Trust, acceptance, and power: a person-centered client case study
This case study examines the author's therapeutic experience with one client presenting with anxiety, whilst working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ... The beginning of therapy. This client study is based on my therapeutic work with "Robert" ... For instance, anxiety may relate to the fear of the unknown which would impair ...
Clinical case scenarios for generalised anxiety disorder for use in
psychoeducational groups. See recommendations 1.2.12 to 1.2.15 for more details about these interventions. Clinical case scenarios: Generalised anxiety disorder (2011) 8. Case scenario 2: Blossom. Presentation. Blossom is a 20-year-old telesales operator who feels that she is 'going mad' with anxiety.
Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments for Anxiety and Stress-Related ...
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a first-line, empirically supported intervention for anxiety disorders. CBT refers to a family of techniques that are designed to target maladaptive thoughts and behaviors that maintain anxiety over time. Several individual CBT protocols have been developed for individual presentations of anxiety. The article describes common and unique components of CBT ...
Part 1: The case of "Sara" Sara, a social phobia client with sudden
This case study deals with Sara, a 37-year-old social phobic woman who suffered from a primary fear of blushing as well as comorbid disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and spider phobia. The client was treated in an intensive, one-week group cognitive-behavioral therapy program in an educational university clinic in Aarhus, Denmark.
A Cognitive-Behavior Therapy Applied to a Social Anxiety Disorder and a
For example, the Clark and Wells model suggests, that individual therapy for social anxiety disorder should consist of up to 14 sessions of 90 minutes' duration over approximately 4 months. In our case study, the duration of each session lasted 50 minutes and we gave 20 sessions of individual therapy to our client over a period of 5 months ...
Treatment of anxiety disorders in clinical practice: a critical
Insufficient data, under age 18, case studies, and case series: Improvement in symptoms of anxiety, as measured by instruments and quality of life scores: Cochrane: Transdiagnostic psychological treatments are efficacious, but higher quality research studies are needed. Wu, 2015 (30) Morita therapy: Up to 2014: 7 RCTs: Adults with anxiety ...
PDF A Case Study of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Social Anxiety
Abstract. A case report is presented of Penny, aged 28, who was referred to the psychology pathway in the chronic pain service after reporting feeling anxious and low during a physiotherapy appointment for neck pain. An initial assessment highlighted Penny experienced anxiety in social situations and had a pervasive low mood stemming from her ...
Integrating Mindfulness and Acceptance Into Traditional Cognitive
Case studies provide support for the successful implementation of a blended ACT/CBT approach for other problems including depression, chronic pain, ... An open trial of an acceptance-based behavior therapy for generalized anxiety disorder. Behavior Therapy, 38 (1), 72-85.
"I Don't Want to Bother You"
Guided by the cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) (Beck, 2020) framework, the therapist approached Gi's case with special attention to the interpretations, assumptions, and beliefs that seemed to maintain his social anxiety.The way Gi saw himself and others' views of him seemed to be informed by a deeply held belief that "I am incompetent" and an expectation that others are critical and ...
A case study of individually delivered mindfulness-based cognitive
Health anxiety involves persistent worry about one's physical health, despite medical reassurance. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is currently the most widely used, evidence-based treatment for health anxiety. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is an evidence-based cognitive-behavioral treatment approach that may be useful for health anxiety due to its focus on nonjudgmental ...
Intensive Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders in
We present a case study on an adolescent with multiple comorbid anxiety and related disorders who received intensive CBT treatment as a way to illustrate the clinical benefit and utility of an intensive, transdiagnostic approach. ... Teng E. J. (2021). A pilot study of transdiagnostic group cognitive-behavior therapy for anxiety: An intensive ...
A Clinical Case of Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Abstract. This article presents the clinical case of a 38-year-old man with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). "William" reports longstanding excessive and uncontrollable worry about a number of daily life events, including minor matters, his family, their health, and work. In addition, he endorses chronic symptoms of restlessness and ...
