Assignment Task:
Caroline is a 37-year-old mother of three who recently decided to go back to school in order to eventually earn her nursing degree. In her early 20s, she dropped out of college to support her husband's career and to rear their children. She has decided that now is a good time because her daughters are in middle and high school and her husband's career is well established.
Caroline explains to her therapist, Dr. Robb, that she has always wanted to do something more with her life than be a stay-at-home mom. In the past, when her children were younger, being a mother was a full-time job. She loved being able to be there for them when they arrived home from school and when her husband came home from work. Caroline discloses that taking care of her family used to be enough to make her happy, but now she is feeling guilty about wanting more. Also, she is worried about the strain that it will put on her children and husband.
1. As a Reality? therapist, how would you identify? Caroline's basic needs in this? vignette? How is Caroline currently getting her needs? met?
2. What might some images be in? Caroline's quality? world? Why do you think these images are no longer meeting? Caroline's needs?
3. How might Caroline change her? acting, thinking,? feeling, and physiology in order to fulfill her needs and be in a more positive? stage?
4. What external control forces might Dr. Robb discuss with? Caroline? How might it help Caroline to make more productive choices if she understood the external control psychology that might be hindering her? progress?