Behavior
The client in this case scenario struggles with anger management issues. She gets anger management problem. She gets angry easily, and the anger drives her to do things that disturb her peace and emotions, frustrating her from social relationships. The client is mostly suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and she feels that there is a need for someone to intervene and help her overcome frequent anger outbursts.
Intervention
The goal of intervention is to help the client to identify causes of negative emotions and trace when and how these negative emotions come about. The intervention helps the client to be prepared and identify negative triggers in the environment as explained by Lok et al. (2018). Once the client has learned the triggers of negative emotions, she can be prepared to respond by shifting the focus or her attention to positive emotions such as self-love or thinking of positive aspects in life. The advantage of teaching the client to act independently by shifting the attention is that she can work independently without the need for the therapist’s intervention.
Response
Successful intervention will yield positive results when the client attains changes in anger outbursts observed in the frequency of school suspensions. She will attain positive relations with peers and avoid situations that trigger negative emotions. The intervention will also help the client to be productive in social relations, including making more friends and bringing the situations under control. There will also be a change in class performance and the client will heal from the concerning behavioral problem.
Plan
The step-down plan is used as a framework for intervention and treatment of anger management. In this case, the plan is to help the client to move from the negative causes or triggers of anger into a positive aspect or goal in life. The objective of the framework is to bring the client into the full control and management of her emotions.
References
Lok, N., Bademli, K., & Canbaz, M. (2018). The effects of anger management education on adolescents’ manner of displaying anger and self-esteem: A randomized controlled trial. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 32(1), 75-81. Web.