HW in teams of 3 students An oil remanufacturing company uses clay in its manufacturing process. This clay comes into the plant in 80-pound bags stacked 40 per pallet and 50 pallets per boxcar. The railroad spur comes into the plant property but your plant does not have a rail car siding. Two car loads per year are used. The union and the company agreed that the part time workers would be hired for one week, twice a year at the rate of $7.5 per hour to unload these cars. You feel that this is a bad job and no one should have to work this hard. You look into this project 1 Why is this done? We need the clay, and the railroad is by far the cheapest way to transport it What: 80pounds bags of clay=160,000 pound boxcar load Where: from the boxcar in our yard to the storeroom, 300ft away Who: 2 temporary workers When: one week, twice a year How: Present method: manually unload the pallets off the boxcar then move these pallets into the storeroom with the fork truck we already own 2 How much could you spend improving this job? We spend a week, twice a year with 2 temporary workers at $7.5 4 weeks* 40 hours per week*7.5per hour = $1,200 3 Questions: Should the current method stays the same? Are there other alternatives? Is the current method the cheapest in the long run? How would you justify an expenditure over $3,000 What do you think about cumulative trauma disorders and work-related injuries? 4 Write a report with the answers to your questions. Include figures, tables, and other sources of information to help justify the project and also answer the questions. You can certainly use the textbook to help you. Include in your report a list of references and of course cite all your sources of information. This work MUST be done in teams of 3 people or 2. No individual assignment will be accepted. 5 Psychotherapy Interventions II Case Conceptualization Exemplar Case Conceptualization Exemplar (cont.) Student Name: Case Name/#: Case Study Exemplar: Linda 1. Problem identification and definition: [1–2 paragraphs] [Primary and contributing concerns for the client] · Client concerns: Cognitive abilities · Client concerns: Feeling “anxious,” associated with being accepted by others · Clinical concerns: Interpersonal isolation · Clinical concerns: Self-devaluation, adequacy · Clinical concerns: Depressive symptoms 2. Contextual considerations: [1–2 paragraphs] [What ethical, legal, cultural, or other key considerations need to be considered with this client when creating a treatment plan?] · Given no family, friends, or beliefs were identified as a support base, it would seem there are no resources on which Linda might rely. · Given her sustained employment, attempts at effecting change, and self-referral, it seems as Linda may have the capacity for insight, ability to sustain, and motivation for change. 3. Diagnosis Axis I: [Be sure to provide full title and code] 300.04 Dysthymic Disorder Axis II: V71.0 ...

1. HW in teams of 3 students
An oil remanufacturing company uses clay in its manufacturing
process. This clay comes into the plant in 80-pound bags
stacked 40 per pallet and 50 pallets per boxcar. The railroad
spur comes into the plant property but your plant does not have
a rail car siding. Two car loads per year are used. The union
and the company agreed that the part time workers would be
hired for one week, twice a year at the rate of $7.5 per hour to
unload these cars. You feel that this is a bad job and no one
should have to work this hard. You look into this project
1
Why is this done?
We need the clay, and the railroad is by far the cheapest way to
transport it
What: 80pounds bags of clay=160,000 pound boxcar load
Where: from the boxcar in our yard to the storeroom, 300ft
away
Who: 2 temporary workers
When: one week, twice a year
How: Present method: manually unload the pallets off the
boxcar then move these pallets into the storeroom with the fork
truck we already own
2
How much could you spend improving this job?
We spend a week, twice a year with 2 temporary workers at $7.5
4 weeks* 40 hours per week*7.5per hour = $1,200
3

2. Questions:
Should the current method stays the same?
Are there other alternatives?
Is the current method the cheapest in the long run?
How would you justify an expenditure over $3,000
What do you think about cumulative trauma disorders and work-
related injuries?
4
Write a report with the answers to your questions.
Include figures, tables, and other sources of information to help
justify the project and also answer the questions. You can
certainly use the textbook to help you.
Include in your report a list of references and of course cite all
your sources of information.
This work MUST be done in teams of 3 people or 2. No
individual assignment will be accepted.
5
Psychotherapy Interventions II
Case Conceptualization Exemplar
Case Conceptualization Exemplar (cont.)
Student Name:

3. Case Name/#: Case Study Exemplar: Linda
1. Problem identification and definition: [1–2 paragraphs]
[Primary and contributing concerns for the client]
· Client concerns: Cognitive abilities
· Client concerns: Feeling “anxious,” associated with being
accepted by others
· Clinical concerns: Interpersonal isolation
· Clinical concerns: Self-devaluation, adequacy
· Clinical concerns: Depressive symptoms
2. Contextual considerations: [1–2 paragraphs]
[What ethical, legal, cultural, or other key considerations need
to be considered with this client when creating a treatment
plan?]
· Given no family, friends, or beliefs were identified as a
support base, it would seem there are no resources on which
Linda might rely.
· Given her sustained employment, attempts at effecting change,
and self-referral, it seems as Linda may have the capacity for
insight, ability to sustain, and motivation for change.
3. Diagnosis
Axis I: [Be sure to provide full title and code]
300.04
Dysthymic Disorder
Axis II:
V71.09
No diagnosis on Axis II

4. Axis III:
None
Axis IV:
Reccurring headaches within last 6 months
AXIS V: GAF =
45–55
Severe symptoms of impaired social and interpersonal
relationships
Moderate symptoms of flat affect
Diagnostic comments: [1 paragraph]
[Provide a brief comment (no more than 1 paragraph) on the
justification for your diagnosis]
1) Disturbance of mood: Exaggerated feelings of self-
depreciation, self-doubt, lack of energy, problems with sleep,
“headaches,” impaired decision making.
2) Dysthymic Disorder: Prolonged duration of “low self-
esteem,” “feeling of hopelessness,” “depressed mood, most of
day.”
4. Theoretical conceptualization: [1–2 paragraphs]
[How would your selected theoretical orientation explain the
primary issues for this client, and thus which
interventions/treatments would be best suited for this client?]
1) Long-standing concerns of self-worth and acceptance may be

