In focusing on the eight developmental stages, the counselor will focus on the stages of Hope: Trust vs. Mistrust, Will: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt, Purpose: Initiative vs. Guilt, Competency: Industry vs. Inferiority, and Fidelity: Identity vs. Role Confusion in Gary's life. The reason the counselor will use these stages is because of Gary's panic attacks, divorce, and denial of mental health and substance abuse in the past.
The counselor has to be careful in the approach used because in the Hope stage trust has to be won because this could cause Gary to have a depressive psychological set-back. In the Will stage, Gary needs to know that he can move forward. There is life after divorce. Gary needs to avoid feeling Shame and Guilty because
The counselor has to be careful in the approach used because in the Hope stage trust has to be won because this could cause Gary to have a depressive psychological set-back. In the Will stage, Gary needs to know that he can move forward. There is life after divorce. Gary needs to avoid feeling Shame and Guilty because