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Progress Notes Week 2

The progress notes for client M.B. detail the second session focused on enhancing confidence, developing healthy relationship boundaries, and managing loneliness. The client expressed negative self-perceptions and feelings of unworthiness in romantic contexts, while the therapist introduced DBT concepts to help address these issues. Homework was assigned to identify instances of 'wise mind' and the next session will continue to develop this concept and challenge negative thoughts.

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Progress Notes Week 2

The progress notes for client M.B. detail the second session focused on enhancing confidence, developing healthy relationship boundaries, and managing loneliness. The client expressed negative self-perceptions and feelings of unworthiness in romantic contexts, while the therapist introduced DBT concepts to help address these issues. Homework was assigned to identify instances of 'wise mind' and the next session will continue to develop this concept and challenge negative thoughts.

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Progress Notes Week 2: 20th January

Client M.B.
Session No: 2
Date: 13/01/2025
Time of Session: 5:30 pm
Dx/Provisional Dx: N/A
Treatment Goal(s) Goal 1: Enhancing Confidence & Self-Esteem
& Objectives: Obj1: Challenge negative self-talk regarding physical appearance and
confidence
Obj2: Develop self-trust and self-control regarding health and eating
habits
Goal 2: Developing Healthy Relationship Boundaries
Obj1: Recognize patterns of emotional investment and distress cycles
Obj2: Understanding our needs and functions in a romantic relationship
Goal 3: Managing Loneliness & Social Anxiety
Obj1: Shift from self-criticism to self-acceptance regarding
introversion
Obj2: Increase social interactions in a way that aligns with her
personality and comfort
Session Note Subjective “I feel like my thoughts about myself are very negative, they feel
Information very intense. Whenever he gives me even a small hint that he is
by Client: not interested in me, I start feeling like if not him then no one, I
will never be with anyone in this life. I know he is not right for
me because of his mixed signals but I still stick around because I
don’t feel I deserve anyone else.”
Objective M.B. displayed heightened self-doubt and low self-worth
Findings by
Therapist:

Focus of the Prioritising the goals, client wishes to deal more effectively with
Session: her feelings of romantic yearning and inability to prioritise
herself in romantic relationships.
Therapist used DBT concept of wise mind to conceptualize her
strengths and wisdom. Therapist and client worked together to
make a list of Negative Automatic Thoughts (NATs) with
respect to client’s romantic relationship and her worth.
Assessment of Goal(s) Developing relationship boundaries
Progress Addressed in
session:

Homework Therapist shared a psychoeducational worksheet on Wise Mind


assigned: (DBT) and invited the client to identify 3 instances between the
current and next session she noticed her wise mind surfacing up
and guiding her thoughts or actions.

Plan for Next Developing the client’s wise mind, use VIA strengths and self-
Session: esteem sentence completion exercises to reinforce her wise mind,
Challenging negative automatic thoughts

Needs in Identifying how the client can be encouraged to integrate the


Supervision: wise mind concept in times of heightened emotions and distress,
learning distress tolerance techniques.

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