Analysis Of Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten - 1743 Words

PSYCH 6123 Assignment #1: Comprehensive Assessment Process Yorkville University Character Summary Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten is a student at Springfield Elementary school and he is currently in grade four. He lives in a town called Springfield and his Father worked at the local cracker factory until he was recently fired. His parents are Kirk and Luanne Van Houten and they have a strained relationship that resulted in their current seperation. Luanne’s Father owned the cracker factory that Kirk worked at until he was fired. As of this current month, Kirk is living in an apartment separate from Luanne and Milhouse but he spends his weekends with Milhouse. Milhouse refers to his Father as a â€Å"loser† and seems to have more of†¦show more content†¦He also struggles with relationships with his classmates and has trouble interpreting the social-emotional aspects of his life. He has failed at many friendships and often gets frustrated with his inability to establish and maintain true relationships that contribute to his self-awareness, se lf-management and responsible decisions. Informal Assessment As a counselor, it is expected that the results of the assessments completed in order to extract information that can impact or direct the therapeutic programming for the client. The purpose of informal assessment is to allow the counsellor to better understand the needs of the client and identify the client’s willingness and readiness for change. It is the duty of the counsellor to know their client and choose an appropriate assessment that their client will understand (France, Rodriguez Hett, 2013). It is important that early in the initial interview process, the client identifies their goals and the counsellor determines where they are on the stages of change model. This model consists of a continuum with six marks; pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance and termination (Gersten, 2013). Milhouse is in the contemplation stage as he is ready to make a change. He has identified two goals that he would like to work on which include making friends and he would like to stop feeling like he can’t succeed. His parents have recognized that their son struggles with