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Triggers are abandonment, child rearing, responsibilities of motherhood, fear of abandonment, lonlieness.
Overall Issue
Seems to pick inappropriate partners; in long-term, one must ask, are there issues Mary engenders over time with romantic relationships?
Substantive emotional stability; lack of intimacy; feelings of rejection.
Initial Steps
Clearly -- initial steps are to work through the feelings of suicide and find a way to get Mary on a treatment program with a professional.
Mary needs to either seek immediate help from a psychiatrist; perhaps who can prescribe either anti-anxiety medication or screen for anti-depression. Mary may be in enough of a crisis that emergency psychiatric treatment may be needed; checking herself in to a local hospital or at the very least finding a medical assessment as quickly as possible.
Potential
Crisis intervention -- critical that Mary get help; initial issues to cover are: self-esteem, that suicide is not a solution, find ties to the world that Mary can actualize; distract Mary from the negative by asking about the positive; emphasize the future can hold a great deal of motherhood, etc.
There are a number of variables -- first, trust and empathy must be established; Mary is suffering but needs...
Something in the brain chemistry MUST change for Mary to feel better. Patience, perserverence are necessary -- compassionate intervention (see below).
Mary's Perception
Mary perceives that she has little choice, and that she is on the brink -- her money situation is dire, her relationships are all but naught, and her physical health is deteriorating along with her mental health.
Mary seems to have lost the spark, the will, to actualize. Lack of eating, lack of relationships, lack of external stimuli are forcing her inward.
Options for Mary
Important not to lecture Mary, but through appropriate questioning probe areas of interest to her and allow her to see that there are options for care, regular treatment, and people who want to see her succeed.
Explore her strengths: ask about what she is good at, what she has passion for, etc. Build upon the positives, build upon the fact that she KNEW she needed help -- the first step was making the call.
Further Actions
Encourage dialog, offer to set up appointment or send someone over to pick her up immediately to take to ER; use resource list to ensure that Mary is seen by someone. The point is to keep Mary talking, keep the dialog up, ensure that
Let's just talk here at the beginning about doing things differently. How about this -- are you right-handed? Gina: No, I'm left-handed, why? Therapist: What if I asked you to start brushing your teeth with your right hand. Tonight, after your dinner, use your right hand. Gina: Okay but that will seem weird and I might not be very good. Therapist: Once you do it for a while, how would that seem to
Crisis Intervention A Biblical Perspective of Crisis Intervention Crisis strikes every single person at one time or another during their lifetimes. It is usually beyond the individual to control the circumstances that lead to a specific event, or at least it seems that way. Modern day psychology has many answers which more often than not take the onus of the blame for any situation away from the recipient of the crisis. Though
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