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In the previous sessions with my client, she expressed feeling conflict with her roommates. Through the Adlerian therapy techniques, my client spoke of insecurity in many of her personal relationships. She revealed that her greatest anxiety concerning relationships stemmed from two of her roommates. She expressed feeling that they were passive aggressive and generally judgmental. Through the work done through these sessions, my client states that the issues have been resolved and are no longer a constant source of stress. She explains that she was able to confront her roommates in an amicable way and minimize the conflict previously felt. However, she expressed great concern for her social life and her future. She states that she feels severe anxiety and pressure from those around her as graduate school approaches and feels inferior in her social relationships.

For my client, I selected behavior therapy as my approach. As my client, Casey, claimed to be primarily suffering from anxiety, I believed that the behavior therapy approach would allow her to focus on the observable behaviors that were a part of this anxiety. Behavior therapy techniques were also chosen as my client felt that she was limited in her personal choices in her future. One of the emphases within behavior therapy is to increase the client’s personal choices and emphasizes the client’s input on creating individual goals. As a behavior therapist, I worked collaboratively with my client. Casey’s problems

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