Personal Statement : My Client

The client is a 34 year old, married (currently separated) female of mixed Mexican and Italian ethnicity. She is a full time mother, non-denominational Christian, and has two daughters, ages 14 and 4, who currently reside with her.

Client appears to be very sad in regards of the gunshot incident, and the fact that her friends were involved in the incident. It appears to be that although this incident did not happen to the client directly, she is very distressed by it, and she feels a lot of pain and sadness to accept this event. Client appears to be hesitated to share her emotions with her best friends in regards of the incident. It seems like client has difficulties to accept that her friends use humor to cope with the gunshot incident. It appears that client is angry at her friends' parents based on her description although client further denied it. Client seems to want to control over things that she does not have control of such as when client mentioned that she does not want her friends to go back to work yet. Although client is feeling a lot of distress from the incident, it appears that client is aware of the importance of self-care. Client would likely benefit from increase social support, and self-care

The client which I worked with, R.C. was brought in by staff at her group home with the knowledge and agreement of her brother. The client in question began having an exacerbation of her psychotic symptoms which was observed by staff at the group home where she lived as well as her visiting nurse. The behavior which was of concern included increasing self-neglect by the client who was notably not performing hygiene activities. The client was also reported to have struck her visiting nurse and to have been smearing fecal matter. The client is in her mid-sixties, divorced, and has a son, three grandchildren, and two brothers. The client 's brothers act as her guardians and are involved in her care. The client 's guardian reports that the client has struggled with mental illness throughout her life. Past medical history for the client indicates a number of past hospitalizations in a few different institutions and a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder years prior. The client has had recent increasing difficulties with health problems not concerned with her mental illness. In addition to her diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, the client also takes medication for hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and asthma. The client also has a history of type two diabetes, renal insufficiency, pancreatitis, and fatty liver deposits. The patient 's chart

The client is a 62-year-old, Caucasian female with two adult children who lives in another state. The client is currently married but the clients husband wants a divorce. The client currently lives in the home that her and her husband own. The client is a teacher and has a master’s in education. The client is currently on medical leave from work. The client no longer participates in religious activities.

I will address the client as Marybeth which is a fictitious name. Marybeth is a single, white female, age 37, divorced and presently unemployed. She was receiving disability for the last 10 years until recently when her benefits was discontinued. Marybeth was raised in one of Cleveland suburbs where racism was well-known against African-American people. However, Marybeth do not agree with this racism against African-American people. She says, she don’t like white people. She dropped out of high school at the age of 16 because she was pregnant. About five years ago, she received her G.E.D. that afforded her to attend community college for one year.

She finds herself constantly worrying about the status of her home, being late to work despite waking up an hour before departure, any possible accidents which may lead to her death, and various scenarios which lead to unfortunate events. She states that she has been married for about 10 years to her college sweetheart. She has no children due to her worries of complications during childbearing and raising children. She explains that she worries whether her children will be considered normal, pretty, or crazy. She describes her marriage as ‘hell’ because she feels like her husband does not support her. She does not mention any other family member besides her husband when asked about her family. Janine holds a job as a tax accountant. She works from 6am to 11pm, and recently she has been bringing her work home. This is due to her thoughts constantly interfering with her concentration on tasks. Recently work has been overwhelming for her since there is no method for relieving stress. She states that her husband does not help her with housework, which adds to the stress from work. In fact, she does not see her husband often which prompts her to worry if her husband is having an affair. She is not on medication at the moment; however, she used to take Xanax once every morning for 2 years. As for meals, she states that she only eats quarry, animals hunted for food, and that she does not eat vegetables.

The client met with his counselor for a 1x1 session to discuss what are his plans , and where he is at mentally. The client continues to discuss his ex-girlfriend and their break up. The client seems to be having a hard time with accepting that she is calling the quits. After talking to the client over the course of the three months he has been in the program. It is my observation the client has been involved in a toxic relationship and they both need to attend couples counseling if this relationships is to survive. The client will be going to live with his grandmother and she will be going live with her parents. It appears that it would be in the best interest of the client to focus on his recovery which , is having a better relationship

CM was out on vacation from the period of 5/31/2017 to 6/14/2017. On 6/20/2017, CM met with the client to complete Bi-Weekly ILP Review. Today, client was calm and quiet in the meeting. She was dressed appropriately for the weather. Client affects and mood was in appropriate. Client continues to appear to have cognitive impairment and she doesn’t grasp information. e.g. when try to explain herself she will have flight of ideas. She doesn’t provide a complete story of the event before she jumped into another subject.

