Counselling and Treatment Case Study

Running head: CASE STUDY 1
Case Study
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CASE STUDY 2
I.Key Issues
a) The main issue facing Roberta is depression which is as a result of key issues.
Some of key issues faced by Roberta in order of priority of importance includes; Depression,
Physical abuse, Cigarette smoking, Erratic behavior and her social life.
b) Depression is one of the main issues that the client is facing. Her past family history has
caused all these problems. Firstly of all, I will assess her family history. This will help me
establish the main causes of her depression. This will also help with some knowledge on the
issues she is facing in her life and provide the right medication together with good guidance and
counseling for her (De Hert et al., 2011).
c) The client might list a different order of priority of key issues. This is because she is
confused as she is undergoing a lot of stress in her life.
d) If I had the chance to acquire more information from the client, I will ask her whether she
has an appetite. This is because the loss of appetite can increase depression thus leading to
suicide. This will give me a chance to advise her best food that she can eat to help reduce her
depressive disorder. Also, I will need to know her sleeping habit as depression disorders
sometimes disrupt sleeping habits which may result in being unable to sleep or staying asleep.
The third important information that I will require is from the client is whether she has fatigue or
loss of energy. This is because depression disorder mostly causes patients to feel fatigue.