The client Lena Torres,42, is seeking counseling because of feels of depression and anxiety. Torres is recently divorced and has some issues adjusting to the change. It is possible that Torres has issues with separation, and repression as well. The therapeutic process with largely focus on the psychoanalytic/ psychodynamic approach. In therapy, the primary focus will be on learning to cope with the divorce and develop confidence. We are going to focus on these by delving into various facets that presented in childhood, including the shame placed upon sex by her family. Guilt about dating husband and getting pregnant before being married seems to a source of anxiety for Torres as well. Torres presents concerns about receiving pressure from …show more content…
The strict parental style of Lena’s parent credits this. She often seems to promotes the denial of her own power. This factor is displayed in her introjection of parents feels about the death of her brother as well as the fact that she adopted the view of her husband about her education. She expressed a “death wish” after her brother passed. Lena seems to have a strong since of shame about sex and sexual desires. Torres had a religious, and seemingly overbearing father that expressed that sex would “send you straight to hell”. She repressed her libido for quite some time, beginning in her childhood and increased in within her adult years. Lena’s identification with her husband and his way of thinking lead to her dropping out of college and ultimately, reduced her success within her career. Throughout the course of her marriage, Torres endured several encounters of infidelity. Torres rationalized her husband’s infidelities by doubting her abilities as a single mother, and to find anyone better. Torres compensates for the lack within her life, by attending monthly book club meetings. She currently is attending church with a friend and has some cognitive dissonance about attending a church of a different …show more content…
Torres seems to be stagnant in Erikson’s psychosocial stage of autonomy vs. shame and doubt as well as the latency stage of Freud’s psychosexual stages of development. We are going to strengthen the ego so that Torres will be able to make decisions that are housed in her abilities and not the guilt that she is experiencing for her parent’s disapproval as well as the sexual desires that are
Freud’s theory of personality examined the interplay between the primitive, instinctual urges—the ‘id’; the practical and rational ‘ego’; and the morally attuned ‘superego’; ‘object relations’ refer to the "object" of an instinct”, which is “the agent through which the instinctual aim is achieved”—most often a person and, according to Freud, most often the mother (Ainsworth 1969, p. 1). The psychosexual development theory that Freud launched reduces our behaviour to mechanistic responses to an instinctive need for pleasure fueled by the ‘libido’ and barriers or distortions to the gratification of the libido at various delineated stages of development were responsible for later problems in life (Kail & Zolner 2012, p. 5). Erik Erikson later added depth to the approach by including more humanistic elements to Freud’s stages and including more periods of development (p.
In this paper the theories of multigenerational family therapy and structural family therapy are applied to the Melendez family. Beginning with the biography of the Hispanic family, assessment of the strengths and vulnerabilities of the family, stage of the family life cycle, cultural elements that impact the family and explanation of the types and qualities of relationships depicted in the Melendez genogram and ecomap the foundation for therapeutic goals and interventions are set. Goals and interventions based on the multigenerational family therapy theory are theoretically applied with the goal of the family to recognize emotional patterns to decrease anxiety. The Structural Theory application will focus on the presenting
In vignette number three, the Rice Husband, the story is viewed through the daughter’s point of view, Lena. Lena had married a man named Harold. However, she was unhappy in her marriage since they had split their money down the middle to make sure everything was fair. They always had to pay back what was owed to each other. Since Lena and Harold had a poor relationship she was afraid of her mother finding out about their dilapidated relationship when she had come for a visit. After, Lena had shown her mother the house she had thought to herself, “all she sees are the bad parts… everything she’s said is true… She knows what’s going to happen to us. Because I remember something else she saw when I was eight years old “(Tan 151). Lena had remembered the time when her mother would threaten her to eat her rice or she would end up marrying a bad
Maria developed three stages of children’s development based on her knowledge and observations. The first stage is the stage of the ‘absorbent mind’, which is from birth to 6 years of age. This stage is when the child is exploring his/her environment, absorbing information, and creating their concepts of reality. The second stage is from 6 to 12 years of age; this is when the child is using skills learned in the first stage. During this stage the child is reinforcing and expanding the skills learned in the previous stage. Maria’s final stage of child development is from 12 to 18 years of age. This is when the adolescent comprehends social roles and trying to find their place in society.
