Session 4
Calmly Jo arrived on time sporting a new bracelet. Cheerfully complementing her on the bracelet resulted in a confident smile, she conveyed this was her new pattern. Expressively admiration for her talent was disclosed. Supportively, questions were asked about how her week went. Jo stated that it was a bit of a roller coaster. Giving reports that some days she was tired and that some nights she had trouble going to sleep. She reported feeling teary-eyed. Discussions occurred that this is normal after disclosing trauma and that the effect is usually temporary providing treatment is continued. Sleep strategies were provided. Jo was asked if there were similarities in times when she felt teary eyed? She replied that it happened a lot in
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Jo disclosed that she was now eating more than before. Education that this was being used as a coping method was given. Validation was given that she found a coping skill, followed by education that she would need to learn some new ones so that we could change the unwanted behavior. Information was provided that it will take time, but the more replacement skills we learn, the greater success she could achieve. Handouts were provided for coping strategies. Inquiries into the journal were made. Sheepishly, Jo said that she had been writing in it, but she didn’t really know what to write. Acknowledgment was given in attempting the task and a recommendation that when she felt a powerful emotion to pay attention to it and write about what emotion it was or draw an image that comes to mind. An emotion wheel was provided for her to take home and practiced using it to increase her understanding of how she felt. Coming to the conclusion of session Jo was asked if she felt safe and supported. She replied that she did. Encouragement and self-care were reinforced and validation of her courage and dedication to work through the abuse she endured. During the session, Jo appeared to want to stay on the surface level dealing
The lecture discussed a single case study of sixteen-year-old girl who was dealing with anorexia. The speaker, Fisher, stated that he spoke to her parents only twice over the span of four and a half years that he worked with the girl. The initial meeting was to get some background information before the sessions started and the other was further into the sessions. During the only face to face meeting with the parents, he found that there were no outstanding issues in the family that could have caused the eating disorder, anorexia. In the first sixteen years of her life, she was a good daughter who seemed to be almost too good. She was obedient and kind and never got in trouble. She was an honor roll student who was in clubs that were considered
First, the therapist attempts to investigate the behaviours that the client presented on the first time that she experiences the problem. Second, the therapist tries to understand the way the client is managing her symptoms and problems (Dobson and Dobson, 2009) by identifying the safety behaviours that the client is adopting to reduce the level of anxiety (Papworth, Marrinan, and Martin, 2013). On the video session, the therapist showed concern about the behaviours that the client was engaging on (Marshall and Turnbull, 1996), however, she should have asked her more about specific behaviours that the client was probably engaging on, based on the information that the client provided (Kinsella and Garland, 2008). The therapist tries to detect behaviours such as avoiding specific situations, like for example leaving the house alone (Papworth, Marrinan, and Martin, 2013), yet she did not explore this enough. The therapist should have also inquired the client about reassurance seeking and safety seeking behaviours, as the client stated that she calls her husband when she is feeling anxious. The therapist should have discussed this in more detail, specifically emphasising the conection between these behaviours and the vicious circle (Kinsella and Garland,
Gazing upon my sister, it was as though she had been replaced by her complete opposite. Where once her face had been covered with smiles all of the time, her face was now contorted with grief, and it looked like she would never smile again. Her look could only be described as a small child who has lost a toy in the sand box.
Formulation of Problem/Needs: The client 's presenting problems are caused by her mother’s emotional verbal abuse. In spite of all, her emotional problems Ana maintains a positive outlook towards her future. Ana demonstrates self-determination as she clearly expresses her current issues. She struggles with overeating because she feels unloved and worthless. Ana is seeking services to overcome the resentment she feels towards her mother. She is requesting help to manage her coping skills and reduce her feelings of depression. According to Ana these feelings started at a young age. Ana’s current challenges are learning to cope with her mother’s verbal abuse. Anna will arrange monthly meetings with her social worker to talk about what methods she’s used to coping with her depression. Ana agrees that she needs to find positive away to communicate with her mother. Ana also stays that she wants to learn to be selfish and break free from the traditional stereotypical life of East LA. Ana would like to begin addressing the following
Presenting problem: Client walked into therapy without a defined presenting problem. As our session progressed, she realized that she has been dealing with some stress in various aspects of her life that include school, fitness and diet, and interpersonal relationships. The client has agreed that she could benefit from learning new ways to cope with the stress produced when things have a different outcome than the one she expected.
• This experience made her very secluded and reserved. She thought a lot about suicide but found comfort in writing. She became an observer rather than a participator in everyday life.
Even when he tried to stay optimistic, fear and anxiety set in often in Schwartz’s mind. He experienced fear and anxiety related to impending death. Worries of missing out on his son growing up and not experiencing romantic moments with his wife ever again filled him with both terror and grief. He expressed this fear to his psychiatrist and his concern that he might be depressed. Dr Cassem assured him that crying was a sign of acknowledgment of his love for his family. He also worried if there was anything he could do t...
