Ap Psychology Case Study In High School

The student just moved here from Ohio. She was living with her mother and siblings and now she lives with her aunt and uncle. M. was getting into arguments and altercations with her siblings and that is the reason her mother sent her to stay with her aunt. M. will be returning home in the summer and there is a possibility that she will not return to Wetumpka. M. said that she likes living with her aunt because she feels like an only child.
M. has seen a counselor in the past and was even on medication for depression at one point. However, the medicine was making her feel worse so her mother took her off of it. M. doesn’t know the name of the medication. M. said that she wasn’t in counseling for very long and hasn’t been back since then.
M. ended up

I can understand why you weren’t thinking about it at that time because you had just got scared. Now that we have been talking about it more, you can be more aware of the breathing so when something like that happens, you can pull that and use it to help you calm down.”
I then asked the student to draw a picture that represents the way she feels when she hears a loud noise. While she was drawing I discussed the breathing some more and we discussed her home life and her boyfriend. While she was drawing I said:
R: “One thing that would be good for you to do is to practice the breathing when you are not scared. Whenever you have time or whenever you’re not doing anything just sit there and start to focus on your breathing. Breathe in deeply then breathe out slowly until you get all the air out and continue to do that and then begin focusing on the cold air that is going in and the warm air that comes out. And also, the rise of your shoulders. Just start focusing on what your body is doing while you are breathing. So, breathe in, shoulders go up, and out, shoulders go