Counseling Mary's Case Paper

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The goals used for counseling Mary's case used psychoanalytic and Adlerian treatment to help build Mary emotional state. By using the psychoanalytic treatment to increase adaptive functioning help to reduces Mary’s anxiety and depression. Also, use therapeutic methods dealing with the unconscious and conscious to strengthen Mary ego so her behavior is in reality. The counselor role with the client Mary would be the blank approach and transference relationship. This will allow client Mary to free association by expressing her feelings, experiences, association, memories and fantasies. This theoretical approach builds a bridge to Mary’s new future.

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