The nature of the event changes values and priorities, and indeed changes everything.” The client speaks of a traumatic event that happened with her sister, and how she since then went into isolation. She would not speak or talk to anyone except her parents, and after her parents died she was all alone. Our book also states “crisis is personal difficulty or situation that immobilizes people and prevents them from consciously controlling their lives (Crisis Intervention Strategies page 8). The client could no longer control her life in fear of hurting someone else. A person in crisis often feel anger, anxiety, and …show more content…
This will gather information about the clients’ crisis in a timely manner, and help tremendously. Considering the client believes she is going to hurt other people if she is around them, the cognitive model would work best for her. The cognitive model helps people gain control of crisis in their lives by changing their thinking, especially by recognizing and disputing the irrational and self-defeating parts of their cognitions, and by retaining and focusing on the rational and self-enhancing elements of their thinking (Crisis Intervention Strategies page seventeen). The client seems to be in need of directive counseling. The client was isolated for so long, she seems to be suffering from severe depression, with high anxiety levels. She fears she will hurt someone, and has left her