IPT: A Case Study

Clearly Vera has Major Depressive Disorder. According to the DSMV the person has to meet at least 5 of the 8 points for period in the criteria 2 weeks period and Vera fits the criteria. Vera has had the following symptoms for more than six weeks.

Furthermore, the material collected throughout the assessment will depict detailed information about the client, and how it structure the course of treatment, which provides a goal towards determining the clients difficulties within the use of intervention typically utilized in the treatment of anxiety. This assignment will also demonstrate therapy sessions, and attentive

Included in this paper is a discussion on the Rapee and Heimberg model, the effectiveness of CBT, different CBT techniques used in treating patients with SAD, and pharmacotherapy as a treatment instead of CBT. The Rapee and Heimberg model was developed to create an understanding of the symptoms and how a person with SAD experiences social situations and their audience.

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After Meesters modified Rosenthal’s definition, it was possible to diagnose correctly many more patients under the umbrella of SAD. Thus, as greater numbers of people were diagnosed, observed trends began to develop. Three in particular were noticed early on, and continue to prove true today. They included an overall lower rate of SAD in children compared to the general population, an increasing diagnosis rate in adolescents, and a much higher rate in adult females versus males. One study that became instrumental in establishing concrete evidence for the rates in children and adolescents was conducted after the inherent trends were noticed throughout the general population.

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Social anxiety disorder (SAD), also know as social phobia, affects between 1.6% and 4.0% of children. Like other anxiety disorders, girls are more likely to be diagnosed with SAD than boys (Chavira & Stein, 2002). The defining features of SAD are excessive self-consciousness that is more than just common shyness. Individuals with SAD fear social or performance situations where they may face scrutiny or humiliation. The two subtypes of SAD are generalized and non-generalized. Approximately 75% of individuals with SAD experience the generalized type, which is characterized by experiencing distress in almost all social situations. Non-generalized SAD is characterized by experiencing anxiety in only one or two types of interpersonal situations, like public speaking. Generalized social anxiety disorder has high comorbidity with major depression, generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobias, and ADHD. Non-generalized SAD however has low comorbidity with other disorders. Children with selective mutism have a significantly high comorbidity rate with SAD, about 97% to 100% (Chavira & Stein, 2005).

Under normal circumstances, we tend to operate via simple schematic processing and with our conscious control system. Typical assessment methods: Formal assessment in CT often involves using standardized self-report inventories such as the Beck Depression Inventory, which measures schema related core beliefs and assumptions. Treatment methods: N/A The process of therapy: In the first session, three goals are considered critical: establishing the working relationship, setting goals, and socializing the client.

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Comparisons of the two approaches can be drawn from the way they try to explain the causes of fear and sadness and then treat the symptoms. Both approaches recognise that fear and sadness are a normal part of being “human” but that some people experience greater fear or sadness which can lead to depression or anxiety, the holistic person centred approach attributes this greater suffering to incongruence and seeks to move the client into a state of congruence through therapy based on opposite conditions of worth, empathy, acceptance and relational depth (Ballantine Dykes, 2010, pg.113). This is in contrast to the CBT approach which alludes to the idea that sadness and fear are learnt behaviours and where a person can become trapped in a particular way of negative thinking. If the behaviour is learnt, then it is thought that it can be unlearned and the behaviour or thought process changed. Collaborative treatment is structured and is based on a skilful mixture of discussion, probing questioning techniques and behavioural experiments based on challenging negative beliefs in order to help the client to identify alternative ways of thinking about or dealing with a particular source of fear or sadness (Salkovskis, 2010, pg.160).

Furthermore, this patient meets the criteria for Social Anxiety Disorder (F40.10) as evidenced by poor relationship with people, inability to make or keep friends, fear of panicking or doing something wrong as well as inability to communicate or associate with people who are not members of his family. His symptoms have persisted for over a period of 6 months and causes impairment in his social and school live (DSM-5,

This IPC pre-test was overall good since I scored a 57 out of 80. My weaknesses were in the empathy, self-disclosure, and own thoughts and feelings section. On the empathy section, on question 3 and 4, I scored badly. The questions were very similar. They were asking about what would I say in a situation where someone I know is having a hard time. I did not really like the choices given, I would of actually said something completely different from what was given so I did have a hard time with these questions. I avoided the choices that stated I understand, or I can relate. I avoided those type of responses because I honestly don't understand and can't relate. I don't want to say that I do because I don't know what a person is going through unless I have experienced it myself, and I would just be lying to that person. I don't want to do that, so I chose answers that would confront the situation, get things sorted out or chose the option that tried to comfort the person who was having difficulty.

Among all anxiety problems, social anxiety disorder is most common anxiety issue and third most common problem in all mental complications (American Psychiatric Association, 2000; Hofmann & Bogels, 2006). SAD is a mental disorder which has a tendency to become chronic and badly disturbs normal functions of life if not diagnosed and treated in time (Beesdo-Baum, et al., 2012; Garcia-Lopez, Piqueras, Diaz-Castela, & Ingles, 2008). It is also among the most prevailing mental disorders and is described in Criterion A of DSM-V as “Marked fear or anxiety about one or more social situations in which the individual is exposed to possible scrutiny by others. Examples include social interactions (e.g., having a conversation, meeting unfamiliar people), being observed (e.g., eating or drinking), and performing in front of others (e.g., giving a speech)” (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). A specific amount of anxiety is always anticipated socially and helps an individual managing future threats (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). But having social anxiety means that anxiety is too much for normal functioning during social situations and often interferes with

Treatment goals: Client's anxiety has been identified as an ongoing problem in need of treatment. It is primarily manifested by Anxiety Disorder - with excessive worrying - with minimal impairment in everyday functioning. PTSD- exposed to traumatic event loss of her mother and other people.