Anxiety Case Study
Anxiety Case Study
Anxiety Case Study
Title: Anxiety
Scenario: A 50-year-old has been admitted to the mental health unit of the local hospital for
stabilization treatment for a diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The client lives
alone and has minimized social contracts over the last 6 months. The client shares that I’m really
Use an X to indicate which intervention is associated with each of the listed client’s short-term
goals. All interventions should be used and can be used only once.
session session
dispute illogical
thinking
Encourage client-
directed discussion
related to events 2
preceding feelings of
extreme anxiety
4 of their positive
personality trails
sentences 1
Reframe anxiety
producing situations 3
positive
Link client’s 2
behavior to feelings
previously effective
survival strategies
they identify