Kkp Psychology Case Summary

Kimberly came to Touch of Healing Counseling Center as a referral from Oak Park Church. She is being considered for the position of senior pastor at Oak Park Church. The leadership team of the church requested she be evaluated for suitableness for the position of senior pastor.

Abnormal behavior relates to the influence of psychological factors, biological factors as well as the social factors referring to inadequate relationships. In the face of diverse definition, abnormal behavior refers to the deviating from norm, which norm is the typical behavior or characteristic of the population. As such, Jim behavior is abnormal because it violates moral and conventional mores of the society (Violates societal standards), as such causing social discomfort to others. For instance, Jim fails to recognize the social cues in conversation thereby annoying other interlocutors. Jim is this case is behaving in a manner counterproductive to his own well being by

Finding the right person for this design project did not start out smooth. Initially, I started out with 4 potential clients, first volunteer was not comfortable to share her personal issues affects her to sleep, second volunteer stopped responding to me, third volunteer resident in Japan, and due to her profession my last volunteer has a really busy

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

The narrator suffers from catalepsy, a physical condition in which the individual cannot move or speak for hours or, in extreme cases, for months. According to the narrator’s explanation, what are some of the ways that one can tell a cataleptic is still living?

Presenting Problem: He has 2 Kempsville Acute visits, endorses anger and thoughts of suicides. Reported hx of Neurodevelopmental problems most recently as consistent with Autistic Spectrum Symptoms. He reported having intense anger toeards his parents but denies homicidal thoughts, acknowledges suicidal thinking. On May 27, 215 he pulled a knife on his mother, no injury occurred. Mother states he has been increasingly agitated. He has been posturing at his mother yeling clinching his fist at her as well as sneaking out and lying. Mother states he obtained the knife from his room and threatene her life. He states his mother swas chasing him around with a broom which is why he grabbed the kife. He states he is depressed all the time. He a Hx of suspensions for fighting while in school and he was the aggressor.

Presenting for treatment is a 39 year old single, Caucasian female born in Montreal, Canada. The client identifies as heterosexual with no children and no current intimate relationship. The client was recently released from a psychiatric residential treatment in the U.S. and referred for ongoing outpatient treatment by her doctor at the hospital. The client has a history of suicidal ideation, with her last attempt leading to her hospitalization. The client reported that both her parents died in a car accident when she was an infant. The client stated that she has a twin brother whom she did not meet until much later in life. The client reported being raised in a hyper-religious school in Quebec and it was there, the client stated,

Introduction This case study pertains to a 39 year-old African American male named Tony Taylor who has been diagnosed as having antisocial personality disorder (hereafter abbreviated as “APD”). After a difficult childhood of neglect and abuse, Tony turned to substance abuse (illegal drugs, alcohol) and crime. He has a history of failed relationships and joblessness, and has been reported as having regularly minimized his responsibility for his actions. Diagnosis Since Tony’s report indicated that he has never exhibited manic symptoms and that he has never had delusions or hallucinations, diagnoses of schizophrenia and bipolar spectrum disorders were eliminated.

It is my strong desire to attend Fielding Graduate University APA (American Psychological Association) accredited doctoral program in clinical psychology. I have always been intrigued by the human mind for as long as I can remember, specifically the psychopathology of it. I truly enjoy conducting psychological research, learning about psychopathology and how to treat it. While conducting research and learning, it is important to remember that the purpose of psychology isn’t to predict a person’s thoughts, actions, and behaviors, but to understand them. There are dozens of events that occurred in my twenty-five years of life that led me to this meaningful choice of pursuing a doctorate. The two most significant events were when I was in the

My client Marissa is a twenty year old Caucasian female, who comes from a very religious family. She has found out that she is pregnant and has been kicked out of her parent’s house. Marissa being kicked out of her parent’s house resulted into moving in with her boyfriend, and she states that they are in a “rocky” relationship. She describes her boyfriend as abusive and controlling. Her boyfriend is so controlling that Marissa was forced to drop out of college, because he felt that she was not giving him enough attention.

Abnormal and clinical psychology are two branches in the field of psychological studies. In simple words, abnormal psychology can be defined as the study of people who engage in unusual behavior and emotional thoughts. These actions and thoughts are considered abnormal compared to those of other members of society, and they significantly interfere with their functioning in life. Clinical psychology goes hand in hand with abnormal psychology because it is the study that deals with the assessment and treatment of those abnormal actions. Learning about these branches of psychology can help us understand and predict behaviors of people who that are affected by these disorders. It is also essential to advance our knowledge to help assess the people who suffer these illnesses to lead a life of better quality. In this paper, a case study that entails a brief vignette of a 35 year old paralegal named Greg will be analyzed. According to concepts of abnormal and clinical psychology, Greg will be diagnosed with the psychological disorder of obsessive-compulsive disorder (more formally known as OCD) that might have originated in the anal stage of the psychoanalytic theory, for which cognitive behavioral therapy will be used as a possible treatment.

* Predict: Offering predictions (or hypotheses) about how a given condition or set of conditions will affect

Jeffrey was arrested in the same year, 1988, for sexually fondling and drugging a young teenage boy (age thirteen); for this, he was put on probation for five years and for one year he was assigned to a work release camp where he was registered as a sex offender from the incident with the thirteen year old boy. Due to good behavior and a built up trust with the authorities, Dahmer was paroled from his work release camp two months early.

Abnormal is something deviating from what is normal or usual, typical in a way that is uncommon or irregular.

In Psychology 101 we learned that research methods are used in order to understand our mental and behavioral processes by making observations in a systematic way, following strict rules of evidence and thinking critically about that evidence. This scientific research is based on theories (tentative explanations of observations in science), hypotheses (predictions based on a theory) and replication (testing a hypothesis in more than one study). Some of the different research methods are firstly, descriptive studies. Descriptive studies are studies that use survey methods, naturalistic observation and clinical methods. Another research method is correlational studies. Correlational studies are studies that help one to determine if a relationship exists between two or more variables and if so it tells one how strongly those two variables relate to one another. With in correlational studies one can have positive correlation (as one variable increases or decreases so does the other), negative correlation (variables go in opposite directions) or zero correlation (no relationship between the variables). Another research method is formal experiments. Formal experiments are studies that allow us to draw conclusions about how one variable may cause or have an effect on another variable. With in formal experiments there are four elements, which are the independent variable (variable that is manipulated or controlled), the dependent variable (variable that is measured), the experimental