Counseling Project: Case Summary

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I AM ATTACHING AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE PAPER NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE Case_Study_Case_Summary_of_Helen(1).pdf 

I AM ALSO ATTACHING THE GRADING RUBIC FOR THIS PAPER    Counseling_Project_-_Case_Summary_Grading_Rubric.doc 

You are to develop a 2–3-page Case Summary about a fictional character. This summary must be presented with the fictional character as the client and you as the therapist. Use the Case Summary of Helen from Module/Week 1 as an example. This summary will be the basis of the Conceptualization and Treatment Plans you will develop later in the course.

Be sure that your summary addresses these 2 questions:

  1. What does the client say about his/her life?
  2. What does the client say his/her problems are?

You must use issues that you are aware of in your character’s life, but you might need to fabricate some of the client history. You are required to follow current APA format for this assignment. Refer to the APA manual for directions on proper formatting. A title page must include a running head, page number, paper title, your name, and the institution name (Liberty University). 


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1 Running Head: CASE SUMMARY E Case Summary of Helen PL Student Name EX AM Liberty University CASE SUMMARY 2 Case Summary of Helen Helen Robinson is a 43-year-old Caucasian woman who came to counseling due to problems in her marriage. Helen holds an MFA in playwriting from Yale. She is married, and she and her husband Steve have three children. She met Steve while she was attending Yale and he was working in New York City as a bond trader. Steve is 48 years old and grew up in suburban New Jersey. The three children are a ten-year-old boy (Luke), a twelve-year-old girl (Grace), and a fourteen-year-old boy (Charlie). E Helen grew up in suburban Chicago. Her parents Sarah and William are a nurse and PL medical doctor who met while serving in the Korean War. William is 82 and Sarah is 77. Sarah and William are quietly religious. They are retired, living most of the year in Chicago. They raised five children in a loving but not very demonstrative family. Their oldest child is Helen’s AM sister, Mary Grace, who is 48. Next oldest in this family is Elizabeth (“Betsy”). She is 45. Helen is the third child. The fourth is another daughter, Tess, 40 years old. The youngest child is EX a son, Will. He is 38. Helen’s family of origin had the appearance of the “perfect” family. Her dad was a very successful surgeon, but he was not encouraging or involved in the children’s lives on a daily basis. Her mom was loving and steady yet also somewhat reserved, perhaps more concerned with what others thought than she would have liked to admit. In some ways the family environment was one of benign neglect—the children behaved well and so no one thought there could possibly be anything wrong. But in fact, two of Helen’s sisters had eating disorders and her brother has battled alcohol addiction. Helen and Steve lived in New York City after they got married. Helen had an administrative job with a theatre and wrote some at night, although she stopped writing when CASE SUMMARY 3 they had their son Charlie. They had plenty of money, but Steve began to gamble during a period when his work was not going as well as he would have liked. They owned a small house at the beach that they sold when they were about to have their third child, thinking they would use the proceeds and move out of the city. They made $75,000 profit on the house, which they put into a money market account while they looked for a new home. Helen was eight months pregnant when she found the perfect house and subsequently learned that Steve had gambled away all of the money in the account as well as most of their savings. E Helen was devastated, but having grown up in a family where you stick it out no matter PL what, she immediately began looking for treatment for Steve and housing options for their young family. He voluntarily entered an in-patient treatment center and then attended Gamblers Anonymous for a while. Unable to deal with the strain, Helen called on her parents for AM assistance (in spite of the fact that she believes that they never truly accepted Steve). They suggested she look in the Chicago area because it would have job options for Steve and perhaps EX less pressure than New York City. Helen’s parents offered financial assistance in the form of a down payment on a house and although it was never stated, it was understood that the money was for a house in Chicago. Because Steve was not close to his family, he was open to the move, perhaps eager to just put troubles behind him. With a baby and two toddlers in tow, Helen found a home in a suburb near her family, engineered a move and supported her husband during his job search, which ended successfully. They have lived in that house for ten years. Although he stopped gambling, Steve never really expressed any remorse for his behavior and has taken for granted Helen’s loyalty and sacrifice during this difficult time in their lives. Although Helen grew up in a stable home, she received little verbal affirmation growing up. Thus Helen had self-esteem and confidence issues at the time she met Steve. By the time she CASE SUMMARY 4 sought therapy, her confidence had plummeted. In spite of the fact that she has a prestigious degree, she has little hope that she will ever write plays again. On a recent trip to New York with some friends, Helen ran into a former professor from Yale. He is divorced, eight years older than Helen, and very handsome. He asked about her work and although she was pleased that he asked she was also embarrassed that she’d done nothing (although in her mind this lack of progress was no great loss because she feels untalented). He reminded her that she won a competition during graduate school and he shared a E couple of things faculty members had said about her in which they praised her talent and insight. PL He asked her to meet him for a drink and gave her his business card. She didn’t call him, but kept the card and did not tell Steve about the encounter. Having survived a crisis in her AM marriage, she now feels resigned to her life with Steve, even though Steve does not support her career ambitions and has never really confronted his own demons. Helen is a thoughtful woman and a good mother, who has no interest in destroying her EX family by having an affair. However, she is troubled deeply by the way she feels right now (that her husband can “do no right”). Her fear is that nothing will change for the rest of her marriage. She is surprised that the crisis she and her husband endured (because of his gambling) did not cause her to feel like ending the marriage. It is only now that she doubts the marriage (now that she’s met someone who is interested in her). She’s also interested in this former professor, irritated that her husband doesn’t support her, worried about the aimlessness she is feeling now that her children are older. These feelings bring her to a decision to seek help. COUN 510 COUNSELING PROJECT: CASE SUMMARY GRADING RUBRIC Student: Elements History of Client Presenting Problem Identification Organization APA Writing, Grammar, and Spelling Points Possible Criteria Presents/summarizes adequately client history. The depth and length is appropriate. Identifies and explains at least 1 problem that is appropriate for a counseling situation. Offers appropriate depth and length of information. The ideas are arranged logically to support the purpose of the assignment. They flow smoothly from one to another and are clearly linked to each other. The reader can follow the line of reasoning. No APA errors (1” margins, ½” indents, running headers), correct APA title page. Sentences are well-phrased and varied in length and structure. They flow smoothly from one to another. Word choice is consistently precise and accurate. The writing is free or almost free of errors. Total 25 20 10 10 10 75 Points Earned Instructor’s Comments
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