Tania H.: A Case Study Of The Client's Life

Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder. It can have a devastating impact on one’s emotion, physical, occupation and social life. While it occasionally can be seen in the clinical setting as a primary diagnosis, it most often presents as a comorbidity to a medical or psychiatric issue;

Client has a lack of social support network. No information regarding Alex's childhood, adolescence has been provided. Client mentioned that her father died of a heart attack to Dan but indicated that he was alive but later on we find out that he actually did die of a heart attack. She never discusses her family she was more into her lover’s family. There is no information regarding family history of mental illness, or substance abuse disorder.

“Problems resulting from accidents, violent crimes, natural disasters, and major changes in life – such as a move, job change, or divorce – are all defined as situational problems” (Woodside, McClam, 2011, p.137). Situational problems differ significantly from developmental problems because the client simply happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. It’s impossible for an individual to live freely without facing any type of situation that can lead to both short and long-term problems. “The complexity and quantity of assistance required depend on the severity of the problem and the state of the client when the situation occurs” (Woodside, McClam, 2011, p.137). Clients who often face situational problems are most commonly labeled as victims. This is because the individual’s problem most likely developed through unforeseen circumstances that were out of their control. For this reason, it is the human service professional’s duty to help the client take responsibility for their situation in order to make room for improvement.

years old and feels responsible for it. Since the death of his aunt, he has irrational fear of abandonment and being alone. Since this incident, the client has been

She is employed as a Personal Support Worker at a retirement residence in Gatineau. She is not currently working because of health concerns, she has been asked by her doctor to stop work. She reported that she has been with her husband for over 17 years. She reported that her husband is supportive, that he is kind to their children and very supportive of people in their Congolese community. She stated that Peter is quite stressed by his physical health challenges. That he is the main bread winner of their family and they have an autistic child who needs a great deal of attention, therefore, he worries that he may be unable to be there for her and the children. She stated that her husband’s main problem is the asthma and sinus problems, that

The first guest speaker to present was Doreen Lesane, an Advocate against Domestic Violence. She gave a general power point presentation on what domestic violence is and how to properly assist a client in that predicament. She goes on to explain that domestic abuse and domestic violence are consider two different forms under the law. The law does not recognize domestic abuse as a criminal act and is categorize as nonphysical form of abuse. As a social worker our goals is not to get the client to flea an abuse relationship but to provided serveries to better Accommodate client by helping them create safety nets. Prof. Elaine Reid makes a startling claim, woman are more likely to be murder when they are trying to leave an abuse spouse, and this is also refer as separation violence. Nevertheless it is important not to judge these individual and to handle the case in a professional matter. As social workers it is essential that we safety guide our client with their approval, out of domestic situation by providing resource, support, understanding and professional services.

Martha is a 65 year old lady who suffers from insomnia based on the preliminary symptoms of sleeplessness. She is also under severe stress from her mum’s dependence condition which makes her unhappy with her retirement. Martha’s mum’s condition is of great influence to her insomnia disorder for she only thinks of her through out the day, caring for her leaving Martha with little time to check on her health. Insomnia is a disorder that mostly affects the elderly though it may affect people from all ages. It is the lack of sleep even when one feels to have some sleep. It is not a stand alone disease but a symptom which is defined by the duration one lacks quality sleep. Transient insomnia is not having sleep for a week, short term insomnia is lack of adequate sleep for 2-3 weeks, while sleeplessness for a month is termed as chronic insomnia. Various studies have shown that insomnia affects women more often than men and that 30%-50% of elderly Americans experience difficulty in initiating and maintaining adequate sleep. Diagnosing insomnia in a patient the health practitioner would evaluate the patient medical record and other factors that may contribute to insomnia. For example, snoring, psychological factors such as stress levels and drug use. Martha’s physician would check on her medical

1. Client demonstrates excessive and sometimes unrealistic worry that has been occurring more days than not for past seven months. Client has been affected by physical issues due to anxiety; such as, nausea, diarrhea, lack of sleep and trouble falling asleep, excessive crying, discourse at home, and hypervigilance.

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’s mother suggested Molly come in because she has become more and more dependent on her parents for a many aspects of her life. Molly reports that she is in jeopardy of losing her job because she is constantly falling behind and has difficulty completing necessary tasks on her own. She reports she does not enjoy making decisions for herself and it causes much distress in her daily life.

Description of the approach each of the professionals involved are using that may support or limit Paula’s personal empowerment. Brief description of the case: The Cortez Family Paula is a Latina 43 years of age female. She is divorced from her ex-husband (David). She has a 20 years old son named Miguel. Unfortunately, when Miguel was at the tender age of eight, Paula had to give up her paternal rights due to her failing health issues.

Felicia is a 22 year old college student that has been referred to your agency for counseling. She is a well-dressed, Caucasian woman, who is majoring in pre-med at Illinois State University which is about 2 hours away from her hose. In your first session, Felicia begins crying stating she “can’t take this pressure and stress anymore” and explains about the domestic violence in her family. She explains that her father is mentally and physically abusive, but more mentally abusive. With more questioning, Felicia explains that her parents have always fought and yelled at each other, but it has become worse since her dad lost his well-paid job and recently started working at a rough, but well-paid job to support his family. She believes that her

Client Sanchez has a very close bond with her family, and uses them as her support system. She will be going through the assessment process and interventions with the assistance of her daughter. This client has come into the office seeking help, empowerment and interventions in order to get control over her situation. This case study will go through her assessment,

During this case study Jen and George are introduced along with their story. Just recently discovering her husband has cheated on her several times over fifteen years Jen wishes to see a counselor which George agrees with. The counselor makes it very clear that he will not work with them unless George stops having affairs.

Tania should call the patient and explain to them that the office has a strict policy about not accepting postdated checks and apologize for it not being caught at the time of her visit. She should ask if the patient if they could write a new check and bring it in at their earliest convenience. Tania should also take the deposit slip and make a new one with the corrected information being one less check if the patient is not able to bring the corrected check on the same day and place the incorrect check in a secure location until the patient can come to the office. Another option for Tania would be to allow the postdated check this one time since the patient was seen before the error was noticed. However let the patient know that checks cannot