Over the last several weeks, we have explored the layers involved in addressing the clinical and cultural formulations. In future courses, skills and competencies will be added to fully create the treatment formulation. Note: We will not be considering treatment in this course. As earlier noted, Canadian Counsellors do not diagnose, and thus you will not need to buy/access the DSM-5 Manual in the MACP program. If, however, you do choose to mention DSM classifications in your writing, please use classifications from DSM-5, rather than from previous editions. Note, for example, that OCD and PTSD are not listed with Anxiety Disorders in the DSM-5.Consider from a BPS and CRSJ perspective what factors would impact adolescents struggling with anxiety and depression (research a few articles for what factors impact adolescents). Explain the important components/structure to include in a case conceptualization as you consider the course materials. You can find current disorder names from DSM-5-TR at this website. 

answer this using example f John (he/him) comes in for his first counselling session. John is 38 years old and has been with his partner for 12 years. They adopted two boys: one is four years old and the other is seven years old. John identifies as a Canadian male and his partner identifies as a Chinese male. John has three siblings, one older sister, and two younger brothers. His parents often compare him to his siblings and make sure he knows just how far short he has fallen in pleasing them. John remembers his father being distant and often not at home, usually working, and his mother drinking a lot until he was about twenty-two. When John and his partner decided to live together, John's family somewhat accepted them as a couple. His partner's family accepted John and the children; however, they disapprove of their son's decision to be in this relationship with John. In your second session, John discloses that he is bisexual and perhaps he chose "the wrong sex" to be with. He finds his partner to be overbearing and controlling. John shares that he is sad a lot of the time, feels fatigued, and could stay in bed most days. He sleeps over ten hours per day and has recently been missing work. John's colleagues at work view him as lazy based upon his ethnicity. John is dissatisfied with his relationship and is stuck with how to handle it. He does not know what he wants or what to do?

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