What Will a Therapist Need to Consider When Planning the Treatment of a Depressed Client
1.
Year 3 – Advanced Diploma in Psychotherapeutic counselling
MODULE 4
“WHAT WILL A THERAPIST NEED TO CONSIDER WHEN PLANNING THE TREATMENT OF A DEPRESSED CLIENT?”
USE THE CASE STUDY IN THE MODULE TO DEVELOP
A PLAN OF TREATMENT FOR THE CLIENT AND
EXPLAIN YOUR GOALS AT EACH STAGE
(2,942 words)
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|Name : Susana Perrin |
|Course : WELWY3A |
|Tutor : Christine Holland |
|Date : April 2013 |
2.
Introduction
Depression comes in many different guises and affects everyone in a different way. For some, it can be very difficult to diagnose, as the symptoms can largely be attributed to something else or be mild enough that the sufferer refuses to believe they are actually linked to depression. This could be anything from a loss of appetite, an inability to sleep, constant lethargy or a lack of motivation or enthusiasm. For others, it is an unavoidable black hole which they feel they are constantly on the precipice of, waiting to fall over into the abyss. It takes over their lives and inhibits any form of normal behaviour. Even getting up out of bed or tying a shoelace can seem like the most daunting of tasks and they can experience physical symptoms, like vomiting or loss of bowel control. This state of depression is so low, the sufferer cannot even contemplate suicide. Andrew Soloman in the Noonday Demon (Vintage Books 2002) compares this type of major depression to a vine, tightly wrapping itself around a tree, so that eventually no one can tell where the tree ends and the vine begins. The vine binds itself so tightly that the tree inside starts to die – but no one can tell, because the vine is still holding the tree up
Year 3 – Advanced Diploma in Psychotherapeutic counselling
MODULE 4
“WHAT WILL A THERAPIST NEED TO CONSIDER WHEN PLANNING THE TREATMENT OF A DEPRESSED CLIENT?”
USE THE CASE STUDY IN THE MODULE TO DEVELOP
A PLAN OF TREATMENT FOR THE CLIENT AND
EXPLAIN YOUR GOALS AT EACH STAGE
(2,942 words)
| |
|Name : Susana Perrin |
|Course : WELWY3A |
|Tutor : Christine Holland |
|Date : April 2013 |
2.
Introduction
Depression comes in many different guises and affects everyone in a different way. For some, it can be very difficult to diagnose, as the symptoms can largely be attributed to something else or be mild enough that the sufferer refuses to believe they are actually linked to depression. This could be anything from a loss of appetite, an inability to sleep, constant lethargy or a lack of motivation or enthusiasm. For others, it is an unavoidable black hole which they feel they are constantly on the precipice of, waiting to fall over into the abyss. It takes over their lives and inhibits any form of normal behaviour. Even getting up out of bed or tying a shoelace can seem like the most daunting of tasks and they can experience physical symptoms, like vomiting or loss of bowel control. This state of depression is so low, the sufferer cannot even contemplate suicide. Andrew Soloman in the Noonday Demon (Vintage Books 2002) compares this type of major depression to a vine, tightly wrapping itself around a tree, so that eventually no one can tell where the tree ends and the vine begins. The vine binds itself so tightly that the tree inside starts to die – but no one can tell, because the vine is still holding the tree up
References: 1. Chrysalis Course Notes : Year 3 - Module 1 : “The Here and Now” 2. Andrew Soloman (“The Noonday Demon” Vintage Books, 2002) 3. Chrysalis Course Notes : Year 3 - Module 3 : “The Future” 4. Chrysalis Course Notes : Year 3 - Module 4 : “Depression”