| Entry Type | Assessment |
|---|---|
| Client/Group | Mark |
| Entry Category | Case Study |
| Select your mentor | Sarala Evans |
| Intake | |
| Assessment | |
| Proposed number of sessions | 4 |
| Location of sessions | Client's home |
| Planned time per session | 90 |
| Presenting Problem | Mark is a 66-year-old man, realtor, married, who has Parkinson’s disease, depression, anxiety, stress, wrist and rib injuries, and poor quality of sleep (between 2 am and 9 am), high cholesterol, pre-diabetes. |
| Physical | We talked about the intake and assessed his physical body with joint freeing, breathing practices, relaxation, and meditation. He is left-handed, so his symptoms (like tremors) happen on the left side of the body. He was diagnosed with carpal tunnel, and had surgery but didn’t improve his wrists. His right wrist has a lower range of motion than the left. He is part of a rock band where he plays the drums. He said generally the tremors don’t affect his music. |
| Client/Group goals | Relief of physical, mental, and emotional stress. |
| Energetic | High level of energy, rajasic. |
| Emotional | Moderate stress. The source of stress is the PD, age, and news. Regular anxiety every afternoon, mainly when the medicine wears off. He took 3 pills every 4 hours. |
| Spiritual orientation and needs | Slightly. He wrote in the intake: “All we have in life is love and the present moment.” His spiritual practice is gratitude. He was born Jewish and follows some of his traditions but is upset with what religion has done to the world. He lived one year in Israel and when he thinks about the time he spent by the Dead Sea (which is 2000 feet below the ocean level and there is so much oxygen that you do not need to breathe too much), his breath slows down. |
| Intellectual / Sense of self | Intellectual stimulation: work, talking to his wife, his music. |
| Yoga philosophy/wisdom research reference(s) | During the assessment and relaxation, I introduced the following concept: Prana and Pranayama. Swami Nirajanananda Saraswati |
| Scientific research reference(s), why chosen, how you plan to incorporate 1-3 | Medication: About THC About Rytary Stress Management for PD About PD Effects of Mindfulness Yoga vs Stretching and Resistance Training Exercises on Anxiety and Depression for People With Parkinson Disease Bradykinesia For broken/bruised ribs Anxiety depression scale (DASS-21) Pain scale Mantra meditation for mental health: |
| Approval Notice | |
| Care Plan | Outline should be a practice adapted to the needs of that client/group, including:
Your care plan proposal should be approved by the mentor before session 2 if possible, or 3 if approval is delayed by mentor. |
| Session | |
| Session Instructions (Not Mentoring) | Your session outline should be a practice adapted to the needs of that client, including:
Tools from each module should be used (not on each client – but overall) |
| Final Client/Group Report | After seeing your client/group (for at least 4 sessions including interactive intake) Please remember practicum is a learning experience. You’ll learn more from sharing what’s accurate than from what might “look good”. Things you did well, not so well, problems and questions are all valid and useful tools to teach you. We can’t serve you to become the best clinician you can be if you don’t share your challenges and mistakes. Success is anything from which you learn. You can continue to add Session entries after submitting this Final Client/Group Report. |
| Report briefly on each Kosha below | Progress toward wellness or worsening reported by the client/group or that you observed in the following areas |
| Additional Information | |
| Personal reflection from doing client/group. | |
| Notify Mentor? | Notify Mentor of Updates/Completion |
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