Pete And Neil's Case Study

1. The following paper discusses a case scenario of Adrian, Judy, and Pam. The family is presenting to therapy in regards to their concern about their adult daughter (Pam) not listening to her parents (Adrian and Judy) requests. From the beginning of the session, it is apparent each member has a different view of what their role is in the family. Roles are vital in ensuring healthy family functioning and should be clearly defined so that each member understands what they are to accomplish (Tobin, 2016a). It is revealed later into the session that Judy and Adrian were not able to conceive children, so they adopted both Pam and their deceased son, Victor. Victor committed suicide ten years ago.

Family theories help explain the family’s impact on an individual’s wellbeing and offer different approaches to managing one’s health with a family-focused perspective. They provide a foundation for practice and enhance one’s understanding of family processes and dynamics. These theories address the family as the unit of care and enable nurses to empathize, comprehend, and collaborate with the family providing strategies in practice and improving care (Denham, Eggenberger, Young, & Krumweide, 2016). Two family theories that have sparked my interest are the Bowen’s Family Systems Theory (FST) and the Illness Beliefs Model (IBM). This paper will discuss each theory, including the strengths and weaknesses of each. A fictional family case

Practitioners and professionals working with children on a daily basis are in a good position to notice changes in a child's or young person’s behaviour which may be a possible sign of abuse. Children or young people may also confide in practitioners or allege that abuse has taken place.

Gerard Egan’s 3 Stage Skilled Helper Mode 1994, provides a basic guideline on how helping relationships should be carried out. It is important that helpers take into consideration the steps provided in the Egan’s mode as it provides structure and positive support to clients.

This unit is aimed at those working in a wide range of settings. It provides the learner with the knowledge and skills required to facilitate person-centred assessment, planning, implementation and review. Learning Outcomes The learner will: 1 Understand the principles of person centred assessment and care planning Assessment Criteria The learner can: 1.1 Explain the importance of a holistic approach to assessment and planning of care or support 1.2 Describe ways of supporting

The second relevant functional assessment portion was the alliance and coalition aspect. The main coalition which influences my priority intervention is the caregiver coalition between Arnie and Gilbert in which Gilbert acts as a friend, caregiver, guardian and communicator for Arnie placing a large amount of burden and pressure on Gilbert (Hallström et al., 1993).

‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ 2010, (WTtSC 2010) instructs organisations and individuals working with children on how actions such as assessments should be done in accordance with the CA1989 and ensures that professionals understand what their responsibilities and duties are. This specific documentation assisted my understanding of the format in which assessments should be conducted as well as my understanding of multi-professional work surrounding A and his needs. Following guidelines from the Assessment Framework (WTtSC p.44), I was able to establish what A’s specific developmental needs were so they can be addressed during my mentoring sessions. Areas such as his education, family and social relationships and stimulation as well a look at the wider family unit and his environment. This multi-professional meeting was in fact my initial assessment.

While conducting a thorough assessment with the Howland family it would be valuable to gain insight regarding the closeness, availability and functioning of their extended family members, as their support may be beneficial to the family during times of illness and distress.

If an assessment exists and/or other practitioners are working with the child or young person, with the consent of the child or young

Staccini, Tomba, Grandi and Keitner (2014) state that a family assessment is usually warranted where a health issue including a relationship or emotional disruption is evidenced in a familial situation. A family is one among the foremost influencing factors impacting on health. Notwithstanding risk factors such as a low social gradient or education, a family provides strength to withstand and rebound from a crisis. A quality assessment incorporates factors that relate to an issue with the family including the

When completing an assessment with the client the three components to consider are biological, cultural and family factors. Understanding Josh’s parents’ concerns of his detachment, it is seen that he has good family support and will have help through his therapeutic treatment. It is important to tread lightly with family consideration due the events in which caused Josh to have the apparent symptoms he does presently with the death of his fiancé who is a major void in his life. Although this will be a touchy topic for the client, the support from his family will be beneficial to working through his struggles of treatment and moving forward. The consideration of cultural experience will be difficult with working through the client’s fears and unbearable desires of being in the area of his fiancé death and being a part of life due to his unwillingness desire to be dissociated from everyone and everything. Cultural consideration

Approach: The approach I would use for this family would be people centered approach. It is said that no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves and that the family will be responsible for improving their situation, not counsellor.

This case study is about a couple, Mike and Sally that have recently lost their 6-year-old son to cancer. They have decided to get counseling because Mike is unsure how to help Sally, she is having a difficult time coping with this loss, she cannot register how a child can die before a parent. Mike is handling this loss differently, he feels like this is the life cycle, and doesn’t quite know what to do to help Sally. When speaking to this couple I would start with the ABC Model of Crisis Intervention which will help Sally and Mike get comfortable with speaking to me. “The ABC Model of Crisis Intervention is a method of conducting very brief mental-health interviews with clients whose functioning level has decreased following a psychosocial stressor” (Kanel,2015). There are three stages in the ABC Model of Crisis Intervention. Stage one in the ABC Model of Crisis Intervention is to develop and maintain rapport between the counselor and client. This means that the counselor does what they can to help the client feel at ease, some ways to do this are making eye contact, showing warmth, compassion and empathy to allow the client to feel that they are safe and can talk to the professional openly. When the clients feel more comfortable it makes it a safe place for them to talk about the issues they may be having at home. Establishing a good relationship with the client must consist of being supportive and not being judgmental. Once this goal is achieved we will be able to move

'Reflecting on the content of the module and drawing on your personal experiences, identify and discuss what is essential in the helping relationship’.

After a couple of supportive therapy, the client reported that after his parent’s divorce, his mother had custody of him, and she sexually and verbally abused him. After a while, the client’s father had custody of him, and since then he has not seen his mother. Additionally, he reported that his used to drink a lot of alcohol after he dropped the high school. However, his father made him stop drinking alcohol and he attended AA. Tom stated that he enjoys being with his friends