Theoretical Case Study of Heather
For the purpose of illustration and analysis, a theoretical client will be reviewed. Heather is a 28 year old single professional causation woman, she looks a little old for her age, slumped shoulders, her attitude is somewhat flat, she displays a friendly smile that comes and goes with a soft pleasant voice. She lives a few miles from her family and childhood home. She is a successful IT Engineer; she is a mid level manager and has successfully advanced through the company, starting as an intern. She gets along with her coworkers and she is well liked at work. When listening to Heather talk about her work, she beams with excitement. Her main concern is her lack of social life and romantic partner. She feels like time is running out for marriage and it dominates all her thoughts. Deeper conversations with Heather reveals that she comes from a religious Christian family, her parents have always
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She is a white woman with a heterosexual orientation. She has strong traditional Christian beliefs and is very involved in the Christian community and lifestyle. She is a computer engineer and has a Bachelors of Science degree in Information Technology from a local state university. She has never served in the military service. She comes from a traditional family, her mother stayed home with her and her younger brother, whom is 4 years younger. Her mother occasionally had part time jobs or worked as a volunteer at their church from time to time during her upbringing. Her father had a union job as a longshoreman, but is now retired. Her parents did not believe in alcohol in the home and she only saw them drink occasionally at weddings or anniversary parties but never to excess. Her father often experience anxiety from the stress of work, he would go hunting and that often would alleviate these feelings. He was also a regular smoker, which he also utilized for stress
After the clients social needs were met, she was able to focus on taking care of her physical health. This model also reflects many of the defining concepts.
My goals for the session were to introduce myself to the client, understand the client’s concerns, learn her background and current situation for several areas relevant to her life and her concerns, such as medical, family, legal, educational, and vocational. I
Client has no present situation with her occupation. She seem to be doing great at work but her stress level is currently high. Client feels satisfied with her job/career. Client has no learning disabilities or limitations to her capabilities. Kris is extremely intelligent with handling finances and investments. Client has a healthy relationship with her peers and employees. They are all supportive and respectful of each other's work and differences.
During this initial session, the client stated she is seeking counseling to "help find herself" due to some concerns she is dealing with in her personal life. When asked "to describe what does finding herself mean" the client was unable to answer. The client struggled to provide her view or a meaning to certain issues she identified as concerns. The counselor then assesses the client's family and her interactions with her family to find a correlation in her family interaction and what changes she wants to make in her personal life. Initial impression from the counselor is the client is aware of herself and her family and what she views as a positive and negative interaction which has or could impact the way she views things now. The client
Though I like to think that I won’t have any issues concerning boundaries like the ones mentioned in the text such as duel relationships, or attraction for or from the client, I know that this can happen. I would love to say that these will not be an issue for me but then who knows what the future holds. I would like to think that I
Her grandmother was catholic and then something happen in the catholic church and she became a Christian and now tells everyone about her faith.
Long Range Goal for Problem #4: Help the client build interpersonal relationships with several people.
Ruth’s case generates a clear picture of the client in relation to what Adler called the LIFE TASKS of (a) Friendship and social relation, (b) work and occupation, and (c) love, intimacy and sexuality.
What I gathered from the CFC training, keyworkers are not supposed to ask contractor for pledges; however, a contractor can go online and submit their request. Since we do not have access to contractor’s payroll, paper check, credit or debit cards are acceptable methods of payments. Hope this helps.
The psychologist has intentions to enter into a future relationship with the client or someone closely related to the client
S: My client appeared to be more confident and enthused about talking about goals and plans to save her marriage and reconnect with parents.
Stephanie grew up in a very religious home, it started her belief system early in life.
Here I present my client Beth; I have very limited information regarding the necessary demographics that are very important while working with a client. I lack information regarding her age, race, cultural background, family history and where she is currently living. What I do know is Beth is currently married with four young children. She had a career as a general practitioner, until she had to give it up due to her illness. Beth while working as a doctor she found it very stressful having a job with a growing clientele and then
Hannah was raised into a Catholic family. I asked her what her faith was like during her childhood, whether it was strong and she was going to mass every Sunday and praying everyday or if she was that Catholic that just went to mass on Christmas and Easter? Hannah answered me, saying, that during her childhood faith played a huge role in her and her family's life. Hannah went to church every Sunday with her family. They also prayed together every night before bed as
Observation: The client was in cooperative during the session with the MHS. The client said she is sad she is not smart at school. The client expressed how she feels bad about failing