John is a 22-year-old male who came to see you at the suggestion (actually, insistence) of his mother, who made the initial phone contact. He is a college student, majoring in music at a local university, living with his parents after finding dorm life too noisy and lacking in privacy. Though exceptionally talented, he struggles […]
Ella, a 6-year-old girl, was referred to you due to her failure to speak in most social situations. When meeting you, Ella averts her gaze, hiding behind her mother and failing to acknowledge your greetings and prompts. Ella’s parents report they expected her extreme quietness and shyness to be simply a “phase” out of which […]
Nina is a 26-year-old female diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia seven months ago after presenting to the emergency room with marked fatigue over the past several months, easy bruising, and an upper respiratory infection that did not respond to several rounds of antibiotics. After receiving chemotherapy, her disease is in remission and she is now […]
Mr. Smith is a 26-year-old, Caucasian, male client who has self-referred. He is in the U.S. Army infantry, having enlisted at 18. His presenting concern is depressed mood. He reports a recent promotion to sergeant. The promotion has added more stress for him because he is now responsible for more soldiers and important decisions that […]
On June 27, 2018, Justice Anthony Kennedy transmitted to President Trump a letter in which he resigned (as of July 31, 2018) [1] from his more than thirty years of service on the Supreme Court of the United States. [2] Justice Kennedy’s resignation was an exclamation point to a Term of considerable consequence. After two […]
You receive a call from the emergency department downstairs. They want you to interview a female teenager for possible admission after an interrupted suicide attempt. Upon returning from school yesterday afternoon, the girl went into her parents’ bedroom, grabbed a revolver kept near the bed, and went outside with it. Her father came home from […]