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Review the Week Four Case Study Kendrick.   Apply the LAPC model as outlined in Chapter 1 (pp. 12–13) of Crisis Intervention: A Practical Guide to the case study, and explain how you would address each of the following steps in a client session with Kendrick:  (1) listen (2) assess  (3) plan (4) commit Make sure to address all of the questions outlined in the template on pages 12 and 13, but feel free to add anything else that seems appropriate to each step, based on your reading of Chapter 3. You may also make inferences or embellish the case study as appropriate, so long as this is consistent with the case study presented.COU 680 Week Four Case Study: Kendrick You are a counselor at the on-campus counseling center. Kendrick is a 22-year-old African American college senior who has come in to see you as a result of his recent breakup with his fiancé, Stephanie. Kendrick reports that he is unable to cope, has not been to class in the past two weeks, is not eating, and only sleeps when he cries himself to the point of exhaustion or when he self-medicates with large quantities of alcohol. Kendrick lives alone, having shared his apartment with Stephanie prior to the breakup. He acknowledges that he is in complete despair and has now been contacted by his academic advisor, who let him know if he does not rebound quickly, he is at risk of failing his final courses, not graduating on time, and losing the job he has already been hired for post-graduation. Despite his struggles to cope, Kendrick denies any current suicidal ideation or desire to harm himself or others. History Kendrick is a National Merit Scholar who came to college on a full academic scholarship. He majored in aerospace engineering and has spent the past two summers interning for a company that has already offered him a full-time position upon graduation at the end of the term. Kendrick met Stephanie in one of his first-semester engineering courses. They sat next to each other in class and soon became study partners. Within two months they were dating exclusively and spent nearly every moment together. While both lived in the university dorms their first year, they chose to get an apartment together starting their sophomore year, and they lived together until two weeks ago when Stephanie moved out. Since the beginning of his relationship with Stephanie, Kendrick has been socially isolated. While he did come to college with a few close friends and is only two hours away from home, he has not maintained connections with his high school friends and has not made regular visits home. In fact, Kendrick reports that his parents came to “resent” Stephanie because they saw her as “keeping him away,” so he has largely cut off communication with them. Kendrick reports that he did not feel coerced to cut out his relationships with others, but simply preferred Stephanie’s company over others. Kendrick reports that the relationship felt happy and healthy to him, although he did feel Stephanie growing more distant in the past couple of months. He states that he and Stephanie had plans to get married in the fall, once he settled into his new job and she could start graduate school. Kendrick reports the relationship ended after Stephanie decided she wasn’t ready for marriage and realized she had “wasted” her entire college experience being in a relationship rather than “going and doing.” After a heated argument and “lots of begging,” Kendrick was unable to persuade Stephanie to reconsider, and she immediately moved out of their shared apartment and in with a coworker from herLAPC (1) listen (2) assess (3) plan (4) commit This is helpful for each paragraph answer these questions in paragraphs by step and section Listen: What is the victim saying? What is he or she NOT saying? Assess: What is the victim feeling? How is he or she acting? What is he or she thinking? Plan: What plans can the victim make now? Are the plans reasonable? Can they be carried out? Commit: Has the victim agreed to follow the plan? What other resources will be needed to see the plan through? Step 1 · Where would you like me to sit/stand? · What name would you like me to call you? · Would you like me to get you something before we talk? · Would you prefer if we stay/stood over there instead? · Is there anyone you would like me to call at this time? Step 2: Assess. Emotions—Is the client inconsolable? sad? hopeless? anxious? angry? · Behavior—Is the client agitated? pacing the room? sluggish or slow? wanting to leave? wanting to linger? · Thoughts—How does the client interpret the crisis? What is its meaning for the client? · Is the client hopeful or hopeless about the outcome? How devastating is it for the client? The client’s future? How does the client judge his or her ability to cope? · Support system—How large a family or friendship network does the client have? · Is the client alone and solitary, or social with many friends? Who can be called on to assist the client at this time? Step 3: Plan The ultimate goal in crisis intervention is actually twofold: first, assist the client in recovering from the emotional impact in the immediate aftermath of the crisis; then impart to the client a sense of hope and empowerment via a plan. This two-part approach includes a return to some state of equilibrium and a plan to help maintain this balance long after the crisis has passed. Of course, this plan requires a skilled crisis counselor who is able to strike a balance between several competing counselor and client needs. Step 4 Commit In this final step in L-A-P-C, the client, either through the facilitative or directive stance of the counselor, agrees to commit to a plan of action to help alleviate the strains of the crisis and to regain some level of equilibrium. Even though several different plans may be discussed along with the advantages and disadvantages of each, a specific plan that is appealing to the client and that he or she believes can be enacted is chosen. Additionally, follow up becomes a component of this commitment. Once the client agrees to enact the plan, the client also commits to ongoing follow up with the counselor or with some other member of the support system.LAPC MODEL 2 [Note: To complete this template, replace the bracketed text with your own content. Remove this note before you submit your paper.] Intervention Paper: LAPC Model and Kendrick {Student ] Running head: LAPC MODEL 1 Southern New Hampshire University Listen [Insert your content. Note that, unlike your intervention papers, this paper will be written in case note format. To do so, consider that you are documenting what occurred in session with you and Kendrick relative to each step of the LAPC model. Please make sure you are using the questions from pages 12 and 13 of the Crisis Intervention text to help guide you in completing each of these sections. You will need to make up parts of your response (i.e., not rely solely on the case study) to complete some of the steps. To do so, envision that you are having this session with Kendrick and working through each step of the LAPC model. Document what occurred and what was decided, based on the requirements of each step. Your responses should be consistent with the case study and reflective of the elements of the LAPC model.] Assess [Insert your content.] Plan [Insert your content.] Commit [Insert your content.]