Please read the following case and answer the questions below. Answer should be in paragraph form, APA format (12 point font, Times New Roman, 1 inch margins, cover page, running head). 4-5 pages should be good. This is for a Clinical Mental Health Counseling course studying to be a counselor. This is different from a psychologist or psychiatrist. Please write from this perspective.
Sandy was an 11 year old girl referred in February because of abdominal pains, sleeplessness and school problems. She was falling behind in her schoolwork and had become increasingly isolated from her peer group over the preceding few months. A pediatric examination showed that the abdominal pains were not due to clearly identifiable organic factors. Sandy lived with her father, Peter, and two younger brothers, Ned (8 years) and Rickie (5 years). Sandy’s mother, Assumpta, had died about 15 months previously following a lengthy battle with cancer. Assumpta had died peacefully in her husband’s arms. The children attended the funeral and Peter’s mother, Clara, who lived nearby, had helped to care for the three children in the wake of Assumpta’s death. Over the next year, Sandy was the best adjusted of the three children. The two boys became defiant and aggressive and posed a great challenge for Peter and his mother to manage. Sandy, however had been tearful and sad for some months but never troublesome. Peter, had buried himself in his work for much of the year but recently on the advice of the GP had begun to play tennis regularly and had begun to socialize again. The whole family, who were Roman Catholic, had attended the anniversary Mass 3 months prior to the referral; following this, Sandy had become very tearful and despairing. Over the subsequent 3 months she had distanced herself from her peers at school and left the hockey team. She criticized her father for his attempts at developing a social life. Periodically, she developed stomach aches for which no organic cause could be found and on occasion her father had been recalled from work or tennis to take Sandy to the family doctor. Sandy occasionally had dreams in which she and her mother were together again.
1) What are the DSM 5 Criteria described in this case (pg 944)?
2) Choose and describe one Grief Theory ( beginning on pg 944) you would use to conceptualize work with this client, and list two interventions you would develop/use based on this theory.
3) Grief work can be a “hot spot” for many counselors, describe any steps you would need to take to work with this client (ex: supervision, going to therapy yourself, using coping skills after sessions)
Week 6: Section 6, chapters 22, 23, 24 – I will send the book details.
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