Essay: Applying Person-Centric Care to Client B's Car Accident Trauma

This essay discusses the application of a person-centric approach in counselling a hypothetical client, Client B, who experiences anxiety and stress following a car accident. The essay highlights the importance of person-centred care in improving the client's quality of life by addressing their specific needs and concerns. It details how healthcare providers can collaborate with skilled professionals and the client's family to provide comprehensive support, including environmental adjustments, dietary changes, and medication guidance. The essay further emphasizes the benefits of this approach, such as increased patient satisfaction and improved productivity during recovery. The therapist's role involves creating a trusting relationship, employing cognitive therapy techniques, and developing coping skills to help the client manage their anxiety and negative thoughts related to driving and transportation.

“An essay describe about the hypothetical client B who has been met
with the car accident which lead to the feeling of anxiety and stress
in the patient. So to overcome this the person-centric approach is
provided to the patient. ”

Table of Content.
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Counselling is the form of the psychology approach which helps the individuals or the
patient to overcome their problem or harm they have gone through with. The role of counselling
in the treatment is to assist the patient while providing specific care to improve the quality of
living in the patient. This essay report describe about the client b who has gone through with the
car accident. It elaborates about the core councelling approach and the client case. It also
provides the role of therapist in the treatment (Papanastasiou & et. al., (2018)).
This report demonstrate the role of coucelling apporacach while providing the patient the
treatment. Core councelling aproach in this case study is the person-centric approach. These
approaches provides the health care provider to develop the supportive care ot the patient
according to their demands and needs (Baidya & Maitra (2021)).
Core counselling approach used in this client treatment is the person-centric approach. In
these recent years there has been increase in conceptualisation towards patient perspective as it
has been seen it has lead to more speedily recovery. Person-centred approach focus more
towards the individual patient action, their adherence or the trouble they are facing while
recovering from the treatment. Person centred care focus in providing the the treatment to the
client with proper dignity and the respect. Here the health care provider focus on provide the
treatment while focussing on the patient wish. To follow it health care provider should focus
towards the beliefs or the values of the client. In this the health care provider collaborate with
different skilled or social care worker to provide the beneficial management for the anxiety that
client is going through. This approach here focus in altering the patient behaviour while
providing them proper the plan of activity. This includes alteration in patient environment so that
to change their mood. Provide client the effective family approachable surrounding. This also
includes provide proper dietary alteration while incorporating proper nutrient and proteins in diet
which act as a aid for the speedily recovery. This also includes the guiding the patient and their
family member about the role of medicines and importance of taking it effectively. Additionally,
the effectiveness of the patient centric care is that there is increase in patient satisfaction. It is
seen because the patient demand is focussed. This approach provides the better quality of life to
the the client. It also includes the improved productivity is seen in patient progress report. This
approach is provided while giving the patient proper respect and the gratitude (Mead & et. al.,
(2020)).
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In this report, There is a person whose name is client B and age 50 years old. Client B
faced car accident in which their leg is broken due to the major accident. Client had admitted to
to hospital for their treatment. Healthcare provider give the person centred care in by which can
improves their health condition. Client had many issue with their physical condition because they
are unable to walk and due to their long term complexities they faces many health issues while
overcome with the accident case. After the car accident, doctors provided the person centred care
and healthcare team analysis and communicate with the client to reduce their stress and anxiety.
Client having the negative impact on their life due to that severe accident and causes the mental
health issues in which client starts the overthinking and having fear to drive a car again.
healthcare team provides the best quality centred care to the client so that they recover fast but
during their recovery process doctors have examine that client feeling fear, anxiety and
depression. Patient faces many challenges due to the severe injury which is harmful for the
patient mental as well as physical health. In the client treatment, doctors provides various
approaches for treating their injury and helps client to overcome with their negative thoughts.
Client addressing in the hospital for taking the better treatment and after recovering, client start
the counselling due to their mental health issues and overthinking. Person centred care is all
about to improves their physical and mental health (Alam & et. al., (2020)).Due to the broken
leg client is unable to move which causes the more anxiety which affects the clients physical
health. The long term injury causes the more risk of causing the anxiety and depression.
Counselling helps patient to recover their mental stress with the help of centred care that is
provided by the doctors and healthcare provider. Injury causes the more negative effects and
client is totally feeling helpless and stressed due to their negative thinking.
Person centred care is more helpful for the client in overcoming their injury and helps in
their mental stress. It is all about in caring the patient for their medical condition by satisfying
the their needs. The medical treatment is provided by the doctors is most effective and
appropriate for the patient health conditions. With the help of person centred care patient get
satisfied by their treatment(Pound & et. al., (2018)). In the sever situation, client and doctors
become more familiar because healthcare team having the main focus on the patient health
condition. Healthier relationship between client and care provider is more beneficial by which
client can give their own thoughts and thinking with their doctors. Doctors examined that client
having more fear about the car driving again because they think that when client drive the care
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again and attempt the accident. Client is deciding to never drive the car. Person-cantered care
helps patient to avoid the negative thoughts from their mind and think positively. Person-
cantered care is more important for the client B because they are facing major car accident in
which the leg is broken which gives the negative impact on their mental health due to the
depression and anxiety. After some time, client feels relaxation in their injury and in mental
health and decided to go with the bus. Fear, anxiety and depression is maintained by the
counselling and the person-cantered care which helps client helps overcome with their mental
health(Lentz & et. al., (2019)). In centred care healthcare providers improves the health
condition and increases their mental ability by which they can overcome with their mental stress.
Counselling is crucial for the client as it will help him recover from the trauma of road accident.
Patient centred care enables the healthcare institution to potentially improve overall outpatient
care for both the patient and their families. These approaches enable the nurses or the caregivers
to the client by psychiatric interviews and physiotherapies(Szymanska, (2022)). These
intervention techniques prevent the client from overcoming their stress and improves mental
health. But clients decided to travel with buses which increases their their cost. Client having the
major impact on their health and client never overcome with their mental stress. Counselling and
person-cantered care helps in recovering the client injury and their mental health issues. The
negative impact on the client health is very severe because after the recover client do not
overcome with their thoughts and decided to never travel with buses because of the fear and
depression. These complexities are recovered by the various approaches and counselling
(Kumari & et. al., (2018)).
Significantly while providing the person centric care to the client, holistic approach is
used to decrement patient anxiety. Therapist used to provide the care can be the psychologist,
social worker or the family member. Therapist helps the patient to acquire and alter their
aggressive altered emotions when the client go near the car. Therapist with the help of client
develop the cognitive therapy to overcome the mental illness or the anxiety they are going
through with. Therapist provide proper counselling approach to the client to reduce their
overthinking though process. Therapist collaborate with the client and their family member to
develop concrete skills and skilfulness for coping with anxiety client has faced after the car
accident. Therapist should built the optimistic relationship with the client while building proper
trust and client should be assure that there thought process is not judged. However, they can
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share whatever they are feeling as it will help to provide a better supportive approach (Tomczyk
& et. al., (2018)).
CONCLUSION
This essay report elaborates about the role of counselling in treating the patient
effectively. Therapist used here is the person centric approach to treat the client harm or the
injury. It is the integrated care provided which includes the physical and mental support while
keeping the patient demand on the presidency. Patient centric approach that the client used to
provide care to client is better nutrition and the cognitive approach to treat the anxiety.
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