CASE STUDY

A Supervision Case Study

A Supervision Case Study

Introduction

In this case study the psychological aspects of a client are discussed. The counsellor should have sound knowledge about the client. All the issues and problems are to be fully analyzed. The qualities of counsellor for this perspective are very important. Counselling offers people a chance to change their particular feelings.

Discussion

Counselling

It is a form of psychological or talking therapy which offers people a chance of how to change their feelings and start living better. Through counselling, it is possible to overcome the issues related to mental health and others like eating disorders, etc (www.mind.org.uk).

A Supervision Case Study

In this case study my aim is to represent through a relationship with a client the importance of supervision in Counselling. I will start by giving a detailed description of a story of my client named Chris. I will also relate how the supervision sessions concerning to this client enabled me to apply diligent practice. I saw my client Chris at Open Doors which is a charitable organization, funded by a cafe which is run on the premises. Clients are referred to Open Doors by the police, housing associations, health professionals and many self-referrals. My client, Chris had been referred by an organizer from the seven steps alcohol recovery program.

At Open Doors when a client is referred, the support worker did the initial assessment for their records. It consists of basic information, e.g. name, address, emergency contact and also the reason for counselling. Whenever I have contacted somebody from the waiting list, I have made it clear that there is no need to see the initial assessment forms because, I did not want to have a pre conceived opinion of a future client. I would rather base a relationship by gathering my own information and following my instincts.

Before the first session, I wanted to understand the current situation of Chris. The problem of Chris was that, he was in the process of recovering from alcoholism but was still drinking very heavily. When I was to arrange our first session, the support worker insists that it is important to explain Chris that he had to be sober. If he was not known of the discussion then there is no point to have counselling. The issue of him was of disclosing information and not remembering what he had said.

A meeting was arranged with Chris at 2.00 o'clock in the afternoon. He was completely unaware of the fact that there must be some substance in the body system to do function for an alcoholic person. Despite this, he did not have a drink all day. He was in a really bad situation that his hands were shaking vigorously, and he was sweating profoundly. He was also not able to sit still to have conversation with me. After 10 minutes, the session ended abruptly and Chris left by honestly saying that he desperately needs a drink. In the session nothing was covered apart from the ...