During an Intake with a Client, a Therapist Takes Note

question 74

Essay

During an intake with a client, a therapist takes note that the client does not appear to have any indication of mental illness. However, the therapist does note that the client has described having a low degree of life satisfaction, little sense of a purpose in life, and the client feels as though they have not contributed much to their community. Explain which areas of well-being that these descriptions belong to, along with whether the client should be described as flourishing or languishing.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Shortcuts

Mental strategies or heuristics that simplify decision making by reducing the amount of processing required to come to conclusions.

Heuristics

Mental shortcuts or "rules of thumb" that simplify decision-making processes, often used unconsciously.

System I

A term from cognitive science referring to the fast, automatic, and often unconscious way of thinking, contrasted with slower, more deliberate thought.

Dual-Process Theory

The proposal that judgment involves two types of thinking: a fast, efficient, but sometimes faulty set of strategies, and a slower, more laborious, but less risky set of strategies.