Using the Case Study at the End of the Module Assess the Clients Issues and Describe Your Treatment Plan. What Ethical Issues Might Arise?

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Using the case study at the end of the module assess the clients issues and describe your treatment plan. What ethical issues might arise? Word Count: 2,139 Pages: 9 Using the case study at the end of the module assess the clients issues and describe your treatment plan. What ethical issues might arise? Introduction. Many clients will enquire about losing weight with hypnosis and we as practitioners need to make sure that the client has a realistic goal. This is why the initial consultation is important, as we need to discuss with the client why they want to lose weight, how much weight they would like to lose and in what time scale. You will need to discuss their health and any psychological issues that they might have or that might arise. If the client is showing signs of psychosis or is on anti-psychotics then I would refer the client on to a psychotherapist as it would be unethical for me to treat that client. There are many reasons why people over eat and it is important to establish what categories the clients fall into as this will influence their treatment plan. Eat to lesson an unpleasant experience. We learn this form an early age as we are given a sweet or something else when we hurt ourselves or were in pain. This would distract out attention from the pain and would make us feel good. The association in the subconscious is set and the treat becomes the focus of the reduction of pain. When we are older, when things go wrong in a relationship people will revert back to this and eat the sweet things to make them feel better and is comfort. Eating to get attention and gain authority. For some people size makes them feel more important and powerful. In this case they tend to feel that although the attention they are getting is negative, it is better than no attention at all. Eating for Reward and Entertainment. When we are
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