Very early family-based intervention for anxiety: two case studies with
Introduction. Anxiety disorders affect as many as 30% of children and adolescents and contribute to social and academic dysfunction. These disorders or their temperamental precursors1 are often evident in early childhood, with 10% of children ages 2-5 already exhibiting anxiety disorders.2 Anxiety symptoms in toddlerhood3 and preschool age4 show moderate persistence and map on to the ...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder in
This aligns with the pre- to post-intervention progress shown by Josie (using the Reliable Change Index), particularly in measures assessing acceptance, psychological inflexibility, and self-reported social anxiety. Josie's case study gives preliminary evidence of the acceptability and feasibility of the ACT@TeenSAD, making it a helpful tool ...
Mike (social anxiety)
Case Study Details. Mike is a 20 year-old who reports to you that he feels depressed and is experiencing a significant amount of stress about school, noting that he'll "probably flunk out.". He spends much of his day in his dorm room playing video games and has a hard time identifying what, if anything, is enjoyable in a typical day.
Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder: A Case Study of an 11-Year-Old
The following is a de-identified case study that presents the treatment process and outcome for Hannah, an 11-year-old female with social anxiety disorder, along with her mother, Debra (names and other details of the case have been changed for confidentiality). The client is an elementary school student residing in a midsize city in Midwest ...
The Case of Molly L.:
The present case study illustrates how a family cognitive-behavioral therapy (FCBT) was used to treat a 9-year-old girl diagnosed with separation anxiety disorder and agoraphobia without panic. The first half of treatment focused on teaching specific coping skills, whereas the second half consisted of exposure tasks that provided opportunities ...
Therapy Session Case Study: Dealing with Anxiety, Stress and Poor Self
Throughout the session, Mark references water creating a sense of calm and flow: filling the bucket, anxiety response as a whirlpool, the surface of water calm and reflective, feelings of calm streaming over. During this discussion, Alice is attentive and calm with a relaxed posture. She makes good eye contact and responds with ease.
Case Studies: Examining Anxiety
Case Study: Jane. Jane was a three-year-old girl, the youngest of three children of married parents. When Jane was born, she had a congenital heart defect that required multiple surgeries, and she continues to undergo regular follow-up procedures and tests. During her early life, Jane's parents, especially her mother, was very worried that ...
(PDF) An anxiety disorder case study
Abstract. This paper presents the case of a 50-year-old, married patient who presented to the. psychologist with specific symptoms of depressive-anxiety diso rder: lack of self-confidence ...
Case Examples
Sara, a 35-year-old married female. Sara was referred to treatment after having a stillbirth. Sara showed symptoms of grief, or complicated bereavement, and was diagnosed with major depression, recurrent. The clinician recommended interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for a duration of 12 weeks. Bleiberg, K.L., & Markowitz, J.C. (2008).
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Background: This study investigated the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) during the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing negative affect, depression, and anxiety levels as indicators of health. Methods: A total of 287 participants were recruited, including BPD patients at different stages of treatment and the general population ...
Listening to mindfulness audios during radiation improves physical
CHICAGO --- Men with prostate cancer who are treated with radiation therapy experience significant side effects such as fatigue, sleep problems, anxiety and depressive symptoms. But listening to mindfulness audio recordings significantly eased those symptoms, a new Northwestern Medicine study has found.
Effectiveness of Therapeutic Massage for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
This study evaluates the effectiveness of therapeutic massage for persons with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Methods Sixty-eight persons with GAD were randomized to therapeutic massage (n=23), thermotherapy (n=22) or relaxing room therapy (n=23) for a total of 10 sessions over 12 weeks.
Illness Anxiety Disorder: A Case Report and Brief Review of the
Illness anxiety disorder (IAD) is defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-V) as the preoccupation with having or acquiring a serious illness, in the absence of somatic symptoms (or, if present, symptoms that are only mild in severity). Patients with IAD experience persistent anxiety or fear of ...
The impact of anxiety on gait impairments in Parkinson's disease
Background Sensor-based gait analysis provides a robust quantitative tool for assessing gait impairments and their associated factors in Parkinson's disease (PD). Anxiety is observed to interfere with gait clinically, but this has been poorly investigated. Our purpose is to utilize gait analysis to uncover the effect of anxiety on gait in patients with PD. Methods We enrolled 38 and 106 PD ...
Implementation Readiness and Initial Effects of a Brief Mindfulness
Prostate cancer (PC) is the most common non-cutaneous form and the second leading cause of cancer-related death among men in the United States. 7 Previous studies have reported the negative side effects of fatigue, sleep disturbance, anxiety and depression among men diagnosed with PC during and following RT. 3,8-11 A growing body of evidence ...
