Psychotraumatology Evaluation

Please see M9 Assignment 2 LASA for instructions for this assignment. The description of this assignment must be done as “Role-Playing” some of my story is true and some of it needs to be made up.

Interviewer: Juanita M. Phillips
Friend: LaShanda Yvette Hemphill-Gerriff
Age at the time of incident: 23
Age now: 38
Gender: Female
Date of birth 24 May 1985
Race: Black
Ethnicity: African-American
Relationship Status: Married
Occupations 92Y Unit Supply Specialist

Story

SGT Hemphill was a 92 Y U.S. Army supply sergeant. One day SGT Hemphill had to inventory the personal belongings of one of her Soldiers who had recently killed themselves in there living quarters during a deployment to Iraq. When she entered the room she could see brain splatter on the walls of where her soldier had killed himself. After inventorying all of his belongings SGT Hemphill remembers returning back to the United States and as she was turning in her soldier who passed aways M16 A2 rifle she could still see his blood on the weapon. From that moment she states that she could never forget that moment and it lives with her every day. The Soldier had placed the weapon in his mouth and blew his own brains out. SGT Hemphill was the direct supervisor of this now deceased Soldier. Other lives where in danger because the bullet could have gone through the walls of the other Soldiers rooms. This incident happened only once.
Exposure to a dead body, SGT Hemphill did not witness the trauma personally but did have to clean her Soldier’s belongings and make sure his belongings returned home to his family.

This incident happened when SGT Hemphill was just 23 and deployed to Iraq, she is now 38 and states that the death of her soldier committing suicide is harder for her now than when she was 23. There isn’t a day that goes by that she does not think of her Soldier.

Unwanted memories of the event: Yes

The unwanted memories come when she is awake.

The memories bother her very much.

Yes, she is able to put them out of her mind and think about something else.

Unpleasant dream: Please describe a dream of a person who experienced someone close to them, and killing themselves while deployed to Iraq.

You can make up as much of the story as you want just please use the information I provided as far as the names go. Thank you

Attached is a Clinical Mental Health Counselor Case Study Outline, Initial Clinical Assessment.

The teacher wants us to use all sections of the Trauma Therapist Toolkit.

Please include at a minimum 7 scholarly articles.

Thank you.

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