Homework

PCN-488 Topic 1: Case Study and Weekly Review Part One:

Directions: Answer the prompts listed below with answers ranging between 150 and 200 words. Include at list one scholarly sources per response to support your response.

1. [Enter your response here.]

What is trauma? Define trauma in your own words and remember to include a scholarly source to support your definition.

2. [Enter your response here.]

What is the biological response to stress and trauma? Consider how stress impacts multiple systems including the brain, hormones, lungs, heart, digestion, and immune response. Provide multiple examples supported by scholarly sources.

3. [Enter your response here.]

What are stress management and cognitive skills that can help clients self regulate?

Part Two: The Case Study

Directions: Create a case study about a fictitious person with a history of trauma and an active addiction. Your client may have trauma caused by a recent trauma or a childhood history of trauma. A review of the readings and resources may help in creating the client and his/her

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history.

Client Demographics

Name:

Age: Between 12 and 75

Race:

Socio-Economic Status:

Family of Origin:

Current Family:

Ethnicity:

Education:

Career:

Presenting Concern

[Enter the client’s information here.]

Symptoms: Your client must have at least four symptoms that meet DSM-5 criteria.

Trauma and Addiction History

The client’s history and possible family history (remember it is common for families to experience trauma over multiple generations).

[Enter the client’s information here.]

Client Goals

[Enter the client’s information here.]

What does recovery look like to the client (e.g., “I want to be able to leave the house without having a panic attack.”). Include four related to the current symptoms.

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Therapist Goals

[Enter the client’s information here.]

What does recovery look like to the therapist (e.g., “Client should be absent from work no more than two times a month. Client should practice using relaxation exercises when they feel overstimulated.”). Include four related to the current symptoms.

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