Alice 's Intake And Autobiography

Nancy seems eager to attend therapy to assist her with numerous problems. She has extreme anxiety and depression that keeps her from functioning in her everyday life. The anxiety causes her to develop fearful thoughts when she goes outside of her home, which creates worse panic attacks than she already exhibits daily in her house. No matter what happens in her life, she remains in distress from constant worry concerning the family. Moreover, Nancy has a negative outlook on life, believing that there will be other undesirable event ready to happen shortly. Plus, there has been a continual loss of individual’s that she has loved throughout her life. Continuously, her mother needed to work countless

Alice could feel her pulse pounding in her temples. Her hands were clasped tightly in front of her stomach as she constantly fiddled with her knuckles. She walked down the street yelling as her eyes were narrowed to rigid, cold fire. Alice felt surrounded as they threw rocks and spit on her. She lead a protest for women’s rights that caught the attention of many reporters. “ Women need rights, just like men!” They yelled over and over. A police officer ran over to them and told them to stop and threatened them if they did not stop. As they shackled her, the sadness flowed through her veins and deadened her mind. It was a poison to her spirit, as if a black mist had settled upon her and refused to shift. She felt defeated.

Her boss, Ed, has recommended counseling due to decrease in motivation with job activities. After ten years on the job, he feels the alcohol and drugs are affecting performance levels with low motivation in performing every day job duties. Ed is concerned that she has fallen into depression due to breaking up with her boyfriend.

Alice Walker's short fictional story, "Nineteen Fifty-five", revolves around the encounters among Gracie Mae Still, the narrator, and Traynor, the "Emperor of Rock and Roll." Traynor as a young prospective singer purchases a song from Mrs. Still, which becomes his "first hit record" and makes him rich and famous. Yet, he does not "even understand" the song and spends his entire life trying to figure out "what the song means." The song he sings seems as fictional as certain events in this story, but as historical as Traynor's based character, Elvis Presley.

Ms. Murphy, Susan was an 18-year-old loafer, since her teens Murphy has been a habitual runaway. Susan and her mother did not work well together. She has failed high school and an inexperience worker. A criminal justice officer invited her to settle in a community center for treatment. Springer, McNeece, & Arnold, 2003 explains, Susan arrive into the healing center thin in weight and messy disheveled hair. Murphy was a long- time amphetamine user who soon realized that a therapy center was not intended for her and decided to leave. However, she stayed for one year where she earned a Generalized Educational Development (GED) test and was reported taking computer technology courses, and now supports other residents.

Writing is an art that has been both categorized and criticized since its birth. Topics can range from politics, culture, and socialization which has shaped and continues to shape the way society operates. Societies forever altered by individuals brave enough to give pieces of blank paper voices. Pages gained purpose as each word dries on the page, and words that dazzled the multitude that will one day rest on an index page or social media. Alice Walker is a renowned writer whom emphasized the importance of culture.

Terri a 44 year-old African American female present to outpatient counseling for severe anxiety and depression. The client identified current relationship problems with her boyfriend and multiple lapses while in recovery as stressors. Terri began recovery several months prior to seeking additional counseling. She also received services from a substance abuse counselor but wanted a separate counselor for possible couples counseling.

The following essay is a case study of a client named John who is suffering from major depression and was sent to see me for treatment by his concerned wife. I will provide brief background information about John then further discuss interventions and strategies I believe can be applied in each session with my client in order to make John's life more manageable. In the essay, I will be writing as the therapist, and the sessions are based on a ten week period.

“Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a slowly progressive disease of the brain that is characterized by impairment of memory and eventually by disturbances in reasoning, planning, language, and perception.” (Howard Crystal) In Health 1000 we were asked to read the book Still Alice. I have never dealt with or have done any study on Alzheimer’s disease before reading this book. After finishing this book it has really opened my eyes to how bad of a disease and how it cripples the mind. I never imagined the effect of this disease on a patient and the patient family. This book is about a upper middle aged lady named Alice who is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and how she and her family learn how to deal with disease. One of the things this book

He presented with anxiety, worry, low self-esteem, a difficulty concentrating, depressed mood, a sense of isolation, and relational problem. He reported that he and one of his roommates, whom he had an intimate relationship, are having a problem, resulting in her to move out of the apartment they share. He reported that he “hates” conflict that he is usually able to talk through an issue with other people. However, with this roommate, it has been difficult to resolve their issues.

Lanesha is a 12 year old girl that has been having trouble with her temper and her anger in almost every aspect of her daily life. Her medicine and compliance to her treatment plan are no different. As a teenager, she does not want to continually be hassled and bothered. So to avoid this she constantly is telling the providers lies, or in her mind, “what they want to hear.” (http://support.mchtraining.net/national_ccce/case1/Flash/activity1.html). Lanesha has a sense of neglect from her grandmother because she states that she want to act like everything is fine as to appease her Grandmothers temperament. Marietta, also shares in frustration but also has a great deal of added stress as she also cares for her 10 year old grandchild and also her older ailing mother. Marietta exudes many of the qualities spoken by Dr. Horky in her presentation; her own age is taking a toll on her ability to care for Lanesha, she is worried about Lanesha. Due to Lanesha’s age and behavior however, Marietta is experiencing depression and grief. Almost portrays a sense that she has given up, like she has done all that she can. (Horky, n.d.). Other socioeconomic issues are in Marietta’s forefront.

     Alice was a non-drug user and detested those who were into drugs. She was an

She stated that anxiety started after high school when she felt pressure to go to college. There is no evidence to support that client has learning disabilities. Hannah reported that she thought the change would help improve her life. She stated that she thought moving out on her own would shift her into independence. However, client reports that her anxiety has been worse. Reportedly, she has difficulty spending too much time alone. Hannah recalled her recent experience meeting with friends at a coffee shop and reported that during the entire outing she experienced persistent thoughts of going home. She stated concerns about the possibility of losing her friends due to the anxiety. Hannah reflected on how social life when she lived with her parent and reports her new social difficulties. Client reported that her anxiety is stopping her from making friends. Hannah works as a freelance photographer. Anxiety has been stopping her photography. Hannah reported that she has been receiving less work and took the responsibility for the decline in work. Client reports some of her anxiety symptoms as shaking, hot flashes and sweating. In addition she reports having many flooding thoughts that others may think she is stupid, she can’t do her job, she’s an idiot, weirdo, or everyone is looking at her. She reported that those thoughts make her feel she should give up and she is an idiot. Hannah reports that when anxious while working, she has the tendency to clinch tight onto the camera. Reportedly, her shaking interferes with her taking photos. Client reported that had resorted to wearing black to work and many places to conceal the evidence of her sweating due to her

I saw Still Alice this week. I wanted to see the Glen Campbell movie (which I will watch later) but opted for this one first. What a stirring movie! Watching the progression of her decline, and realizing that she KNEW that she was affected, was very sad. It was heartening to see the support that her family gave her, even while dealing with their own issues. The fact that she was proactive on the front end, in obtaining the diagnostic testing helped her family be better able to understand what was happening and to support her. I love the fact that she and her daughter were able to have a better relationship, and that her daughter was truly able to see her mom, even when her mom had trouble seeing her earlier.

One way in which Dee gets in a conflict with her family, it’s when she toll her Mama that she changed her name to Wangero. Momma never expected her daughter to change her name after all generations, even knowing that her new name was Wangero she always called her Dee. Most of their discussions where, because Dee was lady with a different lifestyle that Maggie and Mama had. The basic conflict was the personality that Dee had, she seems like a arrogant daughter that don’t appreciate what her mother do for her. Most of the time, Dee said things that make Maggie and Mama felt bad of what they were.