Using the GAD-7 With Adolescents to Adjust Treatment
September 05, 2023ID10683
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- 00:03Hi Nikki. It's so good to see you
- 00:05again. How have you been feeling
- 00:06since the last time that that we met?
- 00:08Things have been good.
- 00:09Yeah. I saw my family
- 00:11this weekend, my cousins.
- 00:13We had a big BBQ, which was really fun.
- 00:16But I have been feeling pretty
- 00:19kind of worried today and I've and
- 00:21my stomach's been hurting a lot.
- 00:22So I've been thinking maybe I should
- 00:23go to the nurse. OK, so it sounds
- 00:25like it was a really fun weekend,
- 00:27but today you're just stomach
- 00:29isn't feeling right and it could
- 00:32be related to your worries.
- 00:34So why don't we do our session today?
- 00:35We'll do our feelings, check in,
- 00:37and then see how your stomach's feeling
- 00:39after that. And if you still need
- 00:40to go to the nurse after we meet,
- 00:41we can make sure to get you over there.
- 00:43OK, That sounds good. All right,
- 00:45So I just want to make sure that we're
- 00:47not missing anything about the different
- 00:49kinds of worries that you might be having.
- 00:51I'd love to have you just fill
- 00:53out this GAD 7 checklist.
- 00:55Now, did you want me to fill this out?
- 00:57We can fill it out together,
- 00:58or you can do it.
- 00:59I think I can do it. Yeah. OK, great.
- 01:01We've gotten so used to these.
- 01:03That's great.
- 01:03Take your time.
- 01:15OK, Good. Awesome. All right.
- 01:18So is it OK if we score this
- 01:19and we can talk it through?
- 01:21Great. All right. So remember,
- 01:22we do our quick math here.
- 01:25I know you can can let me know
- 01:27if I'm not adding it up right.
- 01:29Okay. So today it looks like
- 01:31your total score is a 12.
- 01:32The lowest score that you
- 01:33can get on this is a 0.
- 01:35And then the highest score is a 21.
- 01:37So today at 12 puts you in
- 01:39the moderate anxiety range.
- 01:41So not the highest, highest,
- 01:43but but you know higher up there.
- 01:45And it it looks like from this
- 01:47that you're feeling pretty nervous,
- 01:49anxious and on edge almost every
- 01:52day and having some trouble
- 01:54controlling your worrying and worrying
- 01:56about a lot of different things.
- 01:58It does look like though you are
- 02:00not really having as much trouble
- 02:02relaxing or feeling restless or
- 02:04having a hard time sitting still,
- 02:06which I can tell you look really
- 02:08calm just sitting here.
- 02:09But you're telling me that you have a
- 02:11lot on your mind with these scores.
- 02:14How does that fit with how you feel?
- 02:16Yeah, I think.
- 02:17I think that
- 02:17matches pretty well.
- 02:20Lately, I've been feeling like
- 02:22so many things could happen,
- 02:23but I just don't really
- 02:25have control over. And then
- 02:27I also have just been having, like,
- 02:28negative thoughts in general.
- 02:30OK, so it sounds like you're worrying
- 02:31about a whole lot of different things,
- 02:33actually, especially while
- 02:34you're here at the school day.
- 02:36Can you tell me a little bit more
- 02:37about the negative thoughts? Yeah.
- 02:39So, like, I guess I've just been
- 02:41feeling kind of paranoid lately,
- 02:43worried about, you know, my mom.
- 02:46What if she gets in a car accident?
- 02:48Or what if she gets COVID?
- 02:50Or what if I get COVID and
- 02:54then end up in the hospital?
- 02:55Or something really bad happens?
- 02:58This morning I was worrying
- 02:59about my math quiz.
- 03:01Even though I studied a lot
- 03:02last night, I still felt like
- 03:03I was going to fail the quiz,
- 03:05just kind of feeling really,
- 03:07like, nervous about things.
- 03:08So you're you're actually worrying
- 03:10about a whole lot of different things,
- 03:12including worrying about getting
- 03:14sick or COVID, but also things like
- 03:16the math test you were worried about
- 03:18even though that you had studied.
- 03:20So you have a lot of things on your mind.
- 03:22Yeah. OK.
- 03:22So it's really helpful to hear that.
- 03:25Thanks for sharing that with me.
- 03:27I was thinking that today for our session,
- 03:29we could keep working on some
- 03:31different ways to take deep breaths.
- 03:32I know we've been working on that.
- 03:34But now that I'm hearing about this,
- 03:35I'm wondering maybe you want to change
- 03:37things up if it would be helpful for you to,
- 03:40like, talk back to your worries
- 03:42or work on some mindfulness.
- 03:44There's different things that we could do.
- 03:46So what are your thoughts about
- 03:48what would feel helpful today?
- 03:49Yeah,
- 03:49I I really like the deep breathing
- 03:52and I like learning about it,
- 03:54but I feel like I can't think about it
- 03:56when I'm worried or like,
- 03:58I I don't practice it well,
- 03:59so maybe doing something
- 04:00else would be a good idea.
- 04:02OK, great. So it sounds like a
- 04:04good time to change things up,
- 04:05that we have lots of other choices.
- 04:07So let's see.
- 04:08There's a couple things we could do.
- 04:11We could do a worry jar where you
- 04:13actually write down your worries
- 04:14and you put them in a jar and
- 04:16and literally put them aside.
- 04:17And we could kind of talk through that.
- 04:19We could also start with
- 04:20some mindfulness activities,
- 04:21some really simple things.
- 04:22I don't know if you've
- 04:24tried mindfulness before.
- 04:25It can be a really nice way to quiet
- 04:27your mind when you have a lot going on.
- 04:29So what sounds good to you?
- 04:30Should we talk about the worry jar or
- 04:33do you want to start some mindfulness?
- 04:36I like both.
- 04:36I would want to try both,
- 04:37but I think maybe the
- 04:39mindfulness would be good today.
- 04:40OK, that's great.
- 04:41I have a great activity, kind of a
- 04:43starter activity that you might like.
- 04:45Great.