Assignment : Hernandez Family Assessment NRNP 6650
Assignment : Hernandez Family Assessment NRNP 6650
Assignment : Hernandez Family Assessment NRNP 6650
Assignment : Hernandez Family Assessment
Assessment is as essential to family therapy as it is to individual therapy. Although families
often present with one person identified as the “problem,” the assessment process will help
you better understand family roles and determine whether the identified problem client is
in fact the root of the family’s issues. As you examine the Hernandez Family: Sessions 1-
6 videos in this week’s Learning Resources, consider how you might assess and treat the
client family.
Learning Objectives
Students will:
Assess client families presenting for psychotherapy
To prepare:
Review this week’s Learning Resources and reflect on the insights they provide on
family assessment.
View the Hernandez Family: Sessions 1-6 videos, and consider how you might assess
the family in the case study.
Note: For guidance on writing a comprehensive client assessment, refer to pages 137–142 of
Wheeler (2014) in this week’s Learning Resources.
The Assignment
Address in a comprehensive client assessment of the Hernandez family the following:
Demographic information
Presenting problem
History or present illness
Past psychiatric history
Medical history
Substance use history
Developmental history
Family psychiatric history
Psychosocial history
History of abuse and/or trauma
Review of systems
Physical assessment
Mental status exam
Differential diagnosis
Case formulation
Treatment plan
Note: Any item you are unable to address from the video should be marked “needs to be added
to” as you would in an actual comprehensive client assessment
By Day 7
Submit your Assignment.
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Making Connections
Now that you have:
Explored family assessment and therapy and assessed client families presenting for
psychotherapy
Next week, you will:
Compare experiential family therapy and narrative family therapy.
Looking Ahead: Week 3 Videos
Next week, you will need to view several videos prior to completing your Assignment. These
videos are more than 3 hours in length. Please plan ahead to ensure you have time to view
these videos and complete your Assignment on time.
To go to the next week:
Week 3
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Learning Resources
Required Readings
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental
disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
L’Abate, L. (2015). Highlights from 60 years of practice, research, and teaching in family
therapy. American Journal of Family Therapy, 43(2), 180-196.
doi:10.1080/01926187.2014.1002367
Mojta, C., Falconier, M. K., & Huebner, A. J. (2014). Fostering self-awareness in novice
therapists using internal family systems therapy. American Journal of Family Therapy,
42(1), 67–78. doi:10.1080/01926187.2013.772870
Nichols, M., & Davis, S. D. (2020). The essentials of family therapy (7th ed.). Boston, MA:
Pearson.
Chapter 2, “Basic Techniques of Family Therapy” (pp. 23-39)
Chapter 3, “The Fundamental Concepts of Family Therapy” (pp. 40-55)
Nichols, M., & Tafuri, S. (2013). Techniques of structural family assessment: A qualitative
analysis of how experts promote a systemic perspective. Family Process, 52(2), 207-215.
doi:10.1111/famp.12025
Papero, D. V. (2014). Assisting the two-person system: An approach based on the Bowen
theory. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 35(4), 386-397.
doi:10.1002/anzf.1079
Wheeler, K. (Ed.). (2014). Psychotherapy for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse: A how-
to guide for evidence-based practice. New York, NY: Springer.
Chapter 12, “Family Therapy” (pp. 429–468)
Document: Group Therapy Progress Note
Required Media
Laureate Education (Producer). (2013a). Hernandez family> Sessions 1—6 [Video file].
Author: Baltimore, MD.
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 52 minutes.
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Psychotherapy.net. (2006c). Tools and techniques for family therapy [Video file].
The approximate length of this media piece is 52 minutes.