Week 8 Discussion

Post by Day 4 a description of the client’s developmental level. Explain how you might develop rapport with the client and promote engagement in the counseling process. Briefly describe the counseling approach you might use with this client, based on the theoretical model you have selected. Justify your response with references to this week’s Learning Resources and the current literature. Be specific.

Respond by Day 7 to at least two of your colleagues using one or more of the following approaches:

Select a colleague who was assigned a different client than you. Validate his or her perspective or propose an alternative perspective to at least one aspect of his or her posting (developmental level, rapport and engagement, or treatment). Support your response with specific references to the client family presented in the case study and to the current literature.

Select a colleague who was assigned the same client as you. Contrast your posts. Support your response by explaining how you might combine strengths from each of your posts to provide a better analysis of or treatment for the client.

[Week 8: Martinez Family]

General Background:

The Martinez family consists of Miguel, Jeannette, Gabby, Tommy, and Christina (the adopted daughter of Jeannette’s cousin).

The family’s ethnicity is Hispanic, and both Miguel and Jeannette come from very large extended families—many of whom live in the area.

They are Seventh-Day Adventists who are very involved in their church; they both hold leadership positions in the church and attend services multiple times each week.

Presenting Issues:

Gabby is now 19 years old and has come to see you. She is still living in her parents’ home, which she says is “generally ok as long as [she does] what they tell [her] to.” Although she graduated from high school with fairly good grades, Gabby did not go to college. She said that she wasn’t sure at the time what she wanted to do, and her father told her “not to waste [his] money.”

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Since then, Gabby has had a series of low-paying jobs, from which she is usually fired for missing too much work. She says that if she found a job she liked, she’d probably take it more seriously, but so far that hasn’t happened.

Gabby also shares that she is getting a lot of pressure from her parents to “find a husband and settle down,” although Gabby thinks she is too young for this.

Gabby is feeling anxious and lost and is looking to you for guidance.

[Reeves Family]

General Background:

The Reeves family consists of Lucas, John, Justin, and Emme. Lucas’ wife, Anne, left him and the children shortly after Emme was born.

The family is Caucasian and of mixed European ethnic descent.

Their faith is Protestant, although Lucas notes that they do not attend church regularly.

Lucas also shares that the he has no family in the area to help him with the children, and he often feels overwhelmed.

Presenting Issues:

John is now 21 years old. He has come to see you because you were so helpful to him during his difficult early adolescence. Since then, John has straightened out, separated himself from negative influences in his life, and finished high school in the top 20% of his class.

John also took college courses while in high school, which helped him finish college with a history degree in only three years. After graduating from college, John returned to his father’s home. He has not yet found a job, and as you speak with him, you learn that he has not really been trying.

John states that employment is “overrated” and that he wants to explore and experience more of life before he “settles down into [his] dad’s life of bills and obligations.”

John shares that earning a degree only made him realize how little he really knows, and he feels ill-prepared for “real life.” He hopes that his journey of personal development will help him “find [his] true self” and inspire him toward his path in life.

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He has come to you looking for help with processing where he is in life—and for validation, since his father has called him a “bum.”

[Jeong Family]

General Background:

The Jeong family consists of Kimball (“Kim,” a physician), Meg (a nurse), Steven, Kelsey, and Joey.

The family is of Korean descent and describes themselves as “very Americanized.”

They are Christian Buddhists and embrace their faith strongly.

Both Kim’s and Meg’s extended families live within about an hour of the Jeongs, providing the family with both support and unsolicited advice.

Presenting Issues:

Kelsey is now grown up (26) and married to Jin (27). They met in college in an education program and are both high school teachers.

Kelsey has come to you for support and guidance as she copes with the news that she and Jin will not be able to have children. They are devastated by this news, and Kelsey feels like “a failure as a woman.”

She shares that she has always wanted to be a mother, which she understands was highly influenced by her own strong mother figure as well as broader cultural influences. She knows Jin loves her very much, but she fears that he may leave her because of this.

Kelsey wants to consider all of her options, including adoption, but Jin has been resistant. She is seeking help from you to try to figure out how to handle her situation and her husband.

[Crane Family]

General Background:

The Crane family consists of Carol, Hunter, and Olivia.

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Carol is a single mother living in the inner city under very poor conditions. Although she has a job, she barely makes ends meet and receives federal assistance for her children. She cannot afford good food, nor can she afford to live in a safer area. She currently lives in a subsidized housing development.

The family is Caucasian, of European descent, and agnostic.

Presenting Issues:

It’s been many years since you’ve seen anyone in the Crane family. You receive a call from Carol to make an appointment for Olivia (now 19), who is on a term break from college.

Carol shares that Olivia has been having a very hard time adjusting socially and doesn’t have any friends. Carol is very worried, as Olivia has seemed “more depressed than usual.”

When Olivia comes for her appointment, you ask her how college has been going. She responds that it’s “just OK,” and that it isn’t what she thought it would be. Olivia tells you that everyone she meets is a snob, and all anyone cares about is partying.

When you ask if she has made any friends, Olivia responds that she “[doesn’t] want to be friends with those people,” adding that she doesn’t need friends to be happy.

You shift gears and ask about her classes. Olivia responds that she “drew the hardest professors possible” from the random class assignments and snorts with disgust. She adds that “nothing is good enough for them,” and she is struggling academically (however, she does admit to having a 3.0+ GPA).

Before you can shift again, Olivia says, “And don’t even bother to ask about boys. After what my mother went through with my a-hole of a father, I’m not planning on ever being tied down…to anyone.”

[Anderson Family]

General Background:

The Anderson family consists of grandparents Ernie and Audrey, Jamal (diagnosed with Asperger’s disorder), Marcus, and Artesia.

Ernie and Audrey gained custody of their three grandchildren after their daughter and her husband were killed in a car accident. Their daughter and her husband— the parents of the children—had been living with them prior to the accident, as

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they had fallen on hard times after both parents lost their jobs and subsequently had to give up their home.

The family is African American, Southern Baptist, and very involved in their church.

Presenting Issues:

Jamal (now 23) has come to see you because “[his] grandmother said [he] should.”

Jamal has had some difficulty finding and keeping a job since graduating from college at the top of his class with a degree in computer science. He shares that he has interviewed at quite a few companies but never seems to make it past the human resources interview. His grandmother tried to “coach” him to improve his interviewing skills, but he says that what she wants him to say is “stupid” and doesn’t fit who he is.

Jamal tells you that he knows he is different from many people, but he always found his place in college and doesn’t understand why the “computer geeks in the real world” won’t hire him. He adds that he is very honest about his “disability” and always tells prospective employers that he has Asperger’s disorder during interviews.

Jamal adds that the only reason he can come up with for not getting hired somewhere is because he’s black and all the decision-makers are “old-school white boys

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