• Read the case studies below and answer the following points as if you were an Adlerian counselor. Use your Learning Resources and the notes you took on language and technique from the Adlerian Therapy (https://www.kanopy.com/en/waldenu/watch/video/94824) video to support your conceptualization and integrate examples from the case to support your post. Include the following:
  • Presenting Problem
  • Hypothesis
  • Treatment Goals
  • Identification and explanation of at least two techniques and interventions
  • Expected Outcome

1) Deidre is a 21-year-old African American and Latina female who is currently a college sophomore, working part-time as a barista in a coffee shop to help pay her way. She is the only child of an African American father (now deceased) and her Latina mother. Deidre lives in a dormitory on campus about three hours away from her mother near New York City. Recently, due to having chronic headaches and feeling "lost and alone," Deidre sought help from a medical doctor who observed her to be tired, anxious, and tense, and referred her to counselor because he could find no physical cause for her headaches. Deidre's parents divorced when she was 11 and she lived primarily with her mother after the divorce. Deidre has had a contentious relationship with her mother, who has diabetes, is "moody," emotionally unpredictable, and tends to complain endlessly to Deidre about how poorly her life has turned out. Deidre stated that she believes her mother "drove her father away" with her negative moods and that she is concerned about her own moods and is worried about becoming like her mother. Deidre spent most of her childhood and teen years in her room, where she felt protected from her mother's unpredictable moods. Deidre's father died suddenly from a heart attack when she was 15. She described her father as being very quiet and relaxed. When her parents were married, Deidre remembers her father sitting in a chair reading and not reacting to her mother's moods. When Deidre spent summers with her father, she reported feeling close to him even though they did not talk much, but she appreciated how "calm" his house was. Although an above average student in high school, Deidre was quiet and withdrawn with very few close friends and was not involved in any extracurricular activities at all. She credits her high school counselor with helping her work through her grief after losing her father and encouraging her to go on to college after earning scholarships and loans. During her intake session, Deidre reported that she has not made many friends at college, misses her father's presence in her life, and is confused about choosing a major or any clear career path. She somewhat hesitated when relating that, at 18, after becoming pregnant during a party at a friend's house and not knowing who the father was, she chose to have an abortion. Now she admits that she often has dreams about who her child might have been and how "differentin a good way" her life might be if she had carried the child to term and had become a mother. She expresses that she would like help sorting out her many issues and wonders if there is any hope for her to have a good life

2) Dale is a 52-year-old White man who works as a prison guard in Arizona and was referred to counseling because he has had multiple verbal and physical altercations at work with inmates. In the past month, Dale has been involved in two physical altercations with prisoners, both of which were caused by Dale calling prisoners by racist names. Based on his work behavior, his supervisor referred him to counseling as a condition of his continued employment. Dale does not want to be in counseling, as he does not think that he needs to change anything, but he has attended the first session in order to maintain his employment. Dale was a police officer for 18 years and was terminated from the police force due to racial profiling and his inability to work collaboratively with his minority colleagues. After termination, he served as a bouncer at a local bar for 4 years but quit to pursue a job with higher income and medical benefits for his painful rheumatoid arthritis. Dale has worked in the prison system for 2 years. Dale has been married twice. He was married to his first wife for 6 years and had one son from that marriage who is currently 21 years old. His son was raised primarily by his ex-wife, and Dale saw him on holidays and for 2 weeks during the summer. Dale no longer has contact with his son. Dale broke contact after his son brought home a Latina girlfriend; Dale states that the "Mexicans and Blacks are taking over his country but won't take over his family." Dale describes his ex-wife as a "lying whore" who he believes had multiple affairs during the marriage while he worked long hours as a police officer. He says she denies these accusations, but Dale says that "you can't really trust women." He also thinks she did a "terrible job" raising their son, and he described his son as a "big baby." Dale has been married to his second wife, Anne, for 3 years. Anne works as a clerk at a grocery store in their small town.