Please carefully read the following case study:
Case Study: Jessica is a 15-year female and a sophomore at the local high school. Jessica has a very demanding life. She is the oldest of five children. Her parents divorced three years ago so her mother had to pick up a second job to make ends meet. As a result, Jessica is responsible for the care of her younger siblings from the time school gets out until her mother comes home from work around 9:00 p.m. Jessica is very intelligent and is currently enrolled in five advanced placement (AP) courses. Jessica has always been a high achiever. She has very high standards for herself and can be very self-critical when she fails to meet them. Lately, she has struggled with significant feelings of worthlessness and shame due to her inability to balance life responsibilities.
For the past several weeks Jessica has felt unusually fatigued and found it increasingly difficult to concentrate at school. Her close friends have noticed that she is often irritable and withdrawn, which is quite different from her typically upbeat and friendly disposition. She has missed school due to illness on several occasions, which is completely unlike her. On those days she stays in bed all day, watching TV or sleeping.
At home, Jessica’s mother has noticed changes as well. She has shown little interest in family activities and whenever possible, she isolates herself in her room. Jessica has had difficulties falling asleep at night. Her insomnia has been keeping her awake as she tosses and turns for an hour or two after going to bed. When her mother tries to get her to open up about what is bothering her, she pushes him away with an abrupt “everything’s fine”.
Jessica has found herself increasingly dissatisfied with her life. She has been having frequent thoughts of wishing she was dead. She gets frustrated with herself because she feels like she has every reason to be happy, yet cannot seem to shake the sense of doom and gloom that has been clouding each day as of late
Now, based on your reading this week and the research you have done regarding crisis intervention, answer the following prompts (Make sure to use first person responses using quotation marks):
1. Construct one normalizing response to Jessica.
2. Construct one calming and caring response to Jessica.
4. Construct one safety response to Jessica
5. Construct one action response to Jessica.
6. Construct one debriefing response to Jessica
7. In 2-3 paragraphs identify and discuss vicarious trauma, burnout, and self-care as it relates to working with clients who are in crisis situations
In order to adequately complete this discussion assignment, you must answer all seven prompts thoroughly and MUST cite one peer-reviewed journal article when responding to prompt #7.