Elijah Scott Case Study Essay

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Elijah Scott is a nineteen-year-old, Caucasian, male, from a First-Class family from New York City. He is currently attending Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri and is in his first semester of his Sophomore year. Elijah is currently a Biology and Pre-Medicine student. After completing his first year of college, his GPA came out to be 2.75. With the results from his GPA he has been debating about switching his major to education. He thinks he would be happy and love to be a teacher, but he feels like if he switched his major, he would let his parents down, even though they expressed to him that even though they would like for him to be a doctor, they will support him with switching his major. Elijah parents are both doctors in New York, …show more content…

Lee decided to use a person-centered approach with Elijah because he believes that he has the resources to make decisions in his life. Before every counseling session, Dr. Lee greets Elijah with a handshake, smile, and a snack. In this second session, told Elijah that he believes that he will conclude about his major. Dr. Lee in these counseling sessions allow Elijah to talk through his feelings and explaining how his choices will affect his future. When Elijah talks, Dr. Lee is engaged to everything that he is expressing and would nod his head every now and then. Dr. Lee tell Elijah from their interaction, he can see a sense of regret even though he wants to be happy. Elijah admits that the assignment had helped him a lot. When Dr. Lee asked him to explain, he said, “Halfway while during the assignment I wanted to add more cons to the list to outbid the pros, even though he want to change his major.” This represents the unconditional positive regards. Dr. Lee reassured Elijah that he is glad that he shared that information and understand why he wanted to outbid the pros. Dr. Lee told him that change can be scary and sometimes we should change to make ourselves happy. “I can see how having both parents as doctors can impact your feeling,” Dr. Lee said. Dr. Lee genuinely decided to share his college experience about struggling to find a major. Revealing this story made Elijah more comfortable with switching his major. During revealing his

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