This document provides background information on a client named Gabriel Velez. It describes his demographics, presenting issues, current functioning, multicultural considerations, conceptualization, treatment goals, and references. Gabriel is a 42-year-old unemployed Hispanic male from a low socioeconomic background pursuing an associate's degree. He has cognitive impairments and a history of substance abuse. The document discusses culturally-relevant factors and resilience-focused counseling approaches and interventions that could be used in his treatment.

1. APRIL MARTIN CHARTRAND,
Presenter
The Case of
Gabriel Velez
Norman Meshriy, Instructor| COUN 736 [05] San Francisco State University May 4, 2015 Graphic: April Martin Chartrand – Copyright 2009

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3. English
DEMOGRAPHICS & DESCRIPTION
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42 yrs. old vs Cognitive Age | Disability
Single Het.
Male
English
Hispanic Cuban
Dark-Skin
3rd gen,
3rd born
East Bay | Low SES
Supported Living Services
Student: Laney
College & SFSU |
Unemployed
Finish 18 GE = AS Degree
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4. PRESENTING ISSUES & HISTORY
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1) ‘Counseling Bubbles’ Intervention
2) FLU & Hospital3) Dean of
Students
4) Dropping
Class
5) 2015
Summer
School
6) ACA Code of Ethics – A.10.f Receiving Gifts
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5. CURRENT LEVEL OF FUNCTIONING
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Extended Illness
Highland
Hospital
Cognitive
Impediments
Disabled
Student
Honor
Society
Laney class ‘C’ grade SFSU ‘D’ grade
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6. MULTICULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS
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Hispanic Macho Male Ideology
Recovering
Substance
Abuse
Intra-Racism
High
Crime &
Gang
Activity
Social Trauma
PTSD | Depression
Hip Hop/Rap
& Hard Rock
Apple Technology AgeResilience
2010 RIP
Mother
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7. Resilienc
CLIENT CONCEPTUALIZATION
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Intra-ethic antagonism
Social
conditioning
Summer
class
Doctor’s
orders
Check-
in
Positive Asset Inventory
Resiliency
Infectious
Kind-
hearted
Donates to those in need
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8. TREATMENT & GOALS
SILENCE IS
GOLDEN
Counseling
BubblesSilence is
Golden
Community
Star
Empathetic Intervention
Intentional
Dreaming
Stay in School
Health
Challenges
Harding’s (2013)
Research
Ecological
Context
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9. COURSE OF TREATMENT & GOALS
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10. 2 QUESTIONS FOR YOU!
 What types of cognitive counseling
interventions would you employ in
working with a cognitively disabled
adult?
 What types of empathetic counseling
interventions would you employ in
working with a cognitively disabled intra-
racist Hispanic male who perpetually
engages in racist self-judgements and
racist and sexist judgements of others?
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11. REFERENCES
Gardiner, H. W., & Kosmitzki, C. (2008). Lives across cultures:
Cross-cultural human development (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
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Hardy, K. V. (2013). Healing the hidden wounds of racial trauma.
Reclaiming Children and Youth, 22(1), 24-28.
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