Communication Case Studies

In an online class setting, it can be very challenging to work on a group project that requires the participation of every group member and completing the project on time. This group project was successful one each individual had because we used proper communication to assign tasks, roles, and deadline to complete the project.

The client’s name is Keisha, she is a female, single, sixteen years old, African American, high school student. She was transferred recently to a nontraditional high school, to complete the required credits needed to receive her high school diploma. According to her transcripts she is passing her classes satisfactorily. Keisha is scheduled to graduate on time by the summer of 2018. The client was referred to mental health counseling by her grandmother because she appears to be depressed. The grandmother stated that “student lost her mother when she was seven years old, and thinks she is sad about that” .The school psychiatric social worker referred the client to me in order to conduct a mental health assessment. Per her

Effective communication in children is to use positive communication to them so they feel relaxed and comfortable around me. It is beneficial to communicate in a positive way not only for the individual child but also the other children in the class and also for the teacher.

I am currently doing my field practicum at an agency named Quality Care and Advocacy Group (QCAG). QCAG is a therapeutic clinic that provides an assortment of mental health services to clients that need their psychological needs met. Some of the of the services provided at the agency are in-home counseling, behavior aid, family therapy, individual counseling, life skills, and crisis intervention. Our clients’ ages range from children to adults. Many have acute emotional and psychological disorders that they are struggling to overcome in their life. My caseload typically consists of children, elementary to middle school age. My client is an eight-year-old African American male. My client currently resides with his mother and step-father. He has a younger sister that is one-year-old and his mother is presently pregnant with another girl. The client’s natural father was murdered several months ago. The mother reported that the client feels some anxiety over his father’s death and frequently states that he misses him. The client has a strained relationship with his step-father and habitually opposes his rules. The client has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). This causes him to misbehave at home and school. The client repeatedly engages in altercations with other students and even staff. The client will attack students and staff with pencils by attempted to stab them. The mother has been called to the

Jaylen is an 6-year-old black male. He appears to be healthy for his age, normal height and weight, no marks or bruises were visible. He does not take medications, has no medical condition, and was not able to indicate what drugs/alcohol are. He is seen at Dr. Vivien D. Pham, MD Pediatrics.

Robbie J. is a 19 year old African American male and at this time he is currently a freshman at Henderson County University. The client has been referred to this office by his school residential advisor and family doctor. The reason behind this is that the client has not been attending his college classes and has been caught drinking on campus by campus security three times in the past two months. His parents have been advised by the school that if the client doesn’t attend counseling sessions he will be asked to leave and not return back for the following academic school year. The client must attend five sessions and also join an A.A. group.

Rationale: Jennifer has been presenting with symptoms for unspecified amount of time. Jennifer meets six of the criteria for symptoms being present during the same 2-week period and represents a change from previous functioning. Jennifer is depressed most of the day, nearly every day, has diminished interest in all or almost all activities most of the days, nearly every day, has fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day, feelings of worthlessness, and diminished ability to think or concentrate, is having recurrent thoughts of death, recurrent suicidal ideation without a specific plan. The symptoms have cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, and other functioning areas. There is no know substance or medical condition and occurrence is not better explained by Schizophrenia Spectrum or Psychotic Disorders. Jennifer has never had a manic episode or a hypomanic episode. Possible family history of depression - mother.

296.32 (F33.1) Major Depressive Disorder, recurrent episode, moderate severity, with anxious distress. Ms. Client meets eight of the nine diagnostic criteria for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Specifically, during several periods of time she experienced depressed mood, diminished interest in things she enjoyed to do, hypersomnia, psychomotor agitation, fatigue, feelings of worthlessness, decreased concentration, and suicidal thoughts without intent. Additionally, as Ms. Client expressed, these symptoms are source of continuing distress and interfere with her academics and social functioning. Also, her symptoms started four years prior to the psychological assessment and persisted intermittently since then, lasting for several weeks to several months, with the most recent period of extended length (enduring two weeks) approximately one year ago. Since the last episode she has experienced these symptoms for two to three days at a time. Although the last episode that met the criterion of two weeks duration occurred approximately a year ago, the symptoms have not disappeared, but they occur periodically since then and when they do, they cause considerable distress and impairment in functioning. Thus, the disorder cannot be coded as ‘in partial or full remission’. The specifier ‘with anxious distress’ was given, because Ms. Client reports feelings of difficulty in concentration because of worry and restlessness.