Since adulthood, the structure of the development of personality current is observed under the terms of whether he or she passed with success the different psychosexual stages of childhood, youth and adulthood. Different mental illnesses are the result of a failure in the progression through the early childhood development (for example, - caught up in the “annals “of the stage), which in turn, translate into problems with the balance of the structure of the personality (the ego, the superego and the id). Some of the unconscious reasons for the majority of human behavior are sex and aggression. (Herkov, M. G. (2013, January 30). For example, perhaps the superego is much stronger than it should be and the ego is unable to always counteract its demands for
Therapists basically explore avoidances, thoughts, feelings, relationships and life experiences. A patient sometimes may be aware of his condition but not be able to escape or explain it. Through the analysis of a patient’s early experiences of attachment figures and how they have affect him, he will be able to free himself from the bonds of past. To accomplish that, the psychodynamic therapy, focuses on interpersonal relations, on the affect and expression of emotions helping the patients through discussion to describe feelings which are troubling them and they do not recognise. Patients usually attempt to avoid distressing thoughts and feelings. At some cases, they present avoidance, defence and resistance by missing sessions or change the topic when certain ides arise. They also view the therapist with suspicion because they may have feelings of disapproval, rejection or even abandonment. This kind of therapy based on research has shown that leads to on-going change, even after it has ended.(Jonathan Shedler, American Psychologists;University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine; February–March 2010)
Puberty also triggers feelings of shame for Esperanza. As a child who has experienced and witnessed a lot, her experience within her adolescence is made even more painful by two instances of sexual
Chapter One: In this chapter talks about the history of many decades where the different therapist is treating family members separated from the family and eventually when one member of the family sought help and got better another one seems to be affected. These different observations lead to begging the family therapy movement (Nichols, M. 2017).
Magdalena’s Family is religious but the religion is unknown. Magdalena seems to not have the same religious believe as her family. Based on the five sessions the BWS noticed that the family is very closed but cannot accept pregnancy at a young age and family members to be gay or lesbians. Magdalena’s parents see her pregnancy as a miracle, as stated from Magdalena’s Dad, “God’s miracle.” Magdalena still has resentment towards her parents, since they did not support her at the beginning. The only people who helped her were Uncle Tomas and Carlos.
Lena’s character often is the sexual aggressor and in control of the sexual dynamic in her relationships with men. Dirtiness, untidiness, and sloppiness are unconventional expressions for women, who are customarily taught to pluck, shave, diet and douche away the mess. As ____________ wrote, “Women come in all sizes, shapes and colors, but you wouldn’t know it from much fine art or pop culture, which have long venerated certain types of women while relegating others-like black or brown-to margins of
The following essay is a case study of a client named John who is suffering from major depression and was sent to see me for treatment by his concerned wife. I will provide brief background information about John then further discuss interventions and strategies I believe can be applied in each session with my client in order to make John's life more manageable. In the essay, I will be writing as the therapist, and the sessions are based on a ten week period.
I do not think it’s the component of Lena’s’ personality led to downfall and it not her undoing and it is definitely not completely her fault. It was her unstable environment and the lack of love present in her life. Keep in mind that in the 20th century women were basically nobody back then. Women were treated as though they were not important. Women duties and only duties back then were to clean, cook have and take care of their husband and children. Women had no voice, there were to be seen and not heard. Lena was illustrated in the story as weak, passive, gentle and docile. I would consider her a strong person but she didn’t know any better. In those time women had no say in their lives. They were controlled by the head of the household
The main aim of this essay is to demonstrate an understanding of Freud’s theory of psychosexual development and how this theory may help us to explain and identify adult neurotic behaviour. I shall be evaluating the pros and cons of psychosexual theory and the extent to which it helps us to understand a client’s presenting issue. I shall also define and consider the relationship between the Id, Ego and Superego and the way in which these constructs of our psyche are in many ways representative of earlier experiences and of those early
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), was an influential Austrian psychologist and the founder of psychoanalysis. Freud went on to produce several theories, such as his theory on psychosexual development, which will be the focus of this assignment. Using the case study of a six-year-old patient, I will discuss the key principles of Freud’s theory on psychosexual development. Including, comprehensive definitions of the concepts used, and the stages of Freud’s psychosexual development. Lastly using Freud’s theory, I will explain how the patient’s current behaviour, could impact her behaviour in adulthood.
Psychodynamic theory revolves around the basis that the psychosocial development stages and the unconscious mind are essential to understanding human behavior (Walsh, 2013, p. 55). This broad theory encompasses several other theories such as ego psychology, psychoanalysis, relational and object relations theory, and self-psychology. For the purpose of this client intervention, the focus will be on the ego psychology practice theory. This practice theory identifies the client in their social environment and the role of the ego in human behavior (Walsh, 2013, p. 56). The client in this case is thirty-four years old and facing marital problems with her husband of twenty years. Changes over the last few years had caused her and her husband to slowly drift apart. After realizing the distance in their relationship, the client worked to spend more time with her husband and open up herself emotionally to him. Soon after, her husband told her he wanted a divorce since he no longer loved her. She sought the help of a therapist to help her work through the relationship problems.