Mental Health and Counseling Grief Therapy - A Case Study

Running head: MENTAL HEALTH AND COUNSELING GRIEF THERAPY 1
Mental Health and Counseling Grief Therapy
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MENTAL HEALTH AND COUNSELING GRIEF THERAPY 2
Mental Health and Counseling Grief Therapy
A Case Study of a Culturally Diverse Client Experiencing Culturally Normal Bereavement
Diana, an American-African lady, is 15 years of age who currently resides with her aunt
after the death of her maternal grandmother. Diana has been experiencing academic
underachievement and behavioral issues after the death of her granny, and this affects not only
her but also her aunt. Diana is not only grieving the death of her aunt but also the death of her
mother who had died of HIV/AIDS three years ago. Diana is not aware of his father’s
whereabouts since she was born. Her mother was a drug addict before she passed away and this
affected Diana in her studies due to her mother’s behavior.
Although an evaluation on Diana reports a vast capacity for intellectual thought, she is
also undergoing through convoluted grief because of her mother s lifestyle and consequent death.
A report of a therapist that she had visited says that she is deeply affected by the past lifestyle
she had been living with her mother. Diana confessed about how she accompanied her mother to
different hotels to meet with various men where they would have sex in front of her while being
forced to sleep with such men. Diana’s behaviour has affected her family and teachers which
made teachers to report her to school.
Treatment Plan
Goal #1
Diana’s aunt should take her to a hospital where they will understand her pains and
sadness without trying to judge
Objectives:
Diana’s aunt should ensure that Diana’s case is not unusual and explain to her the
differences between complicated and normal grieving (Stroebe, Schut, & Van den Bout, 2013).