Posted: March 20th, 2017

Topic: The reflective case study is based on a minimum of 6 sessions working with a client

Psychology
Topic: The reflective case study is based on a minimum of 6 sessions working with a client as therapist (minimum of 6 Sessions, to include the first and last sessions).
Paper details:

 See main points below marked in Yellow and include the references in the reference list below.

 In writing the case study, you should refer to:

1. Significance of the case
(i.e. the rationale for choosing this particular case).
2. The means of referral
(student placement arranged via the college low-cost counselling service)
3. Client Confidentiality
(i.e. how the client’s anonymity and confidentiality is protected by using false names).
4. Client Consent
(this was received at intake by the counselling service who ask permission if client is agreeable to being a case study of which the client had agreed).
5. Therapeutic approach/model (humanistic & psychodynamic), and specific counselling skills used (e.g. empathic listening, silence, challenge, summarising).
 Object Relations Theory – please reference
 Attachment theory – please reference
 Person-Centred Therapy – please reference
6. Client’s process
(i.e. movement, regression, goal attainment etc.).
7. Counsellor’s own processes
(i.e. critical inner voice, countertransference, fears, vulnerabilities, projections, ambiguity etc.).
8. The Counselling Relationship
(i.e. how it developed, relational depth, distance, trust, self-disclosure, and the ending of the relationship).
9. Counsellor’s key learning
(i.e. personal/existential/professional).
10. Supervision
(i.e. the use of supervision and the development of the internal supervisor).
11. Ethics and the Law
(i.e. any relevant ethical dilemmas and/or legal concernsbpt).

** Note to writer

**To be written as a UK/Ireland Clinical Case Study in first person format (‘I’, ‘my’ etc)

Overall, the clinical case study to be written in first person (‘I’, ‘my’ etc) to provide my own reflections about the case as therapist, its personal impact, and how I applied theories and skills to the case, supporting my ideas/experiences with theoretical references from reliable cited sources (please see reference list at the end of this document).
The reflective case study is based on a minimum of 6 sessions working with a client as therapist (minimum of 6 Sessions, to include the first and last sessions).
Please see below as an example of table of contents

Case Study client details:

Male client 28 years old. Presenting to therapist with anxiety and confusion regarding relationship with current girlfriend. Wants his relationship to improve.

• anxious attachment patterns with mother as a young infant/boy
• present day anxiety and seeking secure attachment through present day relationship with girlfriend

 See main points below marked in Yellow and include the references in the reference list below.

 In writing the case study, you should refer to:

1. Significance of the case
(i.e. the rationale for choosing this particular case).
2. The means of referral
(student placement arranged via the college low-cost counselling service)
3. Client Confidentiality
(i.e. how the client’s anonymity and confidentiality is protected by using false names).
4. Client Consent
(this was received at intake by the counselling service who ask permission if client is agreeable to being a case study of which the client had agreed).
5. Therapeutic approach/model (humanistic & psychodynamic), and specific counselling skills used (e.g. empathic listening, silence, challenge, summarising).
 Object Relations Theory – please reference
 Attachment theory – please reference
 Person-Centred Therapy – please reference
6. Client’s process
(i.e. movement, regression, goal attainment etc.).
7. Counsellor’s own processes
(i.e. critical inner voice, countertransference, fears, vulnerabilities, projections, ambiguity etc.).
8. The Counselling Relationship
(i.e. how it developed, relational depth, distance, trust, self-disclosure, and the ending of the relationship).
9. Counsellor’s key learning
(i.e. personal/existential/professional).
10. Supervision
(i.e. the use of supervision and the development of the internal supervisor).
11. Ethics and the Law
(i.e. any relevant ethical dilemmas and/or legal concerns).

Reference list:
Mearns, D. & Thorne, B. (2007). Person-centred counselling in action (3rd Ed.). London: Sage.
(Core text, please reference throughout case study).

Bond. T. (2009). Standards and ethics for counselling in action (3rd Ed.). London: Sage.
Yalom, I. D. (1991). Love’s executioner. London: Penguin Book.
Sedgwick, D. (1994). The Wounded Healer: Countertransference from a Jungian Perspective. New York: Routledge.
Winnicott, D.W. (2005). Playing and reality (Routledge Classics). 2nd ed. Oxon: Routledge

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