Divorce Therapy Case Study: The Winchester Family

There was no clear understanding of each other. Each acted on their own perception and did not talk out to each other. John worked all day and Ann was feeling lonely in the marriage. She either did not talk to her husband. She goes on an adventure by sleeping with his neighbor on john family bed where he finds them.

During that time, it was considered improper for a woman to express her feelings like anger or dislike. She says, "I get unreasonably angry with John sometimes" (pg278), and the narrator blamed it on her mental condition rather than saying that she was actually tired of her husband's way of treating her illness. She felt secluded, useless and trapped. Yet, she still had to follow and accept that kind of social rule. Women were expected to be good in doing the house chores and taking care children. In the story, the narrator mentions about John's sister who was a perfect housekeeper and hoped for no better profession. There is also Mary who was so good with the Baby. The author was actually trying to send images to the readers that it was expected attitudes in her society and was part of their culture which women were forced to follow.

In Roald Dahl’s short story “Lamb to the Slaughter” , Mary Maloney murders her husband, a detective, after he declares that he is leaving her. Mary then has to cover her tracks or else she and her unborn child will be killed. Throughout the story, Mary’s character changes from loving wife to cold killer and back again based on her situation.

John Updike’s Separating tells the story of parents Joan and Richard as they try to navigate how to tell their children they are separating. Joan and Richard both have an idea of what they think would be the best way to tell their children. Richard thinks it would be best to tell them all together. Meanwhile, Joan explains to Richard it would be best to tell the children separately, “I think just making an announcement is a cop-out. They’ll start quarrelling and playing to each other instead of focusing. They’re each individuals, you know, not just some corporate obstacle to your freedom (Updike 638).” As the story continues, it is revealed to the reader that Richard initiated the divorce. The reader becomes aware of this when after Joan and

During the early eighteen hundreds, many southerners entangled themselves and their families in the Civil War. The Civil War caused many men to turn against one another, and the war affected family life as well. “Approximately 620,000 soldiers died from combat, accident, starvation, and disease during the Civil War.” Most of the battles took place in the South, though some did take place in the North and the West. Southern politics and government changed greatly during this time with the new focus on winning the war. Women grabbed onto new opportunities opened up to them by the war. The members of the Barry / Bradford family strongly supported the Confederacy and actively involved themselves in the politics of this time as well. The Barry

Mary was a horrible role model for her two children.She had two sons whose names were Tony and Wes Moore.She partied instead of parenting her children, along with “hiding ” Marijuana in her family's home.On page twenty Mary blatantly lied to her own child’s face.She looked At Wes and said, “Mommy got some bad news about school, and I want to go see some friends

8.  Where did John say he understood Mary came from? What were her origins?

John (1735-1826) and Abigail (1744-1818) Adams were the second President and First Lady. John Adams served as the first vice president to George Washington, United States minister to the Netherlands, United States envoy to France. He served in congress for three years and served one term as president. Abigail Adams was a fairly active first lady, and was involved in some of the politics.

After talking with each other they learn a lot about each others family background and its not very nice for most of them. Bender is the only one with physically abusive parents, but the other kids parents don’t understand their kids and try to force them into things that they don’t want to do. Claire's parents are divorced and pretty much use Claire to get back at each other, she doesn’t feel loved or appreciated by her parents at all. This is why she looks to her peers for constant acceptance and approval, by being in with the "populars" at school. Allison has parents who completely ignore her, nothing she does can get their attention. She also has no friend group. This leaves her at detention on a Saturday not because she did something wrong but because she want to be somewhere were she feels she fits in, just wanting to be heard by someone. Benders parents, as mentioned before, abused him, his father even burnt his arm with a cigar. His parents simply don't like him, they reject him and constantly argue to create a very hostile home environment for him. This can be a reason for why he acts out so much in school and doesn't respect adults orders. Andrews father wouldn’t tolerate losers, so he held him at a very high standard when in came to sports, always pushing his limits. Andrew has accepted this and is currently doing a sport he hates just because his father want him wrestling. This just shows how much parents can influence a teenagers

Some of the most important characters are Doug Swieteck, Lillian Spicer, Mrs. Windermere, Chris Swieteck and Lucas Swieteck. Doug Swieteck is a 13 year old boy who moved with his troubled family to Marysville’s New York. His family consists of his mom and dad, middle brother Chris and older brother Lucas. His father is an alcoholic with a negative attitude about life. His older brother is a Viet Nam vet who lost his legs in the war. His other brother Chris is showing criminal behavior in their community. Doug

If I had to opportunity to treat the Shepard family, I would likely use cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) interventions by focusing their treatment around grief, trauma, major depression, and quite possibly post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Under these circumstance, I think that it would likely be beneficial to hold couple therapy or family therapy with Matthew’s parents and his brother, Logan. However, if I was providing couples or family therapy, as an ethical psychologist I would have to ensure that I take reasonable steps to clarify my role as the therapist among my client’s, as well as the probable uses of the services provided of the information obtained (APA, 2017, 10.02). Additionally, since the Matthew Sheppard case received so much publicity, I would want to ensure my clients that as a psychologist I have a primary obligation to take reasonable precautions to protect their confidentiality regarding any information obtained, unless otherwise subpoenaed by the courts, although in their case I would highly doubt that kind of situation would arise (APA, 2017,

She doesn’t feel she has any companionship, even with her husband. “It’s so hard to talk to John about my case…” (Gilman 350). So she can’t confide in anyone about the way she feels. Not only that, but he talks down to her, “What is it little girl?”, “Bless her little heart.” (Gilman 350), and calls her a “blessed little goose” (Gilman 347), as if she is a child. With her husband talking to her like that, the feeling of alienation due to not feeling like she is on the same level as her husband is inevitable. She also spends a good deal of time alone and cries a lot. “I cry at nothing, and cry most of the time. Of course I don’t when John is here, or anybody else, but when I am alone. And I am alone a good deal just now.” (Gilman 348) A person who is happy and surrounded by people they love, don’t spend so much time crying, alone.

A significant and sustained decrease in birth rate has resulted in the average household size dropped from 4.5 in 1971 to 2.9 in 2011. Monster parents are those who over-protect their children was derived by the smaller-sized families (no more than 2 children in a family). Monster parents would rather enjoy life than give the children the best thing even salary only suffice of life since baby was born, such as high price and quality paper diaper, milk powder and Diaper Bag.

The study evaluates intervention for children and adolescents in divorce through meta-analysis. The researches wanted to test the effectiveness of multiple interventions. Each study had to meet certain criteria. Some of the criteria included reduce divorce related problems, improve wellbeing of children, exclusively focusing on children or the divorced parents, and have a control – group design. Searching through two databases, PsycINFO and PSYNDEX, twenty-three studies met all the criteria. Each study was coded into three categories, basic information, treatment procedure, and methodological criteria. After it was coded, a range from ‘good’ to ‘poor’ was given, if the studies met or did not meet the criteria. The results showed that the intervention

They both have a long way ahead of them, a long journey but their new family supporting them, they can do anything. But their whole lives growing up wasn’t easy, they practically had to raise themselves and provide for themselves. Their parents weren’t around growing up, but that didn’t stop them from leading towards their future. After growing up to become adults, they each knew they were different, but ignored it because they were completely stubborn to acknowledge it. Over time they embrace of who they are and they soon accept it. Their mothers late on become overprotective and become very tough women. Their fathers always know what’s best for them even when they become rebellious at times. Sam and Emma each have brothers whom they love dearly. They each make new friends that slowly in time become family even their past enemies.