Julie has long term goals of having an intimate relationship, a career in the holiday trade, living independently, improving family relationships, and parenting children. Her treatment hierarchy prioritizes eliminating life-threatening behaviors like self-harm and suicide attempts, followed by therapy-interfering behaviors on her part like unrealistic expectations and confrontational behavior, and finally quality of life-interfering behaviors such as dangerous sexual behavior and abusive relationships.
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Julie goals and treatment hierarchy
1. JULIE-
Long Term Goals
To be able to have a long term intimate relationship with a significant other
To have a career in the holiday trade
To live independently
To have improved relationships with family members
To be able to parent children
Treatment Hierarchy
Life-threatening behaviour
stepping under trains
jumping from bridges
Stabbing self with screw driver
Cutting with razor blades
Overdosing
self-strangulation
Hitting and punching carers/members of the public
Therapy-interfering behaviour
Julie
Having unrealistically high expectations of therapy
Having unrealistically high expectations of self
Walking out of sessions
Turning up/telephoning drunk
Not noticing successes
Being either a star or a failure
Being verbally confrontational/critical with therapist
Therapist
Working too hard in sessions/on phone
Not standing firm when Julie is confrontational
Asking for too much too soon
Trusting too much in progress
Not cheerleading enough
Quality of life-interfering behaviour
Not thinking about long-term goals
Unprotected dangerous sexual behaviour
Not saying no
Cutting short promising relationships
Continuing unpromising/abusive relationships
Getting sectioned