Grief Counseling for a 13-Year-Old
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ScribdTranslationsCLINICAL CASE
NOMBRE: MARITZA DE LA CRUZ
EDAD: 13 AÑOS
ESCOLARIDAD: 10 GRADO
LIVES WITH: PARENTS AND SIBLINGS
REASON FOR CONSULTATION
The student approached psychological care of her own accord expressing her...
discomforts in which she comments that she feels guilty for her nephew's death and that no one told her.
had commented and also feels an immense pain for him.
FAMILY HISTORY
He comes from a stable home and is made up of 4 siblings (3 older brothers of legal age and
She is 13 years old, and it was a desired pregnancy with a normal delivery. Her development has been normal, as she was...
a girl very loved by her grandparents and her parents. MARITZA throughout her life has dedicated herself
to be a good daughter and diligent in her studies, she wishes to be a professional and achieve better
notes from the classes because she wants them to feel proud of her. Currently, she presents with her
discomforts that she is guilty of her nephew's death and that she could do nothing to prevent him
survived.
PERSONAL HISTORY
He comments that he feels guilty about his nephew's death and that he could do nothing to prevent it.
Survive still remembers when the baby passed away, it was very explanatory about the details of
just as the death of a loved one happened that meant so much to her and even kept the
secret that her sister had told him that she was pregnant, thought that the parents would
they were going to punish, so she preferred to keep it to herself, but Maritza told the sister that it was the same.
They were going to find out that I had to tell the parents. Time passed that a new one was going to arrive.
a member of the family but this happened with the death of the nephew. Now the patient presents with
her discomfort from crying, she isolates herself and needs psychological help because she believes that
this is not normal.
PRUEBAS REALIZADAS (REACTIVOS): Entrevista Semi-dirigida (5 sesiones) Observación y escucha
psychological, psychological reactives, emotional intelligence test, breathing therapy
Relaxation therapy
TEST RESULTS The results obtained in the tests are as follows: TEST OF
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE- Between 46 and 79 points: MEDIUM-HIGH This indicates that the patient knows
who he is, how he gets excited, how he manages feelings and how he discovers all this in the
Others. He keeps his relationships with people under control, employing his skills for this.
knowing how it feels, how to express it, and also understanding how others feel and
what should one do to maintain satisfactory relationships with others. With therapy of
relaxation was able to calm the patient so that she feels more self-assured and with the
help from breathing therapy.
DIAGNOSTIC IMPRESSION ACCORDING TO ICD10 Based on the patient's history and tests
Psychological evaluations suggest that the 13-year-old patient is experiencing grief issues.
or a crisis. Adjustment disorder: it involves states of subjective discomfort and
emotional disturbances that usually interfere with functioning and activity
social, that appear in the adaptation period to a significant biographical change or to a
stressful life event. The stressor may have affected the integrity of the
social background of the individual (experiences, separation and mourning) or the broad system of supports and
social values (emigration, refugee status) or it may have represented a transition
greater in development or crisis (beginning of the school stage, motherhood or fatherhood, failure in
reach a cherished personal goal and retirement.