Elizabeth Ventura - Casebook for Dsm-5(tm): Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

Casebook for DSM-5

Elizabeth Ventura, PhD, LPL, NCC, is a counselor educator, qualitative researcher, and trauma specialist. She has been practicing clinically since 2004 and has specific clinical training in both cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy. Although her area of expertise focuses on trauma work and the treatment of eating disorders, she has built her clinical practice working with individuals across the life span where she has experience in various mental health conditions. She is a core faculty member in the clinical mental health counseling department at Walden University. Her teaching experience includes such courses as psychopathology and diagnosis, research design and program evaluation, testing and appraisal, advanced counseling techniques, foundations of counseling, counseling trauma survivors, practicum, internship, and supervision.

Dr. Ventura has presented at numerous local, state, and national conferences, including the professions flagship professional conferences, the American Counseling Association and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. She has published chapters in such texts as Trauma Counseling: Theories and Interventions; The Counselors Companion: What Every Beginning Counselor Needs to Know; and the forthcoming Introduction to the Counseling Profession. In addition, she is the president of Associates in Counseling & Wellness, LLC, which provides private therapy and group therapy services to individuals, families, and couples.

Casebook for DSM-5

Diagnosis and Treatment
Planning

Elizabeth Ventura, PhD, LPL, NCC

Editor

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Names: Ventura, Elizabeth, editor.

Title: Casebook for DSM-5 : diagnosis and treatment planning / editor, Elizabeth Ventura, PhD, LPL, NCC.

Description: New York : Springer Publishing Company, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Subjects: LCSH: Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. 5th ed. | Anxiety disordersDiagnosis. | Anxiety disordersTreatment.

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Contents

Contributors

Heather Ambrose, PhD, LCMHC, LMFT

Core Faculty, School of Counseling, Walden University, Layton, Utah

Renee Anderson, PhD, LPCC-S

Core Faculty, School of Counseling, Walden University, Butler, Pennsylvania

Brooks Bastian Hanks, PhD, LCPC

Core Faculty, School of Counseling, Walden University, Southeast Idaho

Jayna Bonfini, MA, LPC, NCC

Private Practice, McMurray, Pennsylvania

Christian J. Dean, PhD, LPC, LMFT, NCC

Core Faculty, School of Counseling, Walden University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Jeannie Falkner, PhD, LCSW

Core Faculty, Walden University, Oxford, Mississippi

Brandy L. Gilea, PhD, LPCC-S, NCC

Core Faculty, Walden University, Canfield, Ohio

Maranda A. Griffin, PhD, LPC

Core Faculty, Walden University, Orange Park, Florida

Christie Jenkins, PhD, LPCC-S

Core Faculty, School of Counseling, Walden University, Perrysburg, Ohio

Sola Kippers, PhD, LPC-S, LMFT

Clinical Counseling, Capella University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Rhonda Neswald-Potter, PhD, LPCC, ACS

Clinical Director, Manzanita Counseling Center, University of New Mexico, Contributing Faculty Member, Walden University, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Rachel M. ONeill, PhD, LPCC-S

Core Faculty, MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program, Walden University, Poland, Ohio

Stacy Overton, PhD, LPC, LAC

Core Faculty, Walden University, Fort Collins, Colorado

Joshua Parnell, BA

Student, Walden University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Torey Portrie-Bethke, PhD

NCC, Core Faculty, School of Counseling, Walden University, Northwood, New Hampshire

Amanda Rovnak, PhD, PCC-S, LICDC-CS, LISW-S

Core Faculty Member, School of Counseling, Walden University, Copley, Ohio

Jessica Russo, PhD, LPCC-S, NCC

Core Faculty, School of Counseling, Walden University, Portage Lakes, Ohio

Stephanie L. Stern, MA, LPC, LBS, NCC

Private Practice, McMurray, Pennsylvania

Elizabeth M. Ventura, PhD, LPC, NCC

Core Faculty, School of Counseling, Walden University, McMurray, Pennsylvania

Margaret Zappitello, EdD, LPC, LMFT, LAC, MAC, NCC

Core Faculty, School of Counseling, Walden University, Brighton, Colorado

Preface

The collection of cases presented in this book has been compiled from seasoned clinicians who have experienced complex client symptomology. These cases illustrate real-world examples of actual clients seen in practice. The details of the cases are organized to provide readers with examples of case conceptualization, as well as diagnostic impressions, conclusions, and treatment recommendations. Remembering that each client is different, and the training and skill level of the treating therapist is equally unique, the recommendations provided in the cases serve as examples for students to critically analyze and adapt their own theoretical approach when conceptualizing the cases.

It is certainly true for me that the clients I have encountered have changed my life. The gratefulness and gratitude I feel for having the opportunity to walk with each of them throughout their personal journeys is inexpressible. Through my own work with clients I have learned that authenticity cannot be attempted; rather, it must be interwoven into the fabric of the self. For 50 minutes, we are given the gift to sit across from another human being struggling deeply with aspects of his or her life and are entrusted to help him or her navigate this pain. We are entrusted to know the way, sometimes as a guide, other times as a follower. Regardless of the role we play, we are entrusted to be among the few that see this level of human vulnerability and shame in its most exposed state. We are expected to be prepared for this and to meet it with passion, integrity, and competence.