Please read the case study of Cathy found below and conceptualize the case as though you are either an Existential Therapy or a Person Centered Therapist. You will reply with a response to classmates who used the opposite approach assigned to you. Be sure to write the type of approach you are using in the subject line of your initial post. The class will be divided as follows:

Students with the last name A-G will take an Existential Therapy approach.

Students with the last name H-Z will take a Humanistic Person Centered approach.

You will use the main tenants of each approach as it applies to this case in your initial posting. Please identify at least 3 key concepts from each therapeutic approach to formulate your treatment plan. Your initial posting should include the following:

1. Problem List

2. Problem Formulation

3. Interventions

4. Outcomes

The Case of Cathy

Cathy is a very attractive 44-year-old married woman who looks about 30. Her only son is finishing college and her husband, a vice president of a large corporation, has always supported the family and maintained a very high standard of living. She received her teacher's credential 6 years ago because she wanted to teach high school English, but she never sought employment. She volunteers one day a week at a hospital, and spends most of her free time having lunch with her friends and shopping. She feels "bored and empty” much of the time, and sometimes thinks it would be fun and challenging to own a coffee shop because she loves social interaction so much. She admits that occasionally she thinks, "Maybe it's not too late to have another child-- at least then I'd feel needed.” She came to therapy to deal with confusion over "what to do with the rest of my life.”