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Hypnotherapy Case Study

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For each of the following, explain how you would work with client. Specifically:

1. What information would you gather? 2. What interventions would you use? 3. What problems, if any could you foresee?

Angie

Angie is a student from overseas, studying at your local university. Her family are spending a huge amount of their income to get what they believe is the best education. But Angie is struggling. She finds the language difficult, can’t make friends and her confidence has plummeted. She is terrified of returning home without her degree.

INTRODUCTION AND INFORMATION GATHERED

Self esteem is the component of a person's personality that dictates how they view themselves. People with healthy self-esteem …show more content…

Angie could also be taught self-hypnosis to cope with the stress and the pressures of university.

The following check list is useful for me to make sure to go over all areas related to low self-esteem:

1. Lacking self confidence
2. Lacking self belief
3. Feeling overly emotional and upset much of the time
4. Feelings of depression and anxiety
5. Not being able to accept a compliment
6. Frequently imagining that others are better than you
7. Focusing on the 'negative' in a situation
8. Worrying about what other people are thinking about you
9. Feelings of worthlessness
10. Fearing failure
11. Feeling that you don't deserve any better

Once again, this is excellent information gathering with useful explanatory work.

You might also wish to take into account any cultural influences and the impact of these on her locus of control.
Also it may well be useful for you to encourage her to take advantage of the student counselor services and maybe tutorial help, especially with, for instance, study skills, language development and social skills. I notice that you mention the possibility of her seeing a counselor later in your reply. Good.
07/06/09 (Colette 7/06/09)

Procedure

The general treatment plan would include most of the following.

New ways of thinking

Angie’s problem arises because of the way she thinks about the situation. Therapy aims to give Angie a new way of

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