U3A1.docx COUN5830 Unit 3: Intake, Clinical Assessment, and Ethical Documentation MHC A

U3A1.docx  COUN5830  Unit 3: Intake, Clinical Assessment, and Ethical Documentation  MHC Approaches & Interventions - COUN5830  Unit 3: Intake, Clinical Assessment, and Ethical Documentation  Introduction  With professional counseling developing a strong and healthy therapeutic relationship is very important to allow change to happen.  In order to achieve this several things must happen. The first is that the client should be introduced to the therapist and the therapist should spend time covering informed consent, the proper paperwork, confidentiality and expectations along with a set of goals to be obtained through counseling. After this has been established a proper counseling relationship can begin to be built but it is important to start properly.  By being sure to cover the proper points and establishing a healthy therapeutic relationship true and proper change can happen in the client.  Identification of Case Summarization of Skills  Markus is the clinical case that has been chosen for the section 3 and 6 assignment. Markus is a 43-year-old African American, heterosexual, Christian-Baptist Male.  He currently works as a manager at a tire company warehouse.  His educational level is high school and he worked up his way through management and training in his company.  Markus is currently separated from his wife, as she has chosen to leave him for another man.  Markus presents with a wide variety of issues due to many things going on in his life. I originally chose his case because