Counseling Case Study Essay

Introduction Robert is a 46 years old high functioning male. He just recently got carve upd and he self-referred himself for counseling. On the first session, he denied any of problems between him and his wife. He doesnt seem painful about living away from his children. He didnt describe tumefy about his feelings and emotions. Therefore, we leave mainly use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. CBT builds a set of skills that enables an individual to be aware of thoughts and emotions identify how situations, thoughts, and behaviors influence emotions and improve feelings by changing dysfunctional thoughts and behaviors. Once he gets to have intercourse him better, he will see more improvement.Treatment Plan Problem1. Lack of relationship with children2. encounter not notice the reasons about recent divorce3. Avoidance, denial and isolation4. Possibility of low egoism5. Highly functional at work and outside the house onlyGoals1. Increase self-worth, self-value and self-image2. Develop t he ship canal to have fun3. Recovery the relationship with ex-wife for himself and his childrenPlan1. Assigned homework making plan for spend activity2. Develop a relationship with his children3. Writing journal about his feelings4. Self-evaluation(find what kind type of person, what he likes)ConclusionDivorce is 2nd stressful change in life.(1st is of Death of spouse) Client needs sequence for adjusting changes. Even though he is high functioning, he is having a hard time coping with his divorce that he claims was unexpected andto him everything was fine. During this case study we came to an understanding on what he think is important and what he will be willing to work on. He will be given homework and will journal about his feelings, what he would like to improve and the type of relationship he wants to develop with his children. He will be given the proper tools on how to manage his coping skills and will learn to corroborate how hard his changes are divergence to be. We wi ll monitor his progress and decide what type of adjustment is going to be needed for his recovery.Resource (Reference)Jeffery A. Cully, PH.D. & Andra L. Teten, PH.D. A Therapists guide to brief cognitive behavioural therapy Meeting with Military & Family Life Counselor Dee Moriaty