For the signature assignment, I have decided to choose a case/client I have been working with for six months. The client is a 27 year-old female, Native American, married, has children, low-income, Epileptic, PTSD, and drinks alcohol. She was self-referred as well as referred to me from Indian Education with the local school district. The main reason for the referral was due to the fact that she had been a rape victim, diagnosed with PTSD, wished to feel “normal again”, and also wished to have help working with husband to help him understand. On intake, we talked about her PTSD in length and what happened. We set goals, interventions, and crisis interventions. One of the goals was to have her husband come in to do couples therapy. She really wanted to work with her husband and get a better level of communication set up. So we were doing Solution Focused Therapy. Two months ago, the client contacted me first thing in the morning stating that she
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, 2014). This does not have to be with both parties drinking, but can be with just one individual drinking and contributing to behavioral changes to the relationship dynamics (Devries et al. , 2014). This research was done in several countries (Devries et al. , 2014). However, the Americas show more steady figures when it came to the amount of consumption in regards to occasions and even binge drinking rather than constantly drinking (Devries et al. , 2014). An example of this would be the fact that if someone had been excessively drinking (regardless if it were one or both), they might have problems reading social cues, which can cause fights if they believe someone is mad at them, making fun of them and so forth (Devries et al. , 2014). Drinking shown by either party could play a role in possible intensification of conflict to possible severe forms of hostility (Devries et al. ,
, 2014). This does not have to be with both parties drinking, but can be with just one individual drinking and contributing to behavioral changes to the relationship dynamics (Devries et al. , 2014). This research was done in several countries (Devries et al. , 2014). However, the Americas show more steady figures when it came to the amount of consumption in regards to occasions and even binge drinking rather than constantly drinking (Devries et al. , 2014). An example of this would be the fact that if someone had been excessively drinking (regardless if it were one or both), they might have problems reading social cues, which can cause fights if they believe someone is mad at them, making fun of them and so forth (Devries et al. , 2014). Drinking shown by either party could play a role in possible intensification of conflict to possible severe forms of hostility (Devries et al. ,