Counselling Report on Depression
Specialist Diploma In Counselling Psychology
Case Study
Mei Ling
Conceptualise the individual and presenting problem
Mei Ling is a thirty-three years old who works as a nurse in a busy surgical ward. She is married to Steven for fourteen years. She has two sons whom aged eleven and eight years old. Lately she begun to fear that Steven is having an affair and will leave her.
Mei Ling had seen her general practitioner (GP) for lack of energy and vague gastrointestinal symptoms. But her medical examination result found no physical cause. Through discussion with the GP discovered she has been feelings of depression for the past four months. Mei Ling’s GP suggested her to seek counselling.
During the counselling session, Mei Ling told the counselor she has been feeling “down” and “depressed” most of the time. She burst into tears frequently without knowing why. She finds difficult to motivate herself to go to work. She stopped going for most social activities. She felt “agitated” and “on edge” when she mixed with people as she had to pretend to be “happy” all the time. She felt short-tempered with her sons and did not feel strong enough to spend much time with them.
Mei Ling is the eldest of four children. She has a sister and twin brothers. At the age of nine years old, her parents divorced. Mei Ling and her siblings moved to different home with her mother. Her father moved back to Malaysia where he is originally from. Her mother became “depressed” and withdraw emotionally from the children. Her mother remarried some years later. Mei Ling felt sad not seeing her father. She felt lonely in new home. She had to take care of her younger siblings and worried over her mother’s condition.
Developing a counselling relationship with Mei Ling using Person – Centered Therapy
In the person-centered therapy, the relationship between Mei Ling and the counsellor must be well established. The counsellor must be to express and communicate herself
Case Study
Mei Ling
Conceptualise the individual and presenting problem
Mei Ling is a thirty-three years old who works as a nurse in a busy surgical ward. She is married to Steven for fourteen years. She has two sons whom aged eleven and eight years old. Lately she begun to fear that Steven is having an affair and will leave her.
Mei Ling had seen her general practitioner (GP) for lack of energy and vague gastrointestinal symptoms. But her medical examination result found no physical cause. Through discussion with the GP discovered she has been feelings of depression for the past four months. Mei Ling’s GP suggested her to seek counselling.
During the counselling session, Mei Ling told the counselor she has been feeling “down” and “depressed” most of the time. She burst into tears frequently without knowing why. She finds difficult to motivate herself to go to work. She stopped going for most social activities. She felt “agitated” and “on edge” when she mixed with people as she had to pretend to be “happy” all the time. She felt short-tempered with her sons and did not feel strong enough to spend much time with them.
Mei Ling is the eldest of four children. She has a sister and twin brothers. At the age of nine years old, her parents divorced. Mei Ling and her siblings moved to different home with her mother. Her father moved back to Malaysia where he is originally from. Her mother became “depressed” and withdraw emotionally from the children. Her mother remarried some years later. Mei Ling felt sad not seeing her father. She felt lonely in new home. She had to take care of her younger siblings and worried over her mother’s condition.
Developing a counselling relationship with Mei Ling using Person – Centered Therapy
In the person-centered therapy, the relationship between Mei Ling and the counsellor must be well established. The counsellor must be to express and communicate herself