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Dr. Federica Picariello, post-doctoral health psychology research associate at King's IoPPN and joint first author of the study, said, "Currently, the main treatments for anxiety and depression in ...
Music and Health: What You Need To Know
Most studies have had promising results, except for studies on anxiety associated with dental care. A 2013 review of 26 studies (2,051 participants) showed that listening to recorded music significantly reduced anxiety in people who were waiting to have surgery. ... Ortega A, Gauna F, Munoz D, et al. Music therapy for pain and anxiety ...
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This case study examines the author's therapeutic experience with one client presenting with anxiety, whilst working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ... The beginning of therapy. This client study is based on my therapeutic work with "Robert" ... For instance, anxiety may relate to the fear of the unknown which would impair ...
psychoeducational groups. See recommendations 1.2.12 to 1.2.15 for more details about these interventions. Clinical case scenarios: Generalised anxiety disorder (2011) 8. Case scenario 2: Blossom. Presentation. Blossom is a 20-year-old telesales operator who feels that she is 'going mad' with anxiety.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a first-line, empirically supported intervention for anxiety disorders. CBT refers to a family of techniques that are designed to target maladaptive thoughts and behaviors that maintain anxiety over time. Several individual CBT protocols have been developed for individual presentations of anxiety. The article describes common and unique components of CBT ...
This case study deals with Sara, a 37-year-old social phobic woman who suffered from a primary fear of blushing as well as comorbid disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and spider phobia. The client was treated in an intensive, one-week group cognitive-behavioral therapy program in an educational university clinic in Aarhus, Denmark.
For example, the Clark and Wells model suggests, that individual therapy for social anxiety disorder should consist of up to 14 sessions of 90 minutes' duration over approximately 4 months. In our case study, the duration of each session lasted 50 minutes and we gave 20 sessions of individual therapy to our client over a period of 5 months ...
Insufficient data, under age 18, case studies, and case series: Improvement in symptoms of anxiety, as measured by instruments and quality of life scores: Cochrane: Transdiagnostic psychological treatments are efficacious, but higher quality research studies are needed. Wu, 2015 (30) Morita therapy: Up to 2014: 7 RCTs: Adults with anxiety ...
Abstract. A case report is presented of Penny, aged 28, who was referred to the psychology pathway in the chronic pain service after reporting feeling anxious and low during a physiotherapy appointment for neck pain. An initial assessment highlighted Penny experienced anxiety in social situations and had a pervasive low mood stemming from her ...
Case studies provide support for the successful implementation of a blended ACT/CBT approach for other problems including depression, chronic pain, ... An open trial of an acceptance-based behavior therapy for generalized anxiety disorder. Behavior Therapy, 38 (1), 72-85.
Guided by the cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) (Beck, 2020) framework, the therapist approached Gi's case with special attention to the interpretations, assumptions, and beliefs that seemed to maintain his social anxiety.The way Gi saw himself and others' views of him seemed to be informed by a deeply held belief that "I am incompetent" and an expectation that others are critical and ...
Health anxiety involves persistent worry about one's physical health, despite medical reassurance. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is currently the most widely used, evidence-based treatment for health anxiety. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is an evidence-based cognitive-behavioral treatment approach that may be useful for health anxiety due to its focus on nonjudgmental ...
We present a case study on an adolescent with multiple comorbid anxiety and related disorders who received intensive CBT treatment as a way to illustrate the clinical benefit and utility of an intensive, transdiagnostic approach. ... Teng E. J. (2021). A pilot study of transdiagnostic group cognitive-behavior therapy for anxiety: An intensive ...
Abstract. This article presents the clinical case of a 38-year-old man with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). "William" reports longstanding excessive and uncontrollable worry about a number of daily life events, including minor matters, his family, their health, and work. In addition, he endorses chronic symptoms of restlessness and ...
Introduction. Anxiety disorders affect as many as 30% of children and adolescents and contribute to social and academic dysfunction. These disorders or their temperamental precursors1 are often evident in early childhood, with 10% of children ages 2-5 already exhibiting anxiety disorders.2 Anxiety symptoms in toddlerhood3 and preschool age4 show moderate persistence and map on to the ...
