African American female who presented as calm and mild mannered during the assessment. The client is an 8th grader at Elko Middle School. In 2016‚ while receiving services from Village Youth and Family Services the client was given the diagnoses of Depression‚ Unspecified by Dr. Madison. During this time the client was prescribed Duloretine HCL. The client’s mother advised she first noticed depressive symptoms in the client after the death of her father (the client’s grandfather) in 2010. The client’s
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As a helping professional it is our job to discover our client’s strengths and help them utilize those strengths in their treatment plan. Strength based counseling is composed of “human growth‚ a holistic view of the individual‚ and the unique subjective experience of each individual” (Welfare‚ Farmer‚ & Lile‚ 2013). Each individual we work with will be unique and have experiences that have shaped them into the person that they are today. As we look for ways to help our clients‚ we need to draw
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Profession Counseling Ethics PCN 505 Chandra Hannah Professor Mary O’ Neil In our everyday life we hear about these issues all the time. Remaining value-neutral about abortion‚ suicide‚ adultery‚ drug use‚ domestic violence‚ and child abuse‚ will not be very easy because we all have our different opinion on such issues. Some of these issue my friends and I discuss everyday and we give our value opinion on these issues which is a little rough. If I would take my personal value along with
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Implementation of the Generalist Model and the Ecosystems Perspective on a Helping Situation Pentaris (Notis) Pentaris Hawaii Pacific University Helping Situation (Case Study) Katie is a 17 year old adolescence diagnosed with cancer since she was 3 years old. The doctor told her parents‚ back then‚ that only if they had a new born child‚ it would be able to donate its sister so that she could survive in future times. Katie has an older brother‚ named James‚ who has learning difficulties
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)‚ is a mental health condition recognized by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). NAMI distinguished PTSD as leaving “people with ongoing psychological symptoms because they are not integrated into the consciousness” (NAMI). Thus‚ a person would be left in a continued state of duress and would be focused solely on escaping that traumatic situation. This state manifests itself in a variety of symptoms that generally fit into four categories: Intrusive
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Depression is a well-known emotional disorder that is characterized by feelings ranging from overwhelming guilt‚ fatigue‚ and social withdrawal‚ to irritability‚ abuse‚ and at times suicidal behaviors (Luby‚ 2009). Depression is not bound by age‚ gender‚ or ethnicity. Research shows that in the month of August 2009‚ approximately 15% of children under the age of six suffer from exceptionally high anxiety and depression levels (Jarvis‚ 2009). The Children ’s Depression Inventory (CDI) is a test often
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The field of Career counseling has gained increased recognition over the past several years and was developed to meet the needs of a society during the industrial age shift from rural to urban living and has extended its focus during other transitional periods of changes in how and where individuals work and live (Firman‚ 2014). Fundamental to career counseling movement is Frank Parsons‚ who is considered the father of the career guidance movement (Zunker‚ 2012). Career development is considered
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Abstract This paper analyzes the relationship between depression‚ anxiety disorders‚ and bipolar disorder on work related behaviors. The following studies; Harvard Mental Health Newsletter (2010)‚ Lerner et al. (2010)‚ Ludman et al. (2008)‚ Erickson et. al (2008)‚ and Marciniak et al. (2004) have found that there is a significant effect on work-related behaviors in the work force primarily involving absenteeism for depression and bipolar disorder and presenteeism for anxiety disorders. The research
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following essay is a case study of a client named John who is suffering from major depression and was sent to see me for treatment by his concerned wife. I will provide brief background information about John then further discuss interventions and strategies I believe can be applied in each session with my client in order to make John’s life more manageable. In the essay‚ I will be writing as the therapist‚ and the sessions are based on a ten week period. BACKGROUND INFORMATION (Case History) A 27-year-old
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causal model of depression is the model with the most empirical evidence in treating depression. According to this model‚ it is one’s cognitions - thoughts and beliefs- that shape one’s behaviors and emotions. The most prominent proponent of the cognitive model of depression is Aaron Beck. He proposed that depressive symptoms result when people’s attributions for external events are based on maladaptive beliefs and attitudes (Persons‚ Davison‚ Tompkins). The cognitive model of depression has provided
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