complete the required hours by the
END of WEEK 11.
Time Log
Week
Dates
Times
Total Hours for This
Time Frame
Activities/Comments
Learning Objective(s) Addressed

10. Total Hours Completed:
Journal Entries
· Include references immediately following the content.
· Use APA style for your journal entry and references.
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