Family & Friends Assessment

Assessments provided by a family member are invaluable to the team and the client's eventual wellness. A family member can speak to the unique challenges and responsibilities inherent to the current family situation. The family member contributes insights and information to the team that do not turn up in the other assessments.

Where there is a disparity between what the client reports and what the family observes on a daily basis, the assessment process will help to clarify the situation. Many family members remark that they wish the treating psychiatrist or therapist could come home with them. When clients leave out information, present well, and are delusional regarding their own state of well being, the therapist is being asked by the client to treat a mythological person. The family lives with the truth on a daily basis.

The client and family can only work together on the Life Plan when there is agreement about where they are on the map. The assessment phase serves that purpose for the entire family.

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