Case Study on Verbatim Analysis - Desklib
16 Pages6433 Words154 Views
Added on 2020-05-04
Case Study on Verbatim Analysis - Desklib
Added on 2020-05-04
ShareRelated Documents
Running head: CASE STUDY AND VERBATIM ANALYSISCase study and verbatim analysisName of the student:Name of the University:Author note:
1CASE STUDY AND VERBATIM ANALYSISThe client is a male from Fiji, who is doing his master’s in counseling in NewZealand. He is staying in New Zealand on student visa. Throughout all of the counselingsession, the client remained calm and friendly.I have met the client in the lab class and had a face-to-face counseling. The client hasfaced three detailed counseling sessions with me. While talking to the client, I have usedMotivational interviewing style (Miller, & Rollnick, 2012) which is based on client centrictherapeutic technique (Wickman, & Campbell, 2003). This technique is simple and helpfulfor the client as it suggests the counselor to guide the client to focus on his or her ownunderstanding of the situation, rather than someone else’s perspective on the situation. Asdescribed by Miller and Rollnick, I have maintained all of the five principles of interviewingin my mind. These are, Showed empathy (Rollnick et al, 2008).Showed the client the difference between his main goals and current behavior(Cooper, 2008).Avoided direct argument.Adjusted to the resistance of the client.Supported optimism.Rogers gave a strong opinion about the relationship between the client and thecounselor (Kirschenbaum, & Jourdan, 2005). According to him, every client and counselorshould possess therapeutic alliance between them as it would definitely results positiveoutcomes. I find it necessary to know the overview of the client to enhance the process oftherapy.
2CASE STUDY AND VERBATIM ANALYSISI have also used the Cognitive therapy technique by Aaron T. Beck to help the clientto understand his feelings and thoughts. Beck suggested that thinking and feelings of a persondirectly reflects through his or her behavior (Beck, 2005) (Lambert, & Barley, 2001). Anyonecan achieve their goals by identifying the problems and changing their behavior according toit (Duncan et al, 2008). The client comes from a non-mainstream Christian background where counseling isnot accepted as a profession and does not have counseling services. The children arecounseled by their parents, elders or by some religious leaders. He feels that, this is thereason that the people from his country are suffering from mental instability. He told thecounselor that three of his cousin had committed suicide. The client feels deeply saddened bythese deaths. He also described that infanticide, separation and divorce rates are higher in hiscountry. According to him, this makes the people of his country unstable. This has motivatedthe client to study counseling. Irrespective of his background, the client is determined toestablish himself in this field. Therefore, he chose to come to New Zealand for further studiesas he feels that, having a degree from here would help him establish his career as a counselor.In the first session, the client has shared his beliefs and let me know about the stresshe is going through. The client is bothered about being a counselor with a different culturalbackground; the people would not accept him as their guide. He also stated that being aperson from non-mainstream background, he is confused that whether the people frommainstream background would accept him as a client. The client has shown the symptoms ofhaving low self-esteem. In the second session, the client revealed that he has a granddaughterwho is staying back in Fiji and he misses her terribly. Counseling session 1:
3CASE STUDY AND VERBATIM ANALYSISThis is the first counseling session I had with my client. This session was importantfor me as it helped me determiner the approach of counseling. In this session, the client toldme about his background, which has helped me to have a clear conception of the aspects heneeds me for the guidance. The client revealed that, he is from Fiji where counseling serviceis not available for the common people. It drives the common people to take many drasticsteps such as suicide. This has motivated my client to be a counselor in the first place as hefeels that having a counselor would give the people someone who could relate to them. Theclient also revealed that he has dealt with some personal loss as he lost two of his cousinsthrough suicide. He thinks that his cousin committed suicide due to the lack of counselingand guidance. These tragedies made him to study counseling. This shows that the client isdriven towards his ultimate goal. The client felt that having a bachelor’s degree is not enoughfor him and he needs a masters’ to be a good counselor. The client revealed all the negativeexperiences he had in his early life. The client also doubts his ability to be a good counselorin his life. The Center for Clinical Interventions, Australia states that low self-esteemgenerates from various things such as negative early experience, negative belief system,unhelpful rules, assumptions and behavior (Hill, 2005) (Orth, & Robins, 2013). Throughoutthe counseling session, the client revealed his determination to be perfect (Perfectionism).Although, this attribute is somewhat encouraging, it can drive a person towards low self-esteem and depression (Sowislo, & Orth, 2013). According to Rosenberg and Owen, peoplesuffering from low self-esteem often drive themselves to depression, as they are more likelyto be troubled by failures (Beck, Freeman, & Davis, 2015) (Langens, & Schüler, 2005). Theclient is also driven by the fact that he is from different cultural background and his clientwill not be accepting him as their counselor. The client has also shown pessimism towardshis all-over approach in life. He constantly fears about whether the society would accept himor not. Although the client seemed interested about knowing the biculturalism in New
End of preview
Want to access all the pages? Upload your documents or become a member.
Related Documents
Proposal for Family Involvement in Alcohol and Drug Counselinglg...
|7
|1905
|332
Case Study and Critiquelg...
|10
|2731
|22
COU201A - Counselling Service Between Western Countrieslg...
|12
|5069
|16
Solution-Focused Therapy in Counselinglg...
|6
|1504
|370
Story-Telling as a Counselling Formlg...
|17
|1185
|484
Theories of Counselinglg...
|8
|1788
|62