Maya
13 August, 2024
Depression
Including Initial Psychological assessment, mood inventories, risk assessment, functional analysis. 5 months consistent psychotherapy (person centred, psychodynamic, CBT)
06 Month
Maya, a 15-year-old from Dublin, experienced low mood, declining grades, and social withdrawal over a 12 month period. She reported insomnia, feelings of worthlessness, and occasional thoughts that worried her parents but no active intent to self-harm.
Initial Assessment A comprehensive psychological assessment including mood inventories, risk assessment, family history, and functional analysis. Parental input informed the care plan.
Maya began therapy with person centred therapy supplemented by Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to identify and challenge negative thought patterns and offer psycho-education. Psychodynamic therapy helped Maya understand her unconscious thoughts, impulses and defences. Grounding techniques were introduced to help her manage anxiety in real-time.
For sleep hygiene, activity scheduling, and cognitive restructuring.
Maya discovered her unconscious influences - defences and past experiences underlining her challenges.
Maya's parents participated in a separate parental guidance session to help them understand and learn strategies to assist.
Maya worked with her therapist to identify and challenge negative thought patterns that fuelled her anxiety and depressive moods.
Maya’s mood gradually improved with regular sessions; Maya re-engaged with two extracurricular activities. Maya reported finding self-acceptance and a reduction to negative emotions.
Sleep patterns normalised with active behavioural strategies.
School attendance and grades stabilised and began to improve.
Depression is a mental state of low mood and aversion to activity. It affects about 3.5% of the global population.
Depression affects a person's thoughts, behaviour, feelings, and sense of well-being. The pleasure or joy that a person gets from certain experiences is reduced, and the afflicted person often experiences a loss of motivation or interest in those activities.
People with depression may experience sadness, feelings of dejection or lack of hope, difficulty in thinking and concentration, hypersomnia or insomnia, overeating or anorexia, or suicidal thoughts.
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