Client will be given a pretest to establish a baseline of how she is feeling and identifying her thoughts. Therapist will evaluate her progress or lack thereof with weekly check-ins and by the clients self-reporting. Client will also be given the PhQ-9 and the Becks depression inventory. The patient health questionnaire is a multipurpose tool to screen for depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideations. The tool focuses on the client’s severity of symptoms and how the client will respond to treatment. The PhQ-9 is not used to diagnosis the depression. This is beneficial for the clinician especially if the client is receiving services to fulfill a court or CPS mandate. This will clue the clinician in that the client is not seeking services to change
