Case Study Review – Cheap Research Essays

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper based on the “Mike” case study below.

Include the following in your paper:
A brief description of the selected case
A description of the concept of helping clients during the case management process
The best intervention practices when working with clients and how this can have a positive effect on a clients behavioral patterns
The concept of helping and intervention practices that should be used in this case

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

The Case of Mike

Mike is a 20-year-old male who has just recently

been released from jail. Mike is technically on

probation for car theft, though he has been

involved in crime to a much greater extent.

Mike has been identified as a cocaine user and

has been suspected, though not convicted, for

dealing cocaine. Mike has been tested for drugs

by his probation department and was found

positive for cocaine. The county has mandated

that Mike receive drug counseling but the drug

counselor has referred Mike to your office

because the drug counselor suspects that Mike

has issues beyond simple drug addiction. In

fact, the drug counselors notes suggest that

Mike has Narcissistic personality disorder.

Mike seems to have little regard for the

feelings of others. Coupled with this is his complete

sensitivity to the comments of others. In

fact, his prior fiance has broken off her relationship

with him due to what she calls his constant

need for admiration and attention. He is completely

self-centered. After talking with Mike,

you quickly find that he has no close friends. As

he talks about people who have been close to

him, he discounts them for one imperfection or

another. These imperfections are all considered

severe enough to warrant dismissing the person

entirely.Mike makes a point of noting how many

have betrayed their loyalty to him or have otherwise

failed to give him the credit that he deserves.

When asked about getting caught in the

auto theft, he remarks that well my dumb

partner got me out of a hot situation by driving

me out in a stolen get-a-way car. (Word

on the street has it that Mike was involved in a

sour drug deal and was unlikely to have made

it out alive if not for his partner.) Mike adds,

you know, I plan everything out perfectly,

but you just cannot rely on anybody . . . if

you want it done right, do it yourself.

Mike recently has been involved with

another woman (unknown to his prior fiance)

who has become pregnant. When she told

Mike he said tough, you can go get an abortion

or something, it isnt like we were in love

or something. Then he laughed at her and told

her to go find some other guy who would

shack up with her.

Incidentally, Mike is a very attractive

man and he likes to point that out on occasion.

Yeah, I was going to be a male model in L. A.,

but my agent did not know what he was

doing . . . could never get things settled out

right . . . so I had to fire him. Mike is very

popular with women and has had a constant