Jordan's Treatment Plan

Given Jordan’s history of sensitive temperament, frequent moves during her early childhood, and her parents’ struggle to provide consistent care giving due to relationship and financial stress, she has developed an insecure-ambivalent attachment pattern. As Gil (2010) explains, this often results in decreased abilities to regulate behaviours and emotions and difficulty expressing needs for affection and support in healthy, clear ways. This difficulty has been compounded by the emotional abuse and sexual assault Jordan experienced with two past boyfriends. The treatment plan for Jordan will progress in three stages, and given her level of suicidality, and clinical research on self-critical depression and adolescent depression, it will be provided as a long-term intervention (Blatt, 1995; Children’s Mental Health Ontario (CMHO), 2001).
The initial phase of treatment will focus on safety, stabilization and preparation for treatment following which the second stage will involve a focused treatment promoting skill development and then processing of traumatic events. After the middle …show more content…
Other creative projects will be used to further explore ideas related to CBT for example creating a mask where the outside is decorated with images of what Jordan shows to the world, and the inside is decorated with how she feels inside. During the parent sessions, Jordan’s parents will be exploring parenting skills. They will be invited to come in for part of Jordan’s sessions for Jordan to fill them in on any new tools so that they can support her in practicing them and respond appropriately (Gil, 1991). Her parents will also be engaged in bibliotherapy and encouraged to read: “Lonely, Sad and Angry: How to Help Your Unhappy Child”, and “To Change A Mind” to improve there understanding of