Therapeutic Engagement in Mental Health: A Case Study on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

THERAPEUTIC
ENGAGEMENT IN
MENTAL HEALTH

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview of synopsis of case study.................................................................................................1
Overview of the therapeutic intervention and engagement.............................................................1
Experience and skills developed while using this threptic intervention..........................................3
Intervention......................................................................................................................................4
Ethics Considerations......................................................................................................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

Overview of synopsis of case study
Donna (pseudonym name) is 32 years old women who recently gave birth to a baby girl.
First sign of depression within her was seen after she gave birth to her daughter. Her family
doctor prescribed her an anti-depressant. Her husband was supportive and made decent income
but after birth of their daughter, money was always tight. She used to have frequent mood swings
like anger, hopelessness, losing interest in activities that used to please her, anxiety, lack of
satisfaction in life. This further led to losing her appetite, she used to feel depressed as she
thought that no one understood her. Due to this, slowly even her few months old daughter used
to irritate her and she was not keen to take care of her. In order to overcome this feeling, her
started going to church for finding peace of mind but failed to do so. She felt insomniac, lost her
appetite as a result she was also losing her weight, get irritated easily and was facing difficulty in
bonding with her baby.
Due to this, Donna’s husband took her to a therapist in order to help her to overcome
depression after birth of their daughter so that she can bond with her baby. This session started
with basic interaction between Donna and therapist for development of strong relationship
between Donna and Therapist and for understanding main root cause of her depression so that
she can get comfortable and share her experience with her therapist.
This assessment will lay emphasis upon applying cognitive behaviour therapy, support
group and psychoeducation as interventions that can help Donna in bringing improvement within
her overall mental health. within this, first week support group will be assigned to her where
counselling session will be arranged for her where she can share her experience. Then from
second week cognitive behaviour therapy for bringing modification within her negative and
depressed thoughts can be brought. For this first of all a form was signed in which er and her
husband’s consent was taken and then every alternate day session of 45 minutes was arranged.
Overview of the therapeutic intervention and engagement
Cognitive behaviour therapy’s main motive is to help Donna to learn her own ways of
dealing with negative thoughts, bond effectively with her baby, sudden mood swings within her
nature can be controlled. In short this theory will basically help Donna in learning to deal with
her anxiety, depression, develop interest in bonding with her baby and prevent her from
developing depression again in future. Therapeutic intervention chosen for Donna was an
appropriate intervention which is most commonly used in dealing with depression and will help
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