CASE STUDY ASSIGNMENT 1
Case Study Assignment
Shareeka Hodnett
School of Behavioral Sciences, Liberty University
Case Study Assignment [Amara]
68-year-old Asian American widow suffering from worsening anxiety seeking counseling.
The client is currently on medication, but is still struggling with ongoing symptoms that seem to
be getting worse physically and mentally.
Client Concerns
Biological factors
Psychological
Social/cultural
Spiritual
Physical symptoms, for
example: neurological,
past, present impact
Ideas, thoughts,
feelings, beliefs,
values about self,
Family systems,
Relationships with
others,
Religious and spiritual
aspects of self/family,
Past, present
CASE STUDY ASSIGNMENT 2
Past and present others, the world
Past and present
Cultural elements
Past, present
Anxiety / Issues with sleep Hopeless / worried about
finances
Caretaker of elderly mom /
Widow
Hinduism takes care of elderly
parents
Restlessness / Body Tension/
Headaches
Fear of things happening Strained Relationships
Irritability / Quarrel with kids Something awful will happen
to my kids
Fretting with kids
Fatigue / Worry 1- 2 Hours
Nightly Wakes Up Every 5-6
Hours
Racing thoughts Worrying about things that
have not happened and have
no control over
