o Elevate mood and develop healthy cognitive patterns and beliefs about self and the world that leads to alleviation of Leydi’s sense of impending doom. o Find out more about minor’s resources and strengths to access these abilities and help the minor to put them to use. o Counselor would use a scale from 1 to 10 in each session to anchor problems, measure progress and to obtain a rating from the client on where they perceive they are on the scale that day o Use Solution Focused Therapy to focus therapy on solution-building rather than problem-solving.
Behavior: [Counselor’s observation, from mood, affect, etc:]
Leydi was appropriately dressed and displayed good hygiene. She was able to establish good eye contact. She was cooperative …show more content…
To help her focus on the positive things in her life and to perceive if any progress has been made in the past period. Leydi said that nothing was better, that she cried at night because she was really tired of being held in this shelter against her will. She also said that was “the federales” (ORR) fault. This counselor examine with Leidy how true was that statement and brought up some of her past decisions that were the reason why her stay in the shelter was extended. After discussing the idea for a while she admitted some responsibility in the matter. o Counselor used screening questions to explore for signs of depression and Leidy answers did not show any signs of it.
Response [Client’s response to interventions used and progress made towards goal]: o Leydi stated that she has not try to implement realistic thinking in her everyday life. That she forgets most of the times. o Counselor focused the conversation on what Leydi wanted to be different in her present and future and how to go about making that happen. She said that she wants to be more positive but that it’s real hard for her. o Leydi seems to listen to the information I give her and verbally agrees to follow treatment. But she soon forgets of her commitment and only follows treatment for a couple of
Behavior: [Counselor’s observation, from mood, affect, etc:]
Leydi was appropriately dressed and displayed good hygiene. She was able to establish good eye contact. She was cooperative …show more content…
To help her focus on the positive things in her life and to perceive if any progress has been made in the past period. Leydi said that nothing was better, that she cried at night because she was really tired of being held in this shelter against her will. She also said that was “the federales” (ORR) fault. This counselor examine with Leidy how true was that statement and brought up some of her past decisions that were the reason why her stay in the shelter was extended. After discussing the idea for a while she admitted some responsibility in the matter. o Counselor used screening questions to explore for signs of depression and Leidy answers did not show any signs of it.
Response [Client’s response to interventions used and progress made towards goal]: o Leydi stated that she has not try to implement realistic thinking in her everyday life. That she forgets most of the times. o Counselor focused the conversation on what Leydi wanted to be different in her present and future and how to go about making that happen. She said that she wants to be more positive but that it’s real hard for her. o Leydi seems to listen to the information I give her and verbally agrees to follow treatment. But she soon forgets of her commitment and only follows treatment for a couple of