Description of My Nigerian Client

The client has been abused her entire life by her mother and father. She has two children by her father, a new born and one of whom has downs syndrome. She is 16 years old and only has a 2nd grade reading and writing comprehension level. She has never gone to the doctor and had her first child on the kitchen

The criminal justice system and government have too harsh of penalties related to drug possession and drug related crime. We have made substance abuse a crime instead of treating it as a disease, thus creating overcrowding in prisons, unemployment rate increases, increase in welfare recipients, and many other social issues. We do not spend enough money on treatment programs so many of addicts are housed in jail and prison. This issue impacts my client, Amber, because she was in much greater need of substance abuse treatment than jail time. If she had an opportunity to address her mental health issues when she first entered the criminal justice system, she may have stopped illegal activity, sought treatment for her addiction and changed her trajectory.

The client has had a strong support system in the past and is open to creating another one. This is strength because it demonstrates that the client is open reaching out to others in times of need and is a resiliency factor.

“Don't listen to him,” her mother says, taking her hand and leading her inside the small house, closing the door on him. “He'll come around, Awen, you'll see. Please, sit down. We have so much to get caught up on, and I just put dinner in the oven.”

In today’s society, we are faced with many issues and problem. How we learn to deal and cope with these issues plays a major role in a person life. Ricky is a 37 year old male from Gainville, Ga. I have been working with Ricky to help him deal with his Substance Abuse for about a month now hears at Sunrise. When he was 18 years old, he moved to New York with his uncle to find a job and to go to school to better himself. Sometimes life can throw a curveball at you by the time he was 28 years old, he was hooked on cocaine and had been arrested numerous of time for possession of a controlled substance and assault. His last arrested came a year ago where he plead guilty to possession of a controlled substance and DWI. After, that he moved to

My client Marisa is an eighteen-year-old female, who was referred to me by her academic advisor for poor academic standing and noticeable weight loss. Marisa and I began the session with her family history and childhood. Marisa told me she was raised by mother, and had minimal contact with her father as a child. Her mother was married for a short time to a man who she was not in favor of. Although Marisa looks up to her mother, she explains how critical and controlling she is, but expresses it is out of love. Once Marisa opened up about her childhood, she began to discuss her drug use of cocaine. Marisa states she does not have a drug problem; nonetheless she uses cocaine to stay awake, stay thin, and control

It was an ordinary day in new york, People going to work, birds chirping to indicate that fall had just sprung. A normal tuesday, the sun rising, another ordinary school day at central queens junior high, but not for Robert. Robert had snuck out of school, and he had found out that a couple of his friends were sick. He invited them over and one of his best friends, Alex came over. Robert and Alex played down at the park where they had met up with one of Alex’s friends, Jacob. They hung out until it was time to go back over to Robert 's house, when his new acquaintance Jacob said,

Patient stated that he was on detox unit in October of 2016. Patient stated that after his discharge and went to Salvation Army in Jersey City. Patient stated that he AMA'd from Salvation Army in February of this year. Patient stated that he felt that it was time to go get his own place, start working, and get his life together. Patient started working in construction Stated workin. got house care and within two to three months started using. Patient stated that he was stressed from life and physically tired from work as the reason for his relapse. Patient stated that he was fired two week ago. Patient will attend groups to identify coping skills for maintaining sobriety from drugs. Patient will increase socialization by interacting

services negatively. She “has no friends except other users” and no mention of family, resulting in no support system in place to help her succeed. She states she cannot afford to care for her family and work. She is unemployed and has 2 dependent children. She has reported a drug habit of $200 1 to 2 times a week and has resulted in illegal activities to support her habit. Legal environment also having a huge impact on her ability to access services should she continue down the same destructive path. She also has some legal issues regarding the custody of her children and the State regarding safety and this most certainly affects one’s access to services especially if they are having ongoing legal problems or have low income needs. Being diagnosed with

This let me know that the young lady is okay with where she is in her life and that the problem is everyone else’s. This brings me to the end of the initial phase and it is time to set goals with the clients. The client has identified that she is now sober and living on her own. She has stated that she has friends and attends some form of support group. The client has also identified that her pimp is dangerous and would try to harm her if she did something he didn’t like. The client is aware that her safety is an issue. I would ask the client her plans for when she is feeling the need to use again and what will she do to protect herself from harm. I will highlight her ability to be strong and the accomplishments she has made thus far.

