You are assigned a new client at your agency. Johnny is a 35-year-old middle-class Caucasian man who has been mandated to attend counseling. Upon intake, Johnny states that he is angry about being made to attend counseling. Four months before that, he and his wife had an altercation in which law enforcement was called. He was subsequently arrested for domestic violence, and the Department of Children and Family Services intervened because his two children (a five-year-old boy and a seven-yearold girl) were present at the time of the fight. He has been ordered to successfully complete substanceabuse counseling because he was under the influence. When prompted about his anger, Johnny tells you that he is angry that he had to leave his home and attend treatment. He states that his wife had equal blame. Further, he states that he never wanted children in the first place and feels trapped because of them. Now he feels as though his freedom has been taken away because he lost his job, his house, and his ability to enjoy a few drinks because he will lose the children he never wanted. Over the next month, Johnny is compliant with attending counseling, but he seems resistant and guarded during his sessions. Over the weekend, you go to a local restaurant with your friends and notice your client drinking in the bar area of the restaurant. You proceed with your plans and do not acknowledge him. Over the next hour or so, you watch him become increasingly intoxicated. What do you do?

The following key components for an introductory case conceptualization are the elements you will need to address using the information from the case above for Section I, Part A of the final project prompt.

Presenting Issue: the problem, the characteristic response pattern to the problem, and its triggers that are demonstrated through behaviors, words, or emotions

Maladaptive Patterns: the client's inflexible, rigid, and ineffective perceptions of the triggers that result in the presenting problem

Predispositions: factors like developmental experience, personality, biological factors, and/or cultural experiences that direct both adaptive patterns and maladaptive patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting

Triggers: stimuli (people, places, things, etc.) that activate the client's behavior, thought, or emotional patterns, which resulted in the presenting problem