Psychopathology Case Study
Psychopathology Case Study
Richmont Graduate University
Dr. William F. Doverspike
Spring 2014
A. Client History
1. Introduction
Jane Doe (client) is a 48 year old single (currently not dating anyone) Caucasian female. She is employed at a museum where she sorts, identifies, and classifies fossils. She is being referred to Richmont Counseling Center by her employer to seek counseling (“to get my act together”) for reasons due to lack of performance at her current employment after discovery of several weeks of backlog of work.
2. Personal, Family, and Social History
The client reported that she was born and raised in Maryland as an only child by a dad who was a traveling salesman and a “stay at home” mom. She stated that her childhood was “ok” and “not a problem”, except that her parents wanted her to be more involved with friends and extracurricular activities. She stated that her childhood preference was to participate in more solitary activities such as reading, studying, hiking in the woods, and searching for arrowhead and fossils. She expressed that she has never had any friends or social relationships. No sexual history was acknowledged except that she is not sexually active.
The client recalled her childhood experience of spending some time with her grandparents, which included looking for fossils with her grandfather.
Her parents were married until her father’s death 10 years ago. Her mom is still living and she maintains limited contact with an accessional meal together.
The client presented that she did not consider herself to be a religious person and that she “might be an agnostic.”
The client graduated in 1972 from the University of Maryland with degrees in Archeology and Anthropology accumulating an A-B grade average. She was not involved in any extracurricular activities.
She was employed immediately after college and worked for 10 years at a museum before accepting her current employment with another museum.
She
Richmont Graduate University
Dr. William F. Doverspike
Spring 2014
A. Client History
1. Introduction
Jane Doe (client) is a 48 year old single (currently not dating anyone) Caucasian female. She is employed at a museum where she sorts, identifies, and classifies fossils. She is being referred to Richmont Counseling Center by her employer to seek counseling (“to get my act together”) for reasons due to lack of performance at her current employment after discovery of several weeks of backlog of work.
2. Personal, Family, and Social History
The client reported that she was born and raised in Maryland as an only child by a dad who was a traveling salesman and a “stay at home” mom. She stated that her childhood was “ok” and “not a problem”, except that her parents wanted her to be more involved with friends and extracurricular activities. She stated that her childhood preference was to participate in more solitary activities such as reading, studying, hiking in the woods, and searching for arrowhead and fossils. She expressed that she has never had any friends or social relationships. No sexual history was acknowledged except that she is not sexually active.
The client recalled her childhood experience of spending some time with her grandparents, which included looking for fossils with her grandfather.
Her parents were married until her father’s death 10 years ago. Her mom is still living and she maintains limited contact with an accessional meal together.
The client presented that she did not consider herself to be a religious person and that she “might be an agnostic.”
The client graduated in 1972 from the University of Maryland with degrees in Archeology and Anthropology accumulating an A-B grade average. She was not involved in any extracurricular activities.
She was employed immediately after college and worked for 10 years at a museum before accepting her current employment with another museum.
She
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