5. rooted in unconscious wish to be nurtured.
2) Given this, the mother/child bonding and attachment may
have been impaired, early impairment may have led to “stunted”
personality development and associated limited defenses,
blunted libidinal energy, being self-absorbed, unmet
dependency.
3) Given the long-standing and deep-rooted nature of the
impairment that appears to have impacted most domains of this
individual’s life, major personality change would seem the most
appropriate goal for this client.
4) Given the lack of external supporting relationships, the
client/patient relationship may be viewed as a source of
“working out” the early parent/child relationships.
A psychodynamic orientation may best meet these two issues.
5. Treatment plan
Presenting Issue #1: Questions and concerns over cognitive
abilities, interpersonal relationships, and self-worth.
Strengths:
Sustained employment exemplifying “reality” and ego strength.
Through intermittent and unsuccessful attempts at looking
outside of self for “remedies,” client may show desire and
recognized need for change.
Barriers:
School-academic history, birth order, “teasing” from male
siblings, genetic influences, anxiety over intellectual
functioning—all of which suggests early and long-standing
issues resulting in a sustained personality structure.
Goals:
While symptom reduction is an obvious end, to uncover
unconscious motivations and to develop successful “attachment”
are basic to effect their being change.

6. Interventions:
Note: Though cognitive testing may be an obvious intervention,
given the conceptualization, this would support the client’s need
to look outside herself for “answers,” therefore, this option is
rejected.
Modality/Duration:
Use long-term psychotherapy focusing on the psychotherapeutic
relationship and exploration of self.
Three weekly 50-minute sessions for up to 2 years
Measure of Progress:
Monitor progression of therapy sessions assessing transference
and “uncovering.”
Empirically Supported References:
Psychotherapy Interventions II
Case Study: Sam
Name: Sam
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Ethnicity: Greek American
Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christian
Relationship Status: Divorced
Description of Presenting Issue:
Sam was referred to you by a colleague at work who was
concerned about Sam’s recent poor performance at work,
marked by bouts of angry outbursts, moodiness, and sarcasm
towards coworkers.
Sam appears to be a relatively bright, articulate individual who

7. is employed as a photographic editor at a large marketing firm.
Sam’s major concern is the stress that he is feeling at his
current job. He is concerned that his supervisor does not
recognize his efforts, and is trying to “keep him on the back
burner” and prevent future advancement in the organization.
Sam is very frustrated by this, as he reports that when he first
started working at the company, his supervisor “was an amazing
mentor who literally took me under his wing.” Sam reports that
he has done “everything that he could” to win back the approval
of his supervisor.
Sam says he feels “empty and bored” lately. He is considering
making a career change but is not certain what he would like to
do next. He reports that he has an active social life, going out
several times per week to clubs and bars. Although Sam does
not use recreational drugs, he does note that he sometimes
“drinks too much when he is out partying.” Recently, he was
involved in a physical fight with another man at a bar.
Although currently single, Sam was married twice previously
(for 2 and 5 years, respectively). He described his second
divorce as particularly painful, during which he was briefly
hospitalized for a failed suicide attempt. He is very eager to be
in a relationship now, and believes that he just has not found
“the right woman.”
Occupational History: Sam has had frequent changes in type and
place of employment. He has worked in a variety of settings.
Educational History: Sam attended college, but left midway
through his senior year.
Medical History: Hospitalization at age 26 for suicide attempt,
and at age 30 for gall bladder surgery. No current medications

8. or treatment.
Family History: Sam has one older (age 34) and one younger
(age 28) sister. Both are married and live in the same town as
Sam. Sam’s parents are still married, but when Sam was a
young boy, his father suffered a “nervous breakdown” and left
the family for 6 months. His parents are both retired, and travel
frequently. He describes his father as a “serious, distant, hard-
working man” and his mother as a “soft, warm, saint who put up
with too much from everyone.”
Alcohol/Substance Use: During adolescence, Sam experimented
with a wide range of illegal drugs and prescription medications.
Since his mid-20s, he has restricted his substance use to alcohol
to 3–6 drinks per night, 2–3 nights per week.
Case Conceptualization
Student Name:
Case Name / #:
1. Problem identification & definition: [1–2 paragraphs]
[Primary and contributing concerns for the client]
2. Contextual considerations: [1–2 paragraphs]
[What ethical, legal, cultural, or other key considerations need
to be considered with this client when creating a treatment
plan?]
3. Diagnosis
Axis I: [be sure to provide full title and code]

9. Axis II:
Axis III:
Axis IV:
AXIS V: GAF =
Diagnostic Comments: [1 paragraph]
[Here, provide a brief—no more than 1 paragraph—comment on
the justification for your diagnosis]
4. Theoretical Conceptualization: [1–2 paragraphs]
[How would your selected theoretical orientation explain the
primary issues for this client, and thus which interventions /
treatments would be best suited for this client?]
5. Treatment Plan
Presenting Issue #1:
Strengths:
Barriers:
Goals:
Interventions:
Modality / Duration:
Measure of Progress:
Presenting Issue #2:

10. Strengths:
Barriers:
Goals:
Interventions:
Modality / Duration:
Measure of Progress:
Presenting Issue #3:
Strengths:
Barriers:
Goals:
Interventions:
Modality / Duration:
Measure of Progress:

11. References from Empirically Supported Research