Paper Topic:

Golden, L. B. (2002). Case Studies in Child and Adolescent Counseling.

Running Head : Golden , L . B (2002 . Case studies in child adolescent counseling

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July 19th 2010

CASE STUDY ONE

ABSTRACT

Alex is a ten year old boy with a diagnosis of a disorder known as oppositional defiant disorder . His parents concerns with his behavior include disrespecting attitude towards women , non compliance with adult requests and often throws explosive tantrums . Alex has been expelled from several schools and he resides with his grandmother and mother . In addition to this , his parents divorced when he was only

five years old and their marriage was often marked with by many significant disagreements and tension . As a child , Alex witnessed these arguments between his parents and even on one occasion , he witnessed his father hitting and shoving his mother . The therapist will instead adopt the play therapy other than focus on a certain diagnosis or setting

DISCUSSION

Alex 's father remarried and he is now a father to other two children The custody agreement in this case states that Alex 's father should hold regular visits one day a week and all the weekends . However , his father has been quite inconsistent in this agreement as he misses the visits and often cancels the visits at the last minute

Process descriptions of the actual client contacts

Alex : I do not think I feel like playing at all (Looking around the therapy room

Therapist : Alex , you do not know if you want to do anything

Discussion : The therapist reflects and thinks about what Alex...

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