Category: Stress Issues
Author: Deirdre Stevenson

Kate is 21 years of age and has a very poor self image; in fact she hates the way she looks. As a result, Kate has such low self esteem that it prevents her from looking for work. Kate’s mother is concerned about her daughter’s feelings and subsequent unemployment and therefore has encouraged her to attend counselling.

A précis of the sessions is as follows. For ease of writing the Professional Counsellor is abbreviated to “C”.

In the first session C focused on building rapport with Kate and encouraged her to talk about her feelings. As Kate is an extremely shy and softly spoken person, C asked open questions and then validated her as she responded. From this session C was able to elicit useful background information and begin to build some rapport with Kate.

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