KevinMD May 7, 2024
Treatment plans are crucial to a behavioral health practice as they can help improve client outcomes. Setting mental health treatment plan goals and objectives is a crucial aspect of the process, and providers and their clients need to work together in identifying long-term therapy goals. They should also communicate openly about the objectives used to achieve these goals.
The concept of SMART goals can be valuable here. SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound. In other words, treatment plan goals should be clearly defined, able to be measured, and realistic. Vague or open-ended goals are usually not as helpful as SMART goals.
Differentiating mental health treatment plan goals and objectives
The words “goal” and “objective” are not interchangeable...
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