Case Conceptualization of Elena
Case Conceptualization of Elena
1. Cognitive Conceptualization
Elena is a 17-year-old second generation Mexican-American female. She is now a junior at a local Catholic high school and is seeking counseling for her indecision over college. For Elena, although she wants to apply to college, her mother is terminally ill and expects her to stay with and take care of her. She expressed feeling "down" and "pressured" regarding this conflict over what she should do after graduation. Except this main concern, Elena also worried about her academic performance at school because she had difficulties in concentrating on her schoolwork. She felt everything was coming down so that she couldn't ...
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one of Elena's core belief about the world is "nobody can understand me." With this core belief, she came up with some automatic thoughts, such as "they (her family) hear what they want to hear," "they (her friends) don't listen to me," and "he (her boyfriend) thinks that my parents are stupid and ignorant." Moreover, Elena's core belief about the future is "I am destined for failure." As a consequence, her automatic thought is "if I stay with my family my whole life, I'll loose all my potential," and that "if I choose to go to college, I will be a bad daughter."
Beneath Elena' automatic thoughts, some obvious thinking errors exist as follows. Firstly, Elena has a thinking error of catastrophizing. For example, Elena thinks if she makes one wrong move, she is going to end up just like her older sister. She is going to be a total failure and a bad daughter. Secondly, Elena has a thinking error of overgeneralization. For instance, Elena expressed that "If I make a wrong decision, ...
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learning skills, I will utilize some cognitive strategies, including psychoeducation, Socratic questioning, and downward arrow, and thought recording, to help Elena identify and modify her automatic thoughts, thinking errors and finally core beliefs.
The first cognitive strategy I will use is psychoeducation about cognitive therapy, which I believe will function as a fundamental step for Elena to understand her problems from a cognitive perspective. I will teach her that the way she thinks affects the way she feels and behaves so that she can understand the relationship among her thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Also, I will introduce some basic concepts about cognitive therapy, ...
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