Counseling Session: Case Study

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In order for a collaborative effort to be successful in a counseling session, the counselee must be able to trust his counselor and must be convinced of the counselor’s ability to help (Wicks, 2003). The initial meetings with Bruce would casual in nature, but then he will be brought to an attending position through the time spent in counseling. Bruce would display diverse reactions and feelings on the grief scale, due to the tragedy that he lived through. Such responses would be indicative of a severe trauma, which has caused profound confusion and emotional stress. This extreme burden could cause the care seeker to remain in one or more separate stages at the same time. This lingering can occur over extended periods of time. The end result of this travail would be final acceptance of
A short term goal to be set in our session would be for him to begin small projects and to attempt to bask in the joy upon completion of these projects. I would emphasize that he should concentrate on all aspects of these projects throughout the entire process. This gradual confidence builder might goad him to attempt to seek final closure of this tragedy. He might desire to meet with the person responsible for the death of Cindy and Chelsea and completely face the issue of the accident. I imagine that if I were to broach his reasoning for wanting to directly confront the person responsible for this incident he might not be able to understand if his motivations were that of revenge, anger, hatred, or compassion. I would further challenge him by asking if he gave any thought to how the person responsible for the accident would respond to being in his presence. “What if the person was unsympathetic and non-remorseful?” Bruce could counter with the fact that the person’s response would relative and of no value, but he was of the opinion that the encounter would be of substantial value for him, regardless of the response of the person who caused the