Counseling - Cognitive therapy | Case Study

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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
Discussion............................................................................................................................2
Approach 1: Danni, Cognitive therapy............................................................................2
Information about Danni..................................................................................................2
Description of the approach.............................................................................................3
The key principles and goals of the chosen approach.....................................................4
The relevance of the approach for children, For Danni...................................................4
Techniques or interventions within the approach that will be used to treat Danni..........5
Approach 2: Family, family therapy................................................................................5
More information into the family....................................................................................5
Description of the approach selected for helping the family overcome the situation......6
The key principles and goals of the selected approach....................................................6
Relevance of the approach for the family, For Danni’s family.......................................7
Techniques or intervention within the approach that will be used for helping Danni’s
family in overcoming the issues..................................................................................................7
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................8
References............................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Counseling refers to giving advice professionally to people on different personal and
social problems that is being faced by them. It therefore includes the process of guiding and
assisting clients with their problems on a professional basis for resolving the social, personal or
psychological difficulties and problems faced by them (Van Deurzen & Adams, 2016). The case
study selected for the purpose of this study is that of Danni and her family. Danni is a 16yaer old
teenager who is presently going through the trauma of loss of her mother with whom she used to
live after the divorce of her parents. Therefore she is finding it difficult to cope up with her
mother’s death and fit into her new family (Smith, Moller & Vossler, 2017). The two approaches
that will be used for the purpose of overcoming this situation includes- the family therapy and
the cognitive therapy. The family therapy includes- treating the variety of specific issues that is
being faced by the family (Geldard, Geldard & Foo, 2017). On the other hand, the cognitive
behavioral therapy is used to help patients focus on their present scenario and not on their past
experiences. The main aim of the paper is to help Danni and her family overcome the issues that
are presently being faced by them. The paper will discuss about the two approaches that will be
used for treating Danni and her family. The paper will also discuss about the approaches, the key
principles and the techniques within those approaches that will be used for treating Danni.
Discussion
Approach 1: Danni, Cognitive therapy
Information about Danni
Danni was six years old when her parents divorced and after that incident she had been
staying with her mother. She was in regular contact with Jack her dad eve after the divorce.

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However three years ago, her mother was diagnosed with lungs cancer and she battled with the
disease for a long time and six months ago her mother passed away. Through her mother’s
illness, Danni stayed with her mother. And it was only when her mother became too ill stay at
home that she went to stay with her father Jack. Jack lives his current partner and his 10 years
old daughter Sophie (Skinner & McLean, 2017). However she is unable to cope up with her
mother’s death and fit into with her new family as she prefers staying alone in her room and also
refuses to take part in the family dinners. She often enters into arguments with Jack and her new
partner.
Description of the approach
The approach that will be used for treating Danni so that she can overcome the trauma
that she is going through is cognitive therapy (DeRubeis, Keefe & Beck, 2019). Cognitive
therapy includes focusing on the present thinking, communication and behavior rather than past
experiences. Moreover this therapy can help patients suffering from anxiety, depression, stress,
panic, fear, substance use and others. From the present scenario faced by Danni, it can be said
that she is facing depression as she is unable to take part in different family activities, she is
preferring isolation, she prefers staying in her room and is losing interest in most of the activities.
Therefore cognitive therapy is a type of a talk therapy that can be practised with people of any
age and it can help the patient in looking at their own thought, behaviours and feelings. The
cognitive therapy can help the children in replacing their negative thoughts with positive and
realistic ones. It can help them in changing their behaviours that is causing some sort of
challenge in their everyday life. In CBT, the child and the therapist will work together for
identification of the problem, setting some gaols and checking the progress regularly.