Case Summary for Andrea Smith Marilyn West Liberty University The client is a 24 year old African American female whose name is Andrea Smith. Client Smith has three children: 3 year old female‚ Jordan‚ 5 year old female‚ Tameka‚ and a 9 year boy Aden. Client Smith has two fathers between the three children. The fathers are not involved in the lives’ of the children. Client Smith and her three children reside with her sixty-six year old grandmother in public housing. Client Smith is currently
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Humanistic and Existential Personality Theories Carmen Jimenez‚ Christin Ferebee‚ Allina Johnson‚ and Christopher Bilbrey PSY/405 August 25‚ 2014 Dr. Seeley Humanistic and Existential Personality Theories Humanistic and existential personality theories are a combination of philosophical doctrine moving towards the psychological realm. The intellects that formed humanistic and existential personality theories are Abraham Maslow‚ Carl Rogers‚ and Rollo May. Theorists first of their
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Josephine‚ a 20 year-old female‚ comes into the wellness center today‚ to for a nutritional counseling session. Client’s height is 5’ 2 and weight being of 117 pounds. Josephine’s currently resides with her parents‚ who are both from a Central American decent. Josephine’s mother is from Honduras‚ and her father is from Guatemala. Culturally‚ both countries involved a great amount of rice‚ beans‚ and corn tortillas to almost every meal; this also includes fresh or fried vegetables and meats of
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Humanistic and Existential Personalities Theories According to the CIA World Factbook‚ there are approximately 6.8 billion people living here on the Earth. That makes for a lot of interpersonal relationships and individual personalities in this world that we live in. So is it any wonder why we spend so much time in analyzing how all these people interact with each other and what factors influenced each of these 6.8 billion people? Two different and varying theories attempt to do just that;
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minds‚ there is existential depression sad. In James T. Webb’s article‚ “Existential Depression in Gifted Individuals” he explains the thought process of higher thinking individuals and how the thinking can affect their emotional state. Existential depression is when people ponder life’s existential questions like death‚ isolation‚ freedom‚ and meaninglessness‚ for a prolonged period of time. Tess in Aryn Kyle’s short story‚ “Nine” is an example of a gifted child with existential depression. She
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Client is 16 years old‚ female Mexican American who is straight sexually active‚ and lives with her boyfriend’s family house at sharing the same room. Client is currently a student at Village Academy- Pomona High School in grade 11 Client was referred by DCFS social worker after presenting with the following symptoms: withdrawn‚ sad affect‚ anxiety related to family history/separation/conflict‚ difficulties with accommodation adjustment‚ and feeling of loss due to losing her fetus. Client becomes
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Met with Phillip for one house‚ 2’ session. Phillip presented as alert and oriented 4x. Phillip presented groomed and appropriately dressed. Client’s mood presented as melancholy and gloom. Client’s affect was blunted flat. Since the first session‚ Phillip stated that he hasn’t been so good since the last session. Phillip reported that “work keeps getting more stressful and busier” and “things don’t get easier”. Reportedly‚ since the last session Phillip stated that he can to the realization
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To someone who first meets George‚ he is an absolutely adorable child‚ a brown-haired‚ blue-eyed cute six year old that is well coordinated‚ active and agile. He looks perfectly normal‚ however‚ it soon seems apparent that George does not behave and think like a typical child is supposed to. He is aloof in his class and avoids interaction with other children. He is not attached to his parents‚ or his classmates. He makes exceptionally realistic pictures of things that he sees‚ but does not even know
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contrast the existential and mindfulness approaches to understanding and working with fear and sadness. Which of these two approaches do you feel more drawn to and why? Existential Approach Introduction This essay focuses on Existential and Mindfulness approaches and how they work. To really understand both approaches‚ I will be talking about where they came from and what has developed since then‚ what has and how it has improved psychotherapy as a whole. Firstly‚ the Existential Therapy was first
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What are the tenets of an existential-humanistic approach to counselling and how relevant is this counselling approach in the African cultural setting? Existential-Humanistic psychology looks at individuals as a whole person and living in a socially interconnected and holistic world. It focuses on helping the individual self-discover the healing process‚ leading eventually to improved self-esteem. High self-esteem has many positive social benefits: individual happiness (Shackelford‚ 2001)‚ academic
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