Psychoeducation

Depression affects many people, including children. “About 5 percent of children and adolescents suffer from depression, and in 2012, an estimated 2.2 million adolescents aged 12 to 17 in the United States had at least one major depressive episode in the past year. This represented 9.1 percent of the U.S. population aged 12 to 17 (National Institute of Mental Health, 2014). Persisting sadness and hopelessness are troubling predictors of clinical depression, which is significantly linked to…

Alzheimer’s Disease is one of many forms of dementia, and is the most common form (Orimaye 1). What Alzheimer’s Disease does to a person is that they start to have progressive cognitive decline like losing memory and degeneration of reasoning ability (Cai 1). To be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease, a person has to go through extensive neurophysical examinations by using a lot of cognitive tests that have a series of questions and images. There is a maximum score of thirty for the test, and if…

Identifying Information Anna Fitzgerald contacted me about seeking counseling services. She shared with me that she is interested in individual and family counseling. Her family is identified as a Caucasian family. They reside in California. The Fitzgerald family consists of two parents, three teenagers, and an aunt. The family members are: Brian (father), Sara (Mother), Kate (Oldest Daughter), Jesse (Middle child/ Kate and Anna’s Brother), Anna (Youngest Sister), and Kelly (Sara’s Sister/ Kate,…

Brief description of client Alan Zupka is a fifty year old, Caucasian gay male who appeared to be his age. He has been in a long term relationship for eight years. He was self-referred to counseling. Client has a Bachelor’s degree in psychology and is currently working on his Master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling. Client has been retired since 2008. Client identified as American when asked his ethnicity. Mr. Zupka is an attractive man who is in good shape, neatly dressed,…

The treatment plan will consist of multiple individual psychology techniques. The treatment plan will focus on treating Kate in an 8 week intervention plan. Literature will firstly be explained, followed by applying it to the case study of Kate. The counsellor will follow the theory of individual psychology that has been discussed in Section A. Ethical considerations that will be upheld by the counsellor during the sessions with Kate are the following: 1) respect for the client; the counsellor…