Explain what takes place in the initial meeting with the psychologist. Describe what type of information will be gathered and how it will be gathered.

Instructions:

Using the Case Study below complete the following tasks:

1. Describe the client’s current stressors using a biopsychosocial model.
2. Explain what takes place in the initial meeting with the psychologist.
3. Describe what type of information will be gathered and how it will be gathered.
4. Include (verbatim; in quotation marks) two closed-ended questions and two

open-ended questions that the psychologist will ask.

3. Based on the analysis of the data that you (the psychologist) collect in the assessment and the case study information propose a possible DSM diagnosis, make sure that you use evidence from the case to justify the diagnosis (i.e., identify the specific behaviours, thoughts, emotions that indicate the specific diagnosis).

Using at least one theory propose a brief psychological conceptualization for the proposed diagnosis.

4. Suggest two suitable evidence-based treatment for the diagnosis that you have proposed.