What Kind Of People Actually Needed Therapy?

She writes characters that are realistic and also relatable to a younger audience. The audience views the story from Delphine’s first person perspective. In the beginning of the book Delphine describes herself as tall for her age, having a plain face, and someone who uses plain words (Williams-Garcia, 2010). From the beginning, the audience gets a sense of who Delphine is through descriptions and dialogue. Delphine is someone that many children between the ages of nine and twelve can relate to. Delphine is still a kid who wants to have fun, but she is almost becoming a teenager. She wants to have fun, but realizes she has to be the responsible one for her sisters. She is a realistic character because she has many other character traits besides being plain. Later the audience discovers that Delphine can be stubbornly independent and defiant, and these very traits lead her to consider the new ideas she confronts (Stevenson, 2010). Through the conflict, Delphine is exposed to new situations and environments. Her journey to discover the truth about The Black Panthers and her mother lead her to take risks and try new things. Delphine’s character development, and that of her sisters, alludes to theme of looking at things from a different

The story follows Delia, who symbolizes Southern African American woman in the early 20th century, a wife in a loveless marriage subjected to abuse from her husband Sykes. Delia Jones’ life is full of cruelty, where she is faced with cleaning, physical exhaustion, abuse, unfaithfulness, and sweat. Church was the only place where she could take a break from her suffering. In Sykes attempt to get rid of Delia he leaves a snake in the house. Later, the snake escapes and roams through the house, Delia left the house. Sykes was roaming the house when suddenly was bitten by the snake causing him to die.

Delia represents the good in the story. She remains calm, level-headed, and spiritually in tune despite her husband‘s determination to make her miserable. Once a "right pretty li'l trick," Delia is now worn and dried out like sugar cane that's been chewed to no end (“Sweat” 43). However her soul remains strong as she turns to her spirituality for comfort and hope. She has smarts although uneducated and the fact that she built her own house and now supports her and her husband by washing white

When his teacher Ms. Atwood asks Anthony whether he is tired or not, he doesn’t say anything because he was full of thoughts in his mind with worrying about his new school life. The teacher asks him again, “Excuse me?”. Anthony replies “I mean, I’m okay. I’m not tired” (56). Although she inquired him with a polite smile, he didn’t tell what the actual

Delia is a hard working woman who uses her faith in God to guide and protect her from her husband’s physical and emotional abuse. She, as a protagonist, is physically weak but yet spiritually strong. Sykes, in the story, tormented Delia in many ways throughout the story. One incident was with the bull horn when he tried to scare Delia while she was sorting

For the timeline assignment, I found trying to figure out what was significant and what wasn’t was extremely tough. I did leave out several parts because I felt that they were more relevant to another person’s timeline, as in they didn’t happen to me I just witnessed it. I feel that this course was very therapeutic for me to be able to put labels on my thoughts and emotions concerning the events and traumas in my life. I will in this paper try to define these emotions and how I think certain techniques of therapy has impacted me. I also want to explain the events on my timeline and how I think they have impacted me today.

Delia has been living strained marriage life with her husband who had no respect for her at all has been obvious from beginning of the story, he even began beating Delia after three month of his marriage. The story starts with Delia, who is sitting near the big pile of clothes and sorting it according to their color. In a meanwhile, her husband comes to house late and scares Delia with the big bullwhip. Sykes knows that Delia is afraid of snake, though he scares her intentionally, and he does not show any kind of guilt. Instead, he laughs and

Another important ethical concern that therapists should be aware of is avoiding harm to the client. This is what Ford (2002) refers to as the principle of beneficence. Under this ethical principle, counselors take reasonable measures to ensure that they act in the interest of all the group members. They should also avoid indulging in actions that can harm the clients physically, psychologically or emotionally. As Pope & Vetter (1992) rightly point out, group counselors have the responsibility of protecting the welfare of every individual group member in addition to ensuring that the group functions in a manner that benefits all the clients involved. It is worth mentioning that the potential for harm in the group therapy is higher than in individual counseling because of the multiple interactions between clients and the therapist (Shapiro & Ginzberg, 2006).

One theme in the story is physical and emotional abuse. Delia is quite often trying to work or simply minding her own business, when her husband, Sykes decides to pick a verbal fight with

“Well good morning to you too, Jean Louise. Did you sleep well?” Her voice was frail, her eyes were red and baggy. I could tell she did not sleep much last night.

Usually, a child’s first impression and understanding of the world and its many facets is the responsibility of the parent or caretaker of the child. The teachings of the family through lessons and examples as well as general interactions with people and objects mold the child’s personality and prepare them for their future. For Delores, the family life she experienced was anything but functional. Delores’ father was not only physically and mentally abusive, (although male dominance was the norm in the fifties) but he also constantly cheated on his wife with other women, and ran out on the family because the relationship between Delores’ mother and him was irreparable. As Delores was witness to the many instances of domestic violence within her home, this could have only

Another issue in the short story deals with adultery. Sykes is sleeping behind Delia?s back with a lady named Bertha. He parades her around town and rubs it in Delia face that he has another woman. This treatment of women happens a lot today. A lot women stay with their husbands even though they know they are cheating on them. A lot of women continue to take the verbal abuse because they feel they can?t find anyone else. Delia stayed with Sykes because she had low self esteem, which was caused by Sykes verbal abuse toward her. He would take the covers from her while they were in bed and kick her feet. But Delia was able to deal with it until she got peace.

Towards the end of therapy the family was adjusting to health crises that have become chronic. Parental anxiety had increased due to the fear that Melvin would be left alone and would be unable to take care of himself or interact appropriately with the outside world. Had therapy been affective, there would have been some sense of relief, knowing Melvin would be safe without the assistance of his

Delia Jones starts off as a healthy religious woman who believes she found the love of her life, but little does she know that she will lose her beloved qualities of freedom. This submissive quality appears two months after their marriage. Considering she has experienced ongoing abuse for fifteen years, Delia has eventually had enough. I say it is because of Sykes’ irony that she develops hatred. Sykes’ selfish demeanor is the cause for Delia’s weak state. He then goes on to humiliate her by saying “Ah 'm so tired of you Ah don 't know whut to do.

Federn (1961) states that individuals separate their internal experience from the external world through psychological boundaries. In addition, these boundaries allow an individual to maintain the distinction between oneself and others (Mahler, Pine, & Bergman, 1975). In the context of therapy boundaries between the therapist and client provide an environment that fosters safety and trust enabling exploration. This dynamic places mental health professionals in a position of power over the client (Simon, 1992). This power differential creates a responsibility for the therapist to create and maintain appropriate, professional boundaries. When speaking about departures from commonly accepted clinical practice it is necessary to distinguish between boundary crossing and boundary violations. Whereas boundary crossing may or may not benefit the client, boundary violations have the potential to seriously harm the client or the therapeutic process (Simon, 1992). It is important to note that either the client or the therapist has the ability to cross or violate boundaries. However, the duty to put the client’s therapeutic care and goals first lay with the clinician alone.