Problem
Question: This section can include information about how the student would conceptualize the presenting concern brought into counselling by a hypothetical client from that ethnic/cultural group; in this section students can make references to the theoretical material covered in the course, such as individualism vs. collectivism, models of cultural identity formation, stages of acculturation.
My answer
Heba is a Syrian refugee client in her early thirties; she is married and has three children. After owning their own business and living a good life, the war destroyed everything; they struggled financially, the kids were disrupted from schools, and there was a food shortage. They could not see a future in Syria anymore. Consequently, they made dangerous steps and decisions to trip out of Syria and go to Turkey, and from Turkey, find a way to come to Canada, hoping for a better future for the family.
Heba was assessed during her first session for counselling, and from the assessment, there are symptoms of depression and anxiety. She went through a lot from the beginning of the war until she and her family arrived in Canada. Additionally, transitioning from her cultural background to a new culture with a different language, norms, traditions, and religions is challenging, it is like a paradoxical change (Aldiabat et al., 2021). Furthermore, with the transition from collectivist to individualist culture, she had help from everyone around her in raising her children. Now, she and her husband are the only ones responsible for their children. The children are struggling to adjust to social and academic aspects of the school in addition to some unwelcoming attitudes of discrimination and the language barrier (Oikonomidoy & Karam, 2020).
What is your recommendation to continue this part?