Case Study

Case Study - Maria, adult client

Maria is a 25-year-old, Latinx female who has been referred to your clinic due to potential substance abuse and other issues that the referring clinician deemed a “higher level of care” than he is able to provide at his outpatient private practice. Maria reports feeling nervous often and being generally unsure of herself in her day-to-day activities. Maria immigrated to Georgia from Honduras at 5 years old, and is currently working a retail job, a job she held during the Covid pandemic, and attending night classes at a local college to work on her Associates degree. She is single with one 5-year-old daughter, and lives with her older sister’s family. She is close with her parents, who live 15 minutes away from her. Maria agreed to take the SASSI - 4 and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI).