Jenni is a 10 year old girl who has lived most of her life in foster care since she was a young baby. Over the years she has experienced trauma (risk factor – being bullied may cause her to have trust issues). A foster carer who she was close to passed away unexpectedly when she was 7 years old. (Jenni has been situated with a number of different families, but she is now living with a family permanently. The mother and father are caring people, but have noticed that although Jenni is enjoying her new home life, she is having trouble making friends at
the new school and says the girls are mean to her. Her teacher has noticed that Jenni has often been seen eating her lunch by herself in the library. Jenni is physically advanced for her age and often appears self-conscious about her appearance.
On many occasions Jenni does not want to attend school but she is unable to articulate why she does not want to go. Jenni has previously performed well at school, however over the past 6 months she has become withdrawn, tired and is more reluctant to engage at school and often fails to complete her homework.
1. Discuss the concerns for the client’s well-being and the risk factors past and current.
2. If the client’s issues are not addressed how might this impact on her future development?
3. Choose and critically discuss a creative therapy and include other strategies that you believe may assist your client in counselling.