Name
Liberty University
COUC 667: Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
Professor
Date
, Part 2 - Case Conceptualization
Step 1: Identify and List Client Concerns and Any Other Problem Areas
Dissociation Insomnia Nightmares
Fear of police Homelessness Hypervigilance
Emotional distress Intense Fear Sound Sensitivity
Diminished memory Frequent home transitions History of trauma
Angry mood Feeling alone Appetite disruption
Step 2: Organize Concerns Into Logical Thematic
Groupings ( Descriptive-Diagnostic)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Descriptive-Diagnostic)
Upbringing away from parents
Personal history of neglect in childhood
Child Physical Abuse, Confirmed, Initial encounter
Child Psychological Abuse, Confirmed, Initial
encounter Homelessness
Extreme Poverty
Victim of Terrorism or
Torture
Other Personal History of Psychological Trauma (American Psychological Association,
2013).
Step 3: Theoretical Inferences: Attach
thematic groupings to Inferred Areas of
Difficulty
Maladaptive Thinking (CBT)
Maladaptive thinking in the following areas:
Fear of law enforcement, intense fear of potential