Clinical III. Session 10

1. What are the client's main concerns?

2. What are the main themes in client’s problem story?

3. What are or who are some of the elements in client's landscape of action? 

4. What meanings does the client attach to his life experiences?

5. What the exceptions to client's problem stories?

6. What strategies does the therapist use to engage the client, help him identify the main themes of his problem story and exceptions to them?

7. What are the client's main concerns?

8. What are the main themes in client’s problem story?

9. What are or who are some of the elements in client's landscape of action?

10. What meanings does the client attach to his life experiences?

11. What the exceptions to client's problem stories?

12. What strategies does the therapist use to engage the client, help him identify the main themes of his problem story and exceptions to them?

Example

1. What is the client's main concerns?

The client’s main concerns are issues with confidence and relationships. There are times confidence disappears on him and he does not feel good enough. People see him as a good person and he does not feel the same way. Things seem to bother him, but he is not sure what is triggering him.

2. What are the main themes in client’s problem story?

The client expressed sometimes he feels good about himself and there are other times he does not make him feel good about himself. The client also was bullied as a child, which caused him to have low self-esteem.

3. What are or who are some of the elements in the client's landscape of action?

Doubts about his future, so he tries to think positive and not to think negative about his doubts and thoughts.

4. What meanings does the client attach to his life experiences?

Being treated mean as a kid. It made him feel he was not good enough. His parents will tell him he was good enough, but he wanted approval from his peers than his parents. He was trying to be friends with people that he could not be friends with.

5. What the exceptions to client's problem stories?

The client will like to work on gaining his confidence back. He wants to rebuild his relationships and be a good leader. He wants to be sure that he will be okay in the future.

6. What strategies does the therapist use to engage the client, help him identify the main themes of his problem story and exceptions to them?

The therapist engaged the client to state the problem, exploring the history of the problem, acknowledging the effect of power relations, mapping internalize effect, deconstructing the dominant discourse, a unique outcome of the story, acknowledging strength, connecting the dots.