Case Study on Vann
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Case Study on Vann
William C. Hill
Chesapeake College
Psychology 150
Vann is a seventeen-year-old boy who has experienced some changes recently. Over the years, he has been in love with soccer. He would play pickup games with his friends, and would watch his favorite team,
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Manchester United, on television every weekend. For about a month, he has had no interest in this at all. He has also stopped attending some of his classes, causing his grades to drop. In addition, he has lost interest in eating, and has lost eight pounds in only a month simply from not eating.
Vann’s loss of interests has left a hole in his life. A hole he fills by sleeping all day, and when awake, he feels …show more content…
Through cognitive therapy, the patient can learn effective self-help skills that can be used in homework assignments that aid in changing the way the patient feels and thinks. The goal of cognitive therapy is to give the patient independence over their condition, and the ability to resolve their own issues in the future
(Dr. Leahy paragraph 2).
One of the most popular forms of cognitive therapy is that of journaling. Journaling is simply keeping a journal of one’s own thoughts and moods over a given period (Ackerman 2017). These journal entries can include what time the mood or thought occurred, the source of the mood or thought, the intensity the mood or thought was felt, how one responded, as well as many other factors. Journaling can help the psychiatrist understand the patient’s though patterns as well as emotional tendencies. With this knowledge, the psychiatrist can describe these to the patient, and discover how the patient can effectively adapt, or cope with them. The process of journaling can also help the patient receive treatment before the psychiatrist ever reads the entries. Simply being able to write down …show more content…
The patient is recommended to find every opportunity to be positive throughout their day (Anderson 2014).
Patients are recommended to locate a given number of positive things in something for everything they find negative. For instance, if Vann walks into a room and thinks, “I hate this paint color,” he is encouraged to find what he does like about the room. This could range from the type of floor, to even the smell. These positive thoughts are used to combat the negative thoughts the patient is having. This could be used in coordination with the previously mentioned journal method. Through the journal the psychiatrist can see how many positive thoughts the patient had throughout the day compared to the negative thoughts. They can keep track of how long the negative thoughts outweigh the positive thoughts until there is a breakthrough. Some patients have been recommended to set reminders on their phone of positive things in life to brighten them up throughout the day. For example, if Vann is having a particularly bad day, a reminder about how much he enjoys dogs could bring him back to the side of happiness.
These reminders could even be mini pep talks throughout the day to
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Case Study on Vann
William C. Hill
Chesapeake College
Psychology 150
Vann is a seventeen-year-old boy who has experienced some changes recently. Over the years, he has been in love with soccer. He would play pickup games with his friends, and would watch his favorite team,
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Manchester United, on television every weekend. For about a month, he has had no interest in this at all. He has also stopped attending some of his classes, causing his grades to drop. In addition, he has lost interest in eating, and has lost eight pounds in only a month simply from not eating.
Vann’s loss of interests has left a hole in his life. A hole he fills by sleeping all day, and when awake, he feels …show more content…
Through cognitive therapy, the patient can learn effective self-help skills that can be used in homework assignments that aid in changing the way the patient feels and thinks. The goal of cognitive therapy is to give the patient independence over their condition, and the ability to resolve their own issues in the future
(Dr. Leahy paragraph 2).
One of the most popular forms of cognitive therapy is that of journaling. Journaling is simply keeping a journal of one’s own thoughts and moods over a given period (Ackerman 2017). These journal entries can include what time the mood or thought occurred, the source of the mood or thought, the intensity the mood or thought was felt, how one responded, as well as many other factors. Journaling can help the psychiatrist understand the patient’s though patterns as well as emotional tendencies. With this knowledge, the psychiatrist can describe these to the patient, and discover how the patient can effectively adapt, or cope with them. The process of journaling can also help the patient receive treatment before the psychiatrist ever reads the entries. Simply being able to write down …show more content…
The patient is recommended to find every opportunity to be positive throughout their day (Anderson 2014).
Patients are recommended to locate a given number of positive things in something for everything they find negative. For instance, if Vann walks into a room and thinks, “I hate this paint color,” he is encouraged to find what he does like about the room. This could range from the type of floor, to even the smell. These positive thoughts are used to combat the negative thoughts the patient is having. This could be used in coordination with the previously mentioned journal method. Through the journal the psychiatrist can see how many positive thoughts the patient had throughout the day compared to the negative thoughts. They can keep track of how long the negative thoughts outweigh the positive thoughts until there is a breakthrough. Some patients have been recommended to set reminders on their phone of positive things in life to brighten them up throughout the day. For example, if Vann is having a particularly bad day, a reminder about how much he enjoys dogs could bring him back to the side of happiness.
These reminders could even be mini pep talks throughout the day to