Case Study: Samantha
Focus: Samantha and family will learn and practice coping skills to manage Samantha’s depressive moods. Ms. Smalls (MHP) and Ms. Smith (MHS) discuss effective interventions that increase Samantha’s ability to cope.
Intervention: MHP and MHS discuss ways MHS assist Samantha with processing feels of anger, sadness and missing her biological mother. MHP praised MHS for attempting to encourage Samantha to discuss her emotions. MHP process with MHS that Samantha struggles with the loss of her biological mother and family. MHP encourage MHS to observe Samantha to identify triggers Samantha’s emotions. MHP asked MHS about processing her recent hospital visit with Samantha to validate Samantha feeling about flashbacks of biological mother bring in
the hospital before death.
Response: MHS explain attempting to process Samantha’s emotions, however Samantha will change the subject or deny her feelings. MHS report noticing Samantha get sad when attending family and community events. MHS state encouraging Samantha gives support temporary because of the daily reminder of consequences for the unhealthy behaviors. MHS acknowledges Samantha struggles with expressing emotions about the loss of biological mother. MHS expresses her family had no bad reports of Samantha not listening or following directions. Samantha express being concern of what hospital MHS was staying and share that her biological did not recover at Trident Hospital. MHS report trying to process with Samantha that she is doing better.
Progress: Samantha made minimal progress towards this goal. MHS report Samantha continues to deny depressive moods and willingness to process her emotions.
Plan: MHP, Samantha and family will debrief and process any incidents of aggression.
Intervention: MHP and MHS discuss ways MHS assist Samantha with processing feels of anger, sadness and missing her biological mother. MHP praised MHS for attempting to encourage Samantha to discuss her emotions. MHP process with MHS that Samantha struggles with the loss of her biological mother and family. MHP encourage MHS to observe Samantha to identify triggers Samantha’s emotions. MHP asked MHS about processing her recent hospital visit with Samantha to validate Samantha feeling about flashbacks of biological mother bring in
the hospital before death.
Response: MHS explain attempting to process Samantha’s emotions, however Samantha will change the subject or deny her feelings. MHS report noticing Samantha get sad when attending family and community events. MHS state encouraging Samantha gives support temporary because of the daily reminder of consequences for the unhealthy behaviors. MHS acknowledges Samantha struggles with expressing emotions about the loss of biological mother. MHS expresses her family had no bad reports of Samantha not listening or following directions. Samantha express being concern of what hospital MHS was staying and share that her biological did not recover at Trident Hospital. MHS report trying to process with Samantha that she is doing better.
Progress: Samantha made minimal progress towards this goal. MHS report Samantha continues to deny depressive moods and willingness to process her emotions.
Plan: MHP, Samantha and family will debrief and process any incidents of aggression.