Miss Greenwood Case Study Essay

There are several ways to look at what precipitated Miss Greenwoods request for help. Although it appears that the client stated that she first began to feel disconnected and numb shortly after arriving to New York City, which is when it seemed as though she became morbidly disturbed by a couple that had been sentenced to execution, this could be interpreted as an over dramatized reaction to not being able to handle normal life adversities. Miss Greenwood, losing her dad at the age of 9 and expressing that the last time she remembers feeling happy was prior to his death, could be interpreted as an event that precipitated her request for help as well. I do not necessarily see her father 's death as a direct trigger to Miss Greenwood’s depressive symptoms; however, it can be established as an early life stressor (ELS) (Nugent, Tyrka, Carpenter, & Price, 2011).

Miss Greenwood also stated that she grew up poor; that, too, could be considered an environmental early life stressor (Nugent, Tyrka, Carpenter, & Price, 2011). Given these two factors it can be suggested that my client was vulnerable to the depression and mood disorder she is consequently experiencing. The mental history of either of Miss Greenwood’s parents were never disclosed therefore an inference couldn’t be made to whether the client was exposed to any kind of gene disposition that would of also made her vulnerable to the various disorders (Nugent, Tyrka, Carpenter, & Price,