1. Treatment of Clients Experiencing Anxiety
A Collaborative Approach to Care
February 24, 2018 * Tex-CHIP Training Series

2. Role of Case Management in the Treatment of Anxiety Symptoms

3. Understanding Provider Role in Treating Anxiety
Supportive role
Education for client and support system
Real-life & real-time applications of the skills
Symptoms tracking and reporting
Encouraging self-reporting
Effective documentation from case manager to team

4. Considerations when Interacting with Clients
Similarities across Anxiety Disorder diagnoses
Fear, Anxiety, &/or Avoidance
Current coping skills and patterns of learned behaviors
Separating appropriate coping skills may be difficult depending on how the skills effect anxiety symptoms
Case Manager as a potential primary enabler?
Potential difficulties of comorbidity with other diagnoses
Maintaining compassionate curiosity with difficult symptoms and potential for slow/selective progress

5. Goals & Related Interventions
Increase positive interactions
Decrease anxiety symptoms
Interventions:
Building supportive network for desired goals
Challenging beliefs
Planning for stressors and anxiety provoking situations
“Homework” set by counselors

6. Measuring Outcomes/ Success
Increased positive/desired behaviors
Engaging in the (formerly) anxiety provoking situation
Decreased negative/unwanted behaviors
Engaging in the (formerly) anxiety provoking situation without or with decreased anxiety symptoms

7. Communication from Counselors
Specifics of the needs as related to the presenting symptomology
Identification of successes and challenges reported in session(s)
Concrete identification of skills to build or strengths to utilize in case management planning
Any positive or negative influence from primary support group or natural supports
Risk factors, or triggers for increased risk
Include related safety plan and emergency procedures