The client is being more involved in his treatment by helping to create rules for his household and monitor his behavior.

The client met with his counselor to discuss the problem area that he needed to work on to improve his life situation. The client is currently working on several assignment that are part of his treatment plan. However, the first is dealing with addiction to Meth and how it has affected his nervous system and may have caused a stroke the client reported that he wants to stop, depending on others to help keep him focus, he wants to learn to do this for himself. The client reported that he’s never stood on his own two feet, he was always with somebody, mother wife, and using Meth. The client reported that it a scary thought having to do this by himself. When asked what were some of his triggers the reported the wife and mother were his triggers.

She finds herself constantly worrying that there is no reason; such as the status of her home, being late to work despite waking up an hour before departure, any possible accidents which may lead to her death, and various scenarios which lead to unfortunate events. She states that she has been married for about 10 years to her college sweetheart. She has no children due to her worries of complications during childbearing and raising children. She worries that her children whether children will turn out to be normal, pretty, or crazy like their mother. She describes her marriage as ‘hell’ due to her husband’s lack of support. She does not mention any other family member besides her husband when asked about her family. Janine holds s a job in as a tax accountant. She works from 6am to 11pm, and she brings her work home with her. This is due to her anxiousness interfering with her concentration on tasks. Recently work has been overwhelming for her since there is no method for relieving her stress. She states that her husband does not help her with housework, which adds to the stress from work. In fact, she does not see her husband often which prompts her to worry if her husband is having an affair. She is not on medication at the moment; however, she used to take Xanax once every morning for 2 years. As for meals, she states that she only eats quarry, animals hunted for food, and that she

When Samantha arrived on the unit, the first impression was that the client was a rich, privileged spoiled child in a 40-year-old body. The client was admitted post an overdose and driving into oncoming traffic. She was involuntary committed by law enforcement when cut wrists were also noted. The client was arrogant and very mean towards staff and peers. In the early part of the assessment, the client continued to be blunted, angry, and uncooperative. When the client was asked about allowed collateral calls about discharge planning, the client burst into tears. Totally changed the client begged for the mother not to be contacted. The client stated there was not a good relationship and in fact the mother was mentally ill also. The

I believe that the client, Beth, is diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenic, which is the increasing suspiciousness and severe difficulties in interpersonal relationships. A symptom that Beth has shown is her caution towards her parents. She was cautious in telling her parents anything, because she felt disconnected from them. But the time she was leaving for college again, she felt annoyed, insulted and alienated from them and questioned whether they were really her parents or if their bodies had been inhabited. Another symptom that Beth had shown was her distrust with her new roommate, despite just meeting her for the first time. Beth quickly decided that she could not trust her roommate, believing that she could be a spy sent by her parents. Another symptom is Beth’s withdrawal from her friends. Her former friends now describe her as “quiet, aloof, uncommunicative, distant, and hard to figure out”. Another symptom is her drop in performance in school. Beth had a significant decline in

The client and his counselor met for his face to face to discuss the progress that had been made on his last treatment plan. the client completed a part of the treatment plan he called his mother and invited her to the family meeting on Tuesday January 24th at 6:00, It is unknown if she show up to the meeting. His mother also stop the program to let staff know that he should be taking a medication called Risperdal . the client did not have a clear diagnoses, but his taking antidepressants, antipsychotic medications. The client is having trouble with attending and staying in group. the gets up and walk back and forth through the hall way and into the kitchen . The client was asked what the problem was the problem ? the client stated

Client is a thirty-year Caucasian woman and works full time as an esthetician manager. She currently lives with her father, mother, brother and daughter in an apartment. Client’s father has multiple sclerosis and she has been caring for him for approximately 6 years. Client’s mother and brother recently moved in due to their own financial hardship. Client’s brother is intellectually disabled and is also an Alcoholic. Client’s daughter is seven years old and attends public school full time. Client also has a tumultuous relationship with her daughter’s father.