Methadone Case Summary

D-The patient arrived on time for her counseling session. Reported stable on her dose and deny the need to alter her methadone, referring to a dose increase. According to the patient, she's clean for a month, at which this writer provided a positive feedback to the patient. Then the conversation shifted about the patient's father health. Patient reported, her father has a history of heart attacks, he's 74 years old, and the doctors placed a new stem to the heart. The patient discuss her feelings about her father's health and this writer validated her feelings.

Patient then discussed about her 20 year old son, who recently quit Home Goods in Bloomfield, only worked 4 days. Patient then says, " He didn't like it there.......Home Goods would