Marifel Case Study

Case Study

Marifel is a 19-year old woman of Filipino decent. She was in a boating accident last summer. When the boat struck a rock beneath the surface of the water at high speed. The boat crashed into a nearby pier. She suffered severe injuries to her back and legs. She has had multiple surgeries. Her friend died of their injuries the night of the accident. She has come to rely upon opiate medications that were prescribed to her to help manage her pain. The pain medications blocked her pain that was associated with the memories of the accident and the loss of her friend. She found that the pills helped her sleep and helped her to act like her old self. When the pills ran out, she found that the memories of the accident grew worse when she

Women from this culture are mainly focused on the community, with a strong family unit. People from the Filipino decent are respected by men (Smith, 2013). Women tend to play a decisive role in families. It is important to the client that the counselor is culturally aware of the client’s beliefs, her values, and her world-view (Abad, Tan, Michael, Baluyot, & al., 2014). In the Filipino decent, the client’s beliefs are passed down from generations (Abad, Tan, Michael, Baluyot, & al., 2014). A client’s culture is important to understand because it impacts the client’s worldview (Abad, Tan, Michael, Baluyot, & al., 2014). The client’s family can shed some light upon the client’s values and meanings regarding why the client behaves or act in a certain way (Abad, Tan, Michael, Baluyot, & al., 2014). In this culture, people may have some discomfort when trying to have the client view another way of looking at their situation. This is because in this culture the client is taught to do things in a certain way, and the client may not be willing to change unless the family is willing to change with her (Abad, Tan, Michael, Baluyot, & al., 2014). This learner may feel that the family should be in counseling in all sessions unless the client is willing to make changes on her own.

Short-Term

Identify one what to do when they believe that they need to use drugs to get through each day (Annis, Schober, & Kelly, 1996). In this long-term goal, it might be important to teach the client in what to do about set-backs. When the client comes so far into their treatment plan, it would be important to teach the client in what to do and how to manage those days when things get too difficult in their lives (Annis, Schober, & Kelly, 1996). When making changes in their life, it can be normal to go back to when things were easier. It would be important to help the client to understand that it may happen, and to pick themselves up to try again. The counselor can encourage the client to vision a lifestyle without the drugs, make a plan towards their desired lifestyle, and to take action. This would not be a process that would take place, overnight. But taking steps would be beneficial to the