Topics Questions Theory

DEMOGRAPHY What can you say about this person’s life, family Adler
interaction, childhood experience? PCC

Causes/symptoms What are the issues? Psychoanalysis

What are the symptoms? Gestalt
What are the causes to the symptoms? CTRT
What are the relationships between the symptoms/
causes? (Hypotheses)
How does this person see her problem?

Coping What were bothering her and how did she react to them? PCC
mechanisms What are her coping mechanisms? REBT

Perception of How does she view herself? Existential

reality How does she view herself in relation to others? Spirituality
How does she view the world or life events? CT
What is the gist of her life?
What does she want from this life? (her needs)
What does her internal self tell her should be?

Emotions What are the emotions stuck in herself? Psychoanalysis

How do the emotions connect to each other? Gestalt
Are the emotions real? Distorted? Cover up/ fake? Spirituality
What are the functions of the emotions in her life?
In what ways do the emotions help her satisfy her needs?
What could be the alternative emotions she should have,
in order, to live a harmonious life?

Intervention What do you think she needs, in order, to have a Adler

meaningful and functioning life? REBT
What do you think she supposed to do/ change to BT
achieve the counseling goals?
How can you help her make the changes?