Unit 6 Assignment
Unit outcomes addressed in this assignment:
1. Identify counseling skills needed for behavior change
2. Recognize behavioral, cognitive, and psychoeducational treatment strategies
Course outcome assessed/addressed in this assignment:
NS420-1: Apply professional nutritional counseling skills to a client session
Instructions
Imagine yourself in the role of a Nutrition Counselor and Josephine in your client. Josephine
is a 20-year-old female who is present for an eating disorder not otherwise specified. She
currently teaches salsa lessons at the community college and is in her last semester of
college. She reports she is living at home and the food her mom prepares is not the
healthiest because her mom is from Honduras and her father is from Guatemala, so the
food is prepared differently. She indicates she has been thin all her life, but she began
struggling with her weight as soon as she went through puberty. Since she is a salsa
instructor, she has to remain fit. She reports she feels very guilty if she has consumed fried
foods during the day, but since that is the way her mom primarily cooks, she feels awful to
tell her mom to stop cooking that way. She reports if she does consume too much fried
foods or junk food, she will run at least 2-3 miles that day or else force herself to vomit, but
all the food does not come out. She reports sometimes if she has a later class, she will not
eat dinner or only eat 1 meal per day. She has tried counting calories, but then she gets so
mad at herself for having more than 1200 calories it causes her to exercise more, which
then leads her to feeling exhausted. She indicates she is on no medication, but does take a
multivitamin when she remembers. She indicates she has gone from 110 pounds to 125
pounds over 5 years and wants to be back down to 110 or even less. She also had gone to
the doctor and he was quite concerned with her lab values. She has provided you a 24 hour
meal record:
Breakfast:
1-6” corn tortilla
½ cup fried beans cooked with peppers, onions and oil
½ cup rice
1 cup no sugar added orange juice
Lunch:
1 slice of whole wheat bread
2 slices turkey
1 small apple
Dinner:
2- 6” tortillas
Beef with onions, peppers cooked in oil
Tomato, onion, pepper salad (made with oil and lime juice)
2 cups of rice
Height: 5’2” Weight: 117 pounds (based on your scale in the office)
Labs:
Test
Albumin (visceral protein stores)
Sodium
Potassium
Iron
Vitamin B12
Result
3.3 g/dL
133 mEq/L
3.8 mEq/L
0.4 mg/dL
185 pg/mL
Reference Units
3.5-4.8 g/dL
136-145 mEq/L
3.5-5.2 mEq/L
0.6-1.1 mg/dL
200-835 pg/mL
Questions for Unit 6:
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According to the Stages of Change Model, what stage of change do you believe
Josephine is in? Explain how you determined that stage of change? How does this
affect her readiness to learn?
For this situation, how would you establish a rapport with the client?
Identify and discuss 3 counseling skills you would use to encourage behavior change
for the client
Identify and discuss 2 cognitive-behavioral therapy techniques you would use with
this client.
How do you educate the client on what is considered normal exercising and
excessive exercising?
Requirements This assignment needs to be at least two pages in length and include
at least two references.
This Assignment should be in APA format and follow the conventions of Standard
American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.). Your writing should be well
ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful. Your work should
display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics. Be sure to use APA intext citations and a reference page to attribute each source.
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you with meeting APA expectations for written assignments.
Submitting Your Work
Put your responses in a Microsoft® Word® document. Save it in a location and with the
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(username is your Kaplan username, section is your course section, 1 is your Unit number).
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4. Click the “Add Attachments” button.
5. Follow the steps listed to attach your Word document.
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Unit 6 Assignment Grading Rubric =130 points
Assignment Requirements
Points
possible
Discuss the stage of change and how this would affect
her readiness to learn.
0-26
Discuss how would you establish a rapport with the
client
0-26
Identify and discuss 3 counseling skills you would use
to encourage behavior change for the client
0-26
Identify and discuss 2 cognitive-behavioral therapy
techniques you would use with this client.
0-26
Discuss how you would educate the client on what is
considered normal exercising and excessive exercising.
0-26
Total (Sum of all points)
Points deducted for spelling, grammar, and/or
APA errors.
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