Mrs Thornhill Case

In her article “Gendered Racial Violence and Spatialized Justice,” Sherene H. Razack explores the murder of Pamela George; the way that her murderers’ sentences were lessened because of a variety of factors pertaining to Ms. George’s life; and the fact that the murderers were young, white, and middle-class men.

S: YMR stated that she had been living with her mother about one year, has is a newcomer. YMR lived with her maternal grandmother for many years back in her country. YMR stated that when she arrived to the U.S., she found out that her mother was pregnant, She shared that her mother did not want to tell her because she did not know how the client was going to react. YMR stated that she was happy because her mother had had four miscarries before. YMR explained that almost at the same time that she started living with her mother, the mother's partner and father of the child that her mother was going to have moved into her home. YMR stated that her mom used to work from 6am-12pm and the YMR spent a lot of time with her mother's partner. YMR stated that this man has

My goals for the session were to introduce myself to the client, understand the client’s concerns, learn her background and current situation for several areas relevant to her life and her concerns, such as medical, family, legal, educational, and vocational. I

* I don’t believe it is in the best interest of the original client (the husband) for the counselor to offer marriage counseling to the couple. The scenario does not address the training of the counselor in this field. If I were the counselor, I would continue to see the husband, dealing with his issues and refer the couple to a marriage counselor.

During this initial session, the client stated she is seeking counseling to "help find herself" due to some concerns she is dealing with in her personal life. When asked "to describe what does finding herself mean" the client was unable to answer. The client struggled to provide her view or a meaning to certain issues she identified as concerns. The counselor then assesses the client's family and her interactions with her family to find a correlation in her family interaction and what changes she wants to make in her personal life. Initial impression from the counselor is the client is aware of herself and her family and what she views as a positive and negative interaction which has or could impact the way she views things now. The client

To begin we must establish goals with the individuals involved. Our overall goal is to restore the marriage and Conrad's relationship with both parents. As the family has discovered there is not much substance to their relationships, consequently restoration will not be enough. We must also develop skills to allows them to improve their relationships in healthy ways.

A: Iowa state did not turn Mrs. Sosna away when she filed for divorce, in fact, she had chosen (shopped) a wrong state to end her marriage. To support the decision in favor the State, the U.S. Supreme Court reasoned: “The durational residency requirement under attack in this case is a part of Iowa's comprehensive statutory regulation of domestic relations, an area that has long been regarded as a virtually exclusive province of the States.” The Supreme Court struck down Mrs. Sosna’s two prongs of argument:

A discussion took place with Mrs. Cordell about her criminal history having the ability to negatively affect placement of Max in her care. Mrs. Cordell stated her cases where dismissed, and she has not had any other criminal history or involvement with any criminal activity since those events occurred. Mrs. Cordell was informed that although there were criminal history, it does not mean the child will not be placed in her care, but could have negative effects on placement. The assessor also informed Mrs. Cordell that although there is criminal history, it does not mean Max will not be placed in her care. After the discussion, Mrs. Cordell voiced understanding.

Mrs. Maness is a 53-year-old female who presented to the ED via LEO under IVC. Per documentation Mrs. Maness has been brought in by LEO for alleged paranoia, not taking her medications, and "running around with multiple firearms in her car." Mrs. Maness has stated before assessment to nursing staff, "This is all a lie, but I do carry a pistol for my personal protection." At the time of assessment, Mrs. Maness denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and symptoms of psychosis. Mrs. Maness is accompanied by her friend. Mrs. Maness informs this clinician she is comfortable having her in the room at this time while sharing information. Mrs. Maness reports family conflict as the primary stressors contributing to her current distress. When

Goal 2: Lizzie will comply with the treatment recommendations of her medical and mental health providers.

1. That Family Supervision continue in order to assist mother and Amani regarding the guardianship by OPG and transition to a group home.

Using the angiogram for one would harm the other. They inflicted harm (death) in the case of Marguerite by not putting her first.

Provide Mrs. Garcia with unconditional positive regard to help her see that she does not have to do things to make her husband happy.

In the vignette, it is mentioned that the client Julie, a 34-year-old African American female, is calling about her son 12-year-old son Derik, who seems to be having an adjustment issue relating to her recent marriage to John. Although Julie indicated that she is calling on behalf of her son’s adjustment problem, she spends most of the time talking about her dissatisfaction at work and within her romantic life. When approaching this case through a solution-focused lens, I would stress to her that anyone who is concerned about the problem situation (Derik’s adjustment problem, although it is apparent there are other issues) should attend the sessions. In the initial intake phase, little information is taken, understanding that the client is the expert in what needs to change; as the therapist, my role is to help her access the strengths she already possesses.

With this family I firstly had to develop an understanding of the support the mother required for change to take place. It was necessary for P to understand what type of support she required for me to support her to independence.