Cognitive Lorretta Lee Grand Canyon Counseling Theories PCN 500 Professor Mary Ann Little July 15, 2015 Cognitive Ana, twenty-four year old bilingual woman, sought counseling because of major stressors in her life. She has a lack of network support (i.e. family, friends, or community support), financial problems (due to her recently losing her job), and is a single mother of one child. Furthermore, her husband is deployed overseas in a combat zone. Ana is the first generation of her family to migrate from Guatemala.
Cognitive Therapy (CT) approach would be most beneficial for Ana. Murdock (2013, 314-319), clearly stated" Cognitive Therapy takes a neutral position of the properties of human nature. The theory implies humans are organisms adapting to their environments."...