The client Kim-Ly is a 25-year-old 2nd generation Vietnamese female who has endured extreme trauma due to events from her childhood, her relationship with her family, and her relationship with her significant other. The client has been battling with feelings of depression, anxiety, sleep deprivation, and expresses that “something has to change since she cannot go on living this way”. Due to the information that has been provided, it is important to go over the following problems when addressing in practice with Kim-Ly.
Kim-Ly is currently in an abusive relationship with her boyfriend that she must keep secret due to her family’s cultural beliefs. It would be of utmost importance to address the abuse she is going through, have her go through a timeline of where the abuse started and address if Kim-Ly is open to leaving the abusive relationship. Other problems that need to be addressed with the client is her traumatic event of being kidnapped, forced into child labor, and experiencing rape from her kidnapper only to be later rejected by her family after escaping her abusers. The client’s family and cultural background are heavily rooted and important to the client, it would be important to address these cultural beliefs
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Due to the traumatic event of Kim-Ly being kidnapped, forced into child labor, and then being repeatedly raped by her kidnapper, all at the fragile age of 10, it would best serve the client to use Crisis Intervention. After having escaped two years of sexual, physical, and mental abuse only to be rejected by her family due to their heavily rooted Vietnamese beliefs, Kim-Ly was never able to properly cope with the traumatic events that took place in her childhood that is now affecting her adult