I chose would be the most helpful in terms of helping me come up with enough possible avenues for Tina to try.8The Adlerian approach would be helpful with assisting Tina in terms of helping her to understand how she as a whole has shaped the entire structure of her family, especially since she is the oldest child in the family. Since she was the first born it was basically unavoidable for her mom not to have made a lot of mistakes in raising her, just as her mom’s parents made mistakes in the actual raising of her mother. Adler allows the counselor the opportunity to teach their client how to employ various techniques that will assist them in better understanding who they actually are. Adler also allows us to draw on the clients past and present experiences to help assess how they can actually grow from all these experiences. The homework that would be given to this client is to keep a daily journal on her feelings, as well as on the different interactions she experiences in relation to her past.I would also inform my client that she has the potential to regain control over her life, but she first needs to take the necessary steps toward achieving this goal. This client feels at times that the only way for her to solve this problem is to fight fire with fire. I feel 9that the existential approach would give me enough resources to pull from in order to convince my client that her choice of action to any situation can directly affect her in the long run, and may not actually solve the current problem. Basically what I want to get across to my client is that she needs to hold herself more accountable for her choice of action and thoughts. The existential approach will help me to keep her focused on her a not so much on the actual problems in her life. This approach encourages the client to put themselves first for once in their life, as oppose to worrying about what other people may think and feel. I ultimately want her to reflect on...