Although I see those who are plagued with addiction weekly, it affects me more when someone I love and care about is struggling to reach sobriety. Lauren is in her mid twenties and has used (to my knowledge) meth, opiates, and many other hard substances. She also was recently diagnosed with a personality disorder. For a long period of time, no one in my family would talk to me about Laurens addiction problems, and I did not even know they existed until about a year ago. Every holiday my family gets together, but after a while, Lauren started showing up less and less. Now that I know the type of mental health problems Lauren faces, I wish I could do more to help her. Lauren receives methadone treatments, and is attempting to remain sober, but relapses often. I love my cousin very much, and I hate knowing the amount of danger she puts herself in. I see addiction within my family; because of this, I do not judge those who are affected by drugs. It seems to me that Lauren needs services that can help both her addiction and her mental health illness. I know for sure that everything done to help and support Lauren should be based on reducing

Samantha was referred to our TSS program to recover from heroin. Our program aims to help individuals in early recovery from substance use. The program is intended to provide group and individual counseling for a 1-3 months span. Samantha reports only using tobacco and heroin. Her drug of choice is heroin. While building a rapport with Samantha she remained clam and engaged in the conversation but when discussing issues of her son, she became disassociated for a couple of minutes then talked about the event with anger and hurt. Through the first two sessions, Samantha seemed open to discuss her traumatic events in her life. Samantha had complex trauma that started at the age of seven. 1) The death of her father at the age of 5 because of cancer.

Samantha Stevens lived by herself in a big house. Her husband Tyler Stevens passed away in a tragic car accident 2 years earlier. Samantha doesn’t have any family left except her dog and her husband's brother John who lives in an asylum. When John was little he had problems, he was not like the other kids his age. He went very crazy by the age of 14. So John’s parents couldn’t take it because they were getting complaints from everyone. Samantha didn't ever talk to John neither did Tyler. But John loved his big brother Tyler. Samantha was depressed from her husband’s passing and starting feeling better a couple months ago.

Firstly I would like to give a brief overview of the case study; John is a twenty-seven year old man who has recently been diagnosed with depression. John was raised in a poor inner-city area and left school with no qualifications, the school was rated as inadequate by ofsted and qualification rates fell below the national benchmark. John was solely raised by his mother as his father left when he was six; he had no further contact with his father. John became involved in antisocial behaviour and crime at the age of fourteen and received an eight month custodial sentence for burglary and selling cannabis. John attended an apprentice but struggled to hold down long term regular employment. His mother moved away and it is difficult for him to see her, john continues to use drugs and alcohol and was

We'll start with the first person my mother decided to bring home. She brought him into her computer office, and got know what type of person he was. He began working with her for a couple months, living and traveling from the mission, an endangered homeless community, and eventually my mother decided to provide him a home. In our home, we had one guest room, we allowed people to stay once in a while. She provided food and housing as long as they decided to continue working at her self employed computer shop. I could always tell when someone is either addicted to drugs or trying to battle an addiction. For me, I could always hear the rustling around in the middle of the night, or going outside for “a smoke”. I think the hardest part about the addiction is knowing that drugs cost the user almost nothing, but costs society, “close to $200 billion in healthcare, criminal justice, legal, and lost workplace production/participation costs in 2007, the Office on National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) reports.” This individual was our first house guest, and he beat all of the odds that society had set up for him. He never stole from us, he worked continuously in his provided job, and beat it. Currently, he does have a low level job currently; however, he has his own apartment, provides for himself, and can create a healthy non-addicted future for himself.