Instructions
Choose one of the major mental health diagnoses that we have covered in this class and create an original narrative-style vignette of a hypothetical client coming for therapy. For your vignette, be sure to include:
- Identifying information (Name, gender, ethnicity)
- Presenting problem
- Clearly identifiable thoughts, behaviors, feelings that would be typical of an individual with the diagnosis you have chosen.
Answer
I chose xxx disorder.
HS is a 38-year-old Indian-American man. He works as a business development manager in a financial institution. He is married and with two children, 7 and 4 years. He has lived with his wife for 8 years. He came in the facility for what he described as ‘some funny behaviors.’ HS described that his symptoms have developed slowly over time. He recalls that he started paying attentions to the symptoms after marrying his wife 8 years ago. HS notes that his wife always described him as anxious because he was always wondering about issues in his life and environment. HS recalls that when he learned about HIV/AIDs, he was fearful he would contract it from doorknobs or common surfaces in public …. To access full answer, use the purchase button below.