Goutam patel, a 25-year-old Indian-American male, comes to you for an evaluation, along with his mother. Goutam has been involved in outpatient psychotherapy for six months with a therapist who provides cognitive behavioral therapy .

Goutam has had severe anxiety since the age of fifteen . Both he and his mother state that the  seems to be helping only a little and he must get more help. Goutam is not able to go to his college classes most days because he is very anxious. He often stays inside, refusing to go outside or socialize with his friends. He has become what his mother describes as depressed. He was only able make it to the appointment today because his mother drove him.

Choose a behavioral technique from Wheeler’s psychotherapy for the Advanced practice psychiatric Nurse page 322 that applies to Goutam’s situation. As his psychiatric nurse practitioner, explain how he would use the coping skills to reduce the anxiety.

BRIEF ANSWERS

On the basis of psychoanalysis alongside psycho-dynamic therapies, there exists behavioral techniques and approaches that can assist a depressed personality. Such techniques tend to focus on the consistantly changing problematic human feelings, thoughts and behaviors, through making discoveries on their unconscious meanings and motivations………………………………………………………………