Then she said the words and I broke, “Are you alright?” Her face a portrait of concern, the bedroom somehow exploding, then everything snapped. I sagged onto the tiles, every vestige of strength sapped from my watery muscles. My lungs began shallowly pumping air. Distantly I watched Tracy edge across the floor, wary and concerned. Some detached part of me noticed that she’d slept in her uniform again, why hadn’t I noticed that? She rested her hand gently upon my shaking shoulder and knelt.
The truth is that no one enjoys being abused, no matter what kind of emotional state or self-image they may have. Some of the emotions that I experienced in this kind of relationship are isolation, paranoia, shame and embarrassment. As a victim of abuse, I, like many victims, didn’t rea...
it seems that they are supposed to discuss the severity of the abuse both during and after the experience. In that case, it will be better if they also discuss what happens while the abuse is going on. For example, what impact might emotional abuse have on the victim’s self-esteem when the abuse initially starts? What will happen to the victim’s self-esteem as the abuse continues? They could explain that, and they can also consider what can happen to the victim’s relationships, independence, health, etc. as the abuse is ongoing. Discuss the severity that emotional abuse has on victims during the experience.
Equity Theory of Motivation Introduction: Robbins & Judge (2007, p.186) defines Motivation “as the processes that account for an individual’s intensity, direction, and persistence of effort towards attaining a goal”. Equity theory comes under process theory which gives the perception whether the individual is going to work hard or not depending upon the rewards and possible outcomes. This paper discusses and describes the equity theory of motivation, with its implications for managers, in the light of a real organizational example. Analysis: What is the difference between John Stacey Adams, a workplace and behavioural psychologist,” articulated a construct of equity theory on job motivation and job satisfaction in 1965” (Okpara, 2006, p.226).
In addition, in a later scene, Ellen says to her therapist, how Ellen knew Megan’s baby “was never going to make it,” making a negative remark towards Megan’s pregnancy. Moreover, the main focus of a person who suffers from an eating disorder relies upon what they eat, how they look, and what the scale says. According to an article in a journal on “Emotion in Eating Disorders,” emotions have been a form of neglect when it comes to the serious topic of eating disorders. This neglect represents the lack of emotions and attachment styles shown by those with an eating disorder and how it contributes to their
Over the past few decades, studying organizational behavior has become an important thing that needs to be understood by many people, organizations, and even companies. It has become very important, since organizational behavior can bring so many benefits for people and companies to achieve their goals well and organize it better. For example, organizational behavior can help companies to learn about how to deal with many people, cope with globalization, manages the companies wisely, and may increase performance and productivity of the employees (Usman, 2010). One of the examples of organizational behavior lesson that has become very important, especially for organizations and companies, is the study of personality and behavior. Personality
The workshop started off as any other the speaker introduced herself as “Louisa” and explained that what she will talk about might hit some people 's nerves. Then, she shot my idea down that she was going to talk about partners. She said that she would talk about male to female partner abuse, but since that is commonly talked about she wanted to focus more on all relationships you have in life. From that point on she went through a slide show while telling her stories. Louisa showed us a bunch of slides about unhealthy and healthy relationships. I had also expected that she was only going to talk about verbal and physical abuse; however, I was wrong about that too. She talked to us about six different types of abuse: “verbal/emotional abuse, stalking, physical abuse, digital abuse, sexual abuse and even financial abuse.” She explained that abusers use “possession, isolation, demands, and stalking” to instill “self-doubt and shame/guilt” in their victims. She brought up a slide where it described actions that are both healthy and unhealthy. The list consisted of “boundaries, love, jealousy, anger and silence.” Then Louisa explained that these can be both because...
I arrived at my office today at 10:00am, armed with a Starbucks cappuccino, a Fiji water bottle, and my laptop. I am greeted with a sweet smell of vanilla initiating from a glade plug-in. I look out the window and see massive buildings, hundreds of tiny cars whoosh in all directions, and I see people that are dashing among the busy sidewalks of New York. Above it all is a perfect clear and sunny sky that just happened to brighten my mood just by looking at it. . I sip on my cappuccino while thinking about today‘s appointments. I think of the patients I am going to see today and what procedures will be done to help them progress with their conflicts. I start wishful thinking and imagine if I were to help any of them make a breakthrough today and how happy I would be to feel the sense of accomplishment knowing that I helped someone completely overcome an issue. I was suddenly determined to take my career to a new level of accomplishment. I notice that I finished my cappuccino and have been sipping on air for the past five minutes. I laugh at myself and toss the empty cup in the trash. Then I fall back into my thoughts and thoroughly think over how I am going to help one of my patients that has experienced a difficult tragedy in their life and cannot stop dwelling on that incident. They have been my patient for quite some time and regardless of what advice and treatment I apply to them, they seem to just stay stuck feeling remorse for themselves. Her name is Ava and the main conflict that is keeping her from making a breakthrough is that she does not understand why such a horrible situation would occur in her life. She cannot correlate a reason as to why this occurrence would happen to her of all people. I went about my day and treat...