Psychoeducation

Schizophrenia is a debilitating mental illness with variable expression and uncertain etiology. It is a mental disorder characterized by severe breakdowns in thought patterns, emotions, and perceptions. Only 1% of the population is diagnosed with this illness and it’s a condition difficult to treat and understand most of the type. Anyone would see a schizophrenic person and immediately perceive them as weird and not be able to carry out a normal conversation with them. A person will be at higher…

maintain my therapeutic alliance, I assessed my own skill set by asking the client at the end of most sessions how he felt in the room and if there were anything I could have done better (Beck, 2005). To lay the groundwork, David and I have begun psychoeducation about Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and how his depression, anxiety and stated “paranoia” have played a role. As he has been in the system prior, he reported he knew a little about the PTSD but found my explanations to be more…

Families in Crisis The Horse Whisperer (Redford & Markey, 1998) portrays the trauma of Grace, an adolescent girl, and her horse, Pilgrim, who survive serious injuries after being hit by a semi-truck. Her best friend dies in the accident, as does her friend’s horse. The physical and emotional injuries extend far beyond just Grace; the entire family is impacted by the trauma. Emotional Experience As the film progressed to the traumatic scene, I felt anxiety escalating and all of my senses were…

Child sexual abuse (CSA) is sexual activity in children performed with or without coercion (Finkelhor, Hammer & Sedlak, 2008; Kenny & Wurtele, 2008) or threats by adults or peers (Shaul & Audage, 2007). Sexual activity includes the behavior of both contact and non contact (Bebbington, Jonas, Brugha, Meltzer, Jenkins, Cooper, King & McManus, 2011; Vivolo, Holland, Teten & Holt, 2010). Contact CSA such as touching private parts of children (breast, genitals, and buttocks), penetration, sexual…

Dexter Morgan is a 35-year-old white male who has been imprisoned for the murder of 125 individuals. He was recently employed by Miami metro police department as a blood splatter analyst. Mr. Morgan has very few friends, married to Rita Harrison, who has two younger children, and an adoptive sister, Deborah. The correctional institute recommended Mr. Morgan to see a mental health professional. Mr. Morgan is of medium height and weight, and well-groomed, and presented with a flat affect. Mr.…

Medically-Assisted Treatment: Methadone Titration Counseling Group Medically-Assisted Treatment (MAT) has been and continues to be a viable treatment option for individuals with opiate use disorders. The use of opiate-agonist medications, such as Methadone, have been incorporated into treatment programs to provide an alternative to abstinence-based treatment models. While Methadone has been proven successful in “reducing drug use, drug-injecting behaviors, drug-related HIV, and in improving…

then move on to questions about the past (Seligman & Reichenberg, 2013). Another technique I would use in treatment is the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) because “CBT is structured and directive, relying heavily on the cognitive tools of psychoeducation, Socratic questioning, and the inductive method (Seligman & Reichenberg, 2013).” The strategies of CBT helps people to think, feel and act in ways that are useful and helpful to them, rather than harmful and it allows them to test their own…

This paper will describe a crisis case with a client by the name of Jordan. The paper addresses Jordan’s concerns using the effective Triage Assessment Form (TAF). TAF addresses the crisis in the following domains (1) affective, (2) behavioral, (3) cognitive. These domains indicate the client’s functionality during the crisis. The TAF calls for the clinician to evaluate and rate the client in the domains mentioned earlier. In the paper the clinician will provide a recommendation for the…

In recent years, it has become somewhat of an expectation to obtain a college degree. Landing a steady, high-paying, job without a degree is more of a rarity than it should be. Those who choose not to attend college face being labeled as failures, said to be destined for unemployment and unhappiness. Equating postsecondary education with success, our society tends to shove freshly graduated high school students into a new phase of life that they may or may not be ready for. As the amount of…

1. Diagnosis: Understanding of the diagnostic criteria for a given disorder and whether the client’s presenting problems meet such criteria. (200) Regarding Samantha´s case and in comparison with required symptoms due to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), it can be assumed that she suffers from a specific anxiety (animal anxiety). Whereas this manual does not have expanded subcategories, the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health…