This semester I had a twenty-nine-year-old African-American male client who initially came to counseling due to marital issues he was experiencing. This client was not given a full pseudonym name but he was given false initials. He came to counseling as part of a class requirement. This client was assigned the initials C.D because he was the second client assigned to me. However for the sake of this paper he will primarily be referred to as “the client.” Client did not share his specific date of birth but he did share his current age and that his birthday is coming up. This

Miguel’s long history with of alcohol use began when he was 13 years old and at the age of 23 he was arrested for driving while under the influence. Even after his arrest, Miguel continued to drink and believes his drinking is not a problem. Currently, Miguel drinks an average of (2 to 3) rum and coke drinks per day (3 to 4) times a week. Miguel also reported intermittent use of marijuana throughout his lifetime that also began around the age of 13. Miguel used marijuana heavily throughout his 20's and 30's but currently reports smoking one to two joints per month. Additionally, Miguel has smoked a half a pack of cigarettes a day for the past ten years and has no desire of ever quitting. Miguel’s affliction with watching pornographic materials began in his childhood and reports that his first experience with porn occurred when his father gave him a Playboy magazine to look at and told him that he could learn about sex if he looked at these pictures and read the articles. Miguel learned about masturbation by reading an article and since that time his pornography use increases and decreases but has always been present. Miguel was able to look at pictures from magazines for several years but when the Internet 'boomed' porn became more and more of an issue. Over the past 10 years, Miguel has spent 2-3 hours per day on the internet looking at pornography websites; however, his sexual behavior extends beyond the act of viewing pornographic material that includes online chatting, internet hook-ups, sex for pay, going to strip clubs frequently, and sex with strangers. Miguel’s wife is unaware of the extent of her husband’s excessive sexual behavior for which Miguel stated that he does not know why 'those urges'

In middle school he reported using drugs when he was 10 years old and maintained "D and F" average. He indicated he graduated with a 1.00 GPA. He stated he was moved around from school to school. The client denied he ever attended special classes and denied he has a learning problem. He noted he only refused to do school work. The client noted he would like to be a psychologist or social worker to help

MSTT spoke with Caylsta and Christine to examine how they have been communicating over these past few days. Christine explained there has been little improvement in how they communicate because Calysta have not been home over the past few days. Christine explained Calysta walked out of her home on Friday and did not return until Sunday and that was only for a few hours. Christine explained Then she did not see or hear from Calysta until Monday evening. Calsyta explained she has been going throught the things and that is why she have been staying out of the home because her mother would not understand. MSTT ask Calysta to explain why she did not reach out to him to discuss any concerns she may have and she was unable to answer. Calysta refused

Fill out the different cells with regard to each theory definition. You are to identify the theory the example represents, who developed the theory (theorist), explain the relevance of the theory, and then provide your own personal or professional application example of the theory.

In interpersonal communication there are many theories that are similar yet different in many ways. The theories can be combined to describe people and how those people interact and communicate with each other. Many of these theories help explain how people in society form impressions of others, how they maintain these impressions, why people interact with certain people in society, and how people will use these impressions that they have formed later on in life. These theories also help people to better understand themselves, to better understand interpersonal communication, and to better understand people in general. There are two theories in interpersonal communication that, despite their differences, can go hand in hand. The first is

Communication can be conveyed in a plethora of different ways, whether it is a debatable topic between individuals a group of individuals, a problem or issue discussed in a relationship, or every day conversation between friends. Regardless of the situation, the information must be communicated, and perceived, accurately in order for the discussion to yield the intended result. According to “What is Communication?” (2013), “the discipline of communication focuses on how people use messages to generate meanings within and across various contexts, cultures, channels, and media” (para 1). Information can be transferred by using numerous different communication methods such as verbal communication, written