Genogram Case Study Apa

Natalie is a fourteen year old girl who not only suffers from depression, mild PTSD that stems from traumatic childhood experiences, but also battles with nightmares and thoughts of self –harm. She lives with her mom and dad (they are still together), older brother and sister, and her emotional support dog, Ginger. Natalie is primarily home/cyber schooled, but is in the process of transitioning at least to part time brick and mortar school attendance. She has a very strong, loving, and supportive family, but over the past three years even all that wasn’t enough. Four years ago was when the nightmares started and symptoms associated with depression started to surface. It took approximately a year for her family to get accepted or qualified for her to receive any case management services because they do not fall into the “typical” categories. Over the course of that year, Natalie’s family and friends all noticed that her attitude, perspectives, demeanor,… everything about her seemed better, more positive and lively whenever she was around certain animals. Every member of her family all asked about and researched all that was needed to get Natalie an emotional support …show more content…
On the way, however, Natalie’s dad lost control of their SUV on the wet road, while trying to avoid colliding with a large pickup truck that was speeding towards them in their lane. In trying to avoid this accident, he wound up crashing in to a large electrical pole. Even though a worse tragedy was avoided, Natalie did suffer a broken arm and Ginger suffered multiple injuries including several fractures to two of her legs which led her to be listed in critical condition. The dad was ok. All of the family tried really hard to be strong for Natalie’s sake because they all know how very much Ginger means to her as well as how very important she is to Natalie’s overall health and