This aligns with the pre- to post-intervention progress shown by Josie (using the Reliable Change Index), particularly in measures assessing acceptance, psychological inflexibility, and self-reported social anxiety. Josie's case study gives preliminary evidence of the acceptability and feasibility of the ACT@TeenSAD, making it a helpful tool ...
Case Study Details. Mike is a 20 year-old who reports to you that he feels depressed and is experiencing a significant amount of stress about school, noting that he'll "probably flunk out.". He spends much of his day in his dorm room playing video games and has a hard time identifying what, if anything, is enjoyable in a typical day.
The following is a de-identified case study that presents the treatment process and outcome for Hannah, an 11-year-old female with social anxiety disorder, along with her mother, Debra (names and other details of the case have been changed for confidentiality). The client is an elementary school student residing in a midsize city in Midwest ...
The present case study illustrates how a family cognitive-behavioral therapy (FCBT) was used to treat a 9-year-old girl diagnosed with separation anxiety disorder and agoraphobia without panic. The first half of treatment focused on teaching specific coping skills, whereas the second half consisted of exposure tasks that provided opportunities ...
Throughout the session, Mark references water creating a sense of calm and flow: filling the bucket, anxiety response as a whirlpool, the surface of water calm and reflective, feelings of calm streaming over. During this discussion, Alice is attentive and calm with a relaxed posture. She makes good eye contact and responds with ease.
Case Study: Jane. Jane was a three-year-old girl, the youngest of three children of married parents. When Jane was born, she had a congenital heart defect that required multiple surgeries, and she continues to undergo regular follow-up procedures and tests. During her early life, Jane's parents, especially her mother, was very worried that ...
Abstract. This paper presents the case of a 50-year-old, married patient who presented to the. psychologist with specific symptoms of depressive-anxiety diso rder: lack of self-confidence ...
Sara, a 35-year-old married female. Sara was referred to treatment after having a stillbirth. Sara showed symptoms of grief, or complicated bereavement, and was diagnosed with major depression, recurrent. The clinician recommended interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for a duration of 12 weeks. Bleiberg, K.L., & Markowitz, J.C. (2008).
Background: This study investigated the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) during the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing negative affect, depression, and anxiety levels as indicators of health. Methods: A total of 287 participants were recruited, including BPD patients at different stages of treatment and the general population ...
CHICAGO --- Men with prostate cancer who are treated with radiation therapy experience significant side effects such as fatigue, sleep problems, anxiety and depressive symptoms. But listening to mindfulness audio recordings significantly eased those symptoms, a new Northwestern Medicine study has found.
This study evaluates the effectiveness of therapeutic massage for persons with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Methods Sixty-eight persons with GAD were randomized to therapeutic massage (n=23), thermotherapy (n=22) or relaxing room therapy (n=23) for a total of 10 sessions over 12 weeks.
Illness anxiety disorder (IAD) is defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-V) as the preoccupation with having or acquiring a serious illness, in the absence of somatic symptoms (or, if present, symptoms that are only mild in severity). Patients with IAD experience persistent anxiety or fear of ...
Background Sensor-based gait analysis provides a robust quantitative tool for assessing gait impairments and their associated factors in Parkinson's disease (PD). Anxiety is observed to interfere with gait clinically, but this has been poorly investigated. Our purpose is to utilize gait analysis to uncover the effect of anxiety on gait in patients with PD. Methods We enrolled 38 and 106 PD ...
Prostate cancer (PC) is the most common non-cutaneous form and the second leading cause of cancer-related death among men in the United States. 7 Previous studies have reported the negative side effects of fatigue, sleep disturbance, anxiety and depression among men diagnosed with PC during and following RT. 3,8-11 A growing body of evidence ...
Dr. Federica Picariello, post-doctoral health psychology research associate at King's IoPPN and joint first author of the study, said, "Currently, the main treatments for anxiety and depression in ...
Most studies have had promising results, except for studies on anxiety associated with dental care. A 2013 review of 26 studies (2,051 participants) showed that listening to recorded music significantly reduced anxiety in people who were waiting to have surgery. ... Ortega A, Gauna F, Munoz D, et al. Music therapy for pain and anxiety ...