Children Case Study

2. Discuss William’s situation from the perspective of positive psychology. What information would be most important? What conclusions and recommendations might be made by a psychologist working from the positive psychology model?

Susanna displayed the first symptom, “frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment” through her fear and depression from her childhood. She felt that she could not make satisfactory decisions through out her life because of the lack of communication with her parents and their lack of understanding. Some of her depressive behaviors come from that fact that her parents sent her to the mental hospital without notice and did not say goodbye. She states that the reason she was in the hospital is because of her family and that they are absent from her hospital life. She displays her fear of abandonment through the question she constantly poses; is she as absent from their lives outside as

Behavior: Reyna behavior has improved from the initial date of placement. Youth became very proud when achieving her goals. Reyna completed his goals of complying with rules of the home and school on a daily basis, express her frustrations in an appropriate manner and have bi-weekly visits with bio-family. Youth learned various ways to cope and express her feelings at individual therapy and SAFY clinicians.

Betty Jo reluctantly made the decision to move to an assisted living community, due to high pressure from her healthcare providers and family. She is an 85 years old and a widow of 3 years from her beloved husband of over 50 years. Her husband made sure his financial affairs were in order before his death, and thus managed to provide financial comfort and security for Betty Jo. She has two children, both live out of state. Her daughter Karen, has two adolescent children, and visits her mother once a month. Her son, Adam, is a recovering alcoholic who has trouble keeping a job and frequently seeks financial assistance from his mother, yet rarely visits her at Sunrise Pines. Betty Jo often has to sit down for a minute, due to “dizzy” spells and becomes fatigued at a greater frequency than she did before her husband passed away. Her decision to move came after falling twice in her home, upon having hip replacement surgery. She had trouble keeping her physical therapy appointments, and managing her pain medication. Prior to her move, Betty Jo was active in her church and in the Red Hat Society. Now that she is living in Sunrise Pines, she has become more withdrawn and rarely eats her meals in the main dining area. When she does participate in social activities, she acts out and becomes hostile with her fellow residents. The community director received word that she is refusing to take her antidepressant and blood pressure medication. The director reached out to the local

She reports that she often has mood swings and bouts of anger at times because of her birth control implant. Jane reports that when she gets upset she reacts by slamming doors, screaming, and/or arguing with her husband John. Jane’s husband and her mother do not feel there is a concern regarding Jane’s recent suicide attempt, mood swings, and bouts of anger. They feel as though she just had a melt down and will be fine in the future.

Goal 2: Lizzie will comply with the treatment recommendations of her medical and mental health providers.

The constituent wanted to have her case reviewed to check if there is something wrong how her case is handled. She stated her 2 year-old daughter, Briana, is in foster care for about two years and now she is getting used to her foster mother and developing a strong relationship.

My-Kayla responded well to the intervention. My-Kayla continues to make progress towards her goals. My-Kayla stated that she is not pleased, and she feels angry and is worried that she may not like the person she has to live with. My-Kayla stated, alone, and frustrated. My-Kayla stated, journaling, talking to someone, listening to music, and having good thoughts. My-Kayla was able to explained, how each of the feeling words provide to her make her feel. My-Kayla stated, frustrated, guilt, shame, fear, embarrassment and resentment. My-Kayla stated, she feels angry with her mother, because she is not doing the things she need to get better, so that she and her brother can move back in with her. My-Kayla stated, having to move again, not being

Intervention: MHP and MHS discuss several incidents in the home that Samantha displayed defiance and disrespect. MHP use role-play to process outcomes from reported behaviors and practice alternative ways to express herself. MHP, MHS and Samantha discuss the role-play and possible trigger for the behaviors. MHP provide Samantha examples of her behaviors that is consistent in all environments. MHP administer the circle of support to prepare for Samantha’s discharge. MHP offers Samantha to review coping skills to improve overall behaviors. MHP explain to Samantha adjusting to a family unit is important.

According to Cook Children’s Hospital, the Kid Center webpage provides information for parents and children to learn about their bodies and how to stay healthy (Cook Children's Health Care System, 2018). The Kid Center presents literature that addresses the parents and children to gain a better understanding of children’s health and wellness, along with a topic of school-age children’s issues. An example of children’s issues at school includes school work and bullying. The “Kid Center” web page at Cooks Children’s Hospital identifies the target population as parents of grade-schoolers and grade schools (Cook Children's Health Care System, 2018). According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (2018), grade-schoolers

Barry is stating the rest of the children around the world that have problems at home try to run away from family problems. The children that are unlucky will eventually grow up being bad because their family neglected their attention as a child. Some children that are neglected by their parents will go into child protective service system. Barry does not answer the questions because she went through negligence from her parents as well as her brother. She had only had her brother and teachers at school that felt the love and warmth from them because they paid attention to her. She also did not answer the questions because she knows there are children in a situation that are worse than her situation with her family. I think Barry is stating

Hailey Smith is a twenty-six year old single female. Two months ago, Ms. Smith‘s grandmother died. The client stated they had close relationship. She deeply misses her grandmother’s company and going to church with her. Ms. Smith stated that she feels “tremendous sadness, overwhelmed, and fatigue.” The client is a full-time student at ENMU and works part-time at home as a medical coder. The client helps her parents navigate through family issues that occurs with death. Ms. Smith stated she is mentally exhausted and is physically tired.

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.

The counselor will remind Mary Jane that her strength is exhibited in choosing to seek help rather then to continue living a faulty lifestyle. For much to long Mary Jane has masked her wounds by self-medicating. Finally reaching a place of tiredness from failed attempts to be healed she stumbled upon the place of readiness. The counselor will utilize the encouragement technique to assist with decreasing Mary Jane’s alcohol consumption. The encouragement technique will provide Mary Jane with hope in moving forward towards a better and stable lifestyle. According to Nancy Murdock, encouragement helps the client to find their own strengths and recognize their power to affect the world through choices (Murdock, 2013). The counselor will advise Mary Jane that each day won’t be easy but each day will serve a purpose. The counselor will encourage Mary Jane to limit her exposure to alcoholic beverages because it will limit the temptation to engage in alcohol consumption. Obstacles are merely a call to strengthen, not quit so through the obstacles Mary Jane will be encouraged by the counselor to focus on the things she discovers about herself that she was not aware of prior to her involvement with counseling services.

In responding to Emily’s statement that her file “Says it all”, First, I would acknowledge that I am aware she has been receiving treatment for several years. among psychiatric disorders (Be izario, 2017). Some of the questions I would ask is, how long she has been feeling this way. Does she feel like hurting herself, how many hours of sleep do you get, do you have unintentional weight loss or gain, during the last month have you often been bothered by having little While expressing the fact that although her file may contain detailed information with her past treatment, I would like to hear from her on what she thinks her problem is. Explaining to her after we identify her current concerns we can work on mutually define goals to achieve measurable outcomes. After by giving me a detailed description of what she feel is her current problem will allow me to better help her and give me a better understanding of who she is. I would also ask Emily what she