QUESTION #1 Read the case below and answer the corresponding questions by applying the concepts to the case You must complete the readings BEFORE responding to the questions (See text pgs. 28-34 AND Ch. 3). Use the reading from the textbook and at least one outside resource to support your answers.
Melinda- A woman struggling over an abortion decision
This case involves Melinda a 25-year-old Latina who says she wants to have an abortion. She has been married for three years already has two children and says: We had to get married because I was pregnant. We didnt have money then. The second kid was not planned either. But now we really cant afford another child. Her husband is a policeman going to law school at night. She works as a housekeeper and plans to return to school once her husband finishes his studies and it is her turn. He should graduate in another year at which time she is scheduled to enroll in classes at the community college. Having another baby at this time would seriously hamper those arrangements in addition to imposing the previously mentioned financial burden. But the client reports:
I go to call the clinic and I just cant seem to talk. I hang up the minute they answer. I just cant seem to make the appointment for the abortion let alone have one. I was never much of a Catholic and I always thought you should be able to get an abortion if you wanted one. Whats wrong with me? And what am I going to do? I dont exactly have a lot of time.
QUESTION #2Compare your own family experience with Adler’s view on birth order. Is your experience consistent regarding his take on sibling relationship and birth position? Provide support for your response as to why or why not. Make sure to refer to Ch. 5 of the text. Your response should reflect an understanding of the theory.
QUESTION #3 According to Chapter 6 of the text Existential Therapy places central prominence on the person-to-person relationship. It assumes that client growth occurs through this genuine encounter. It is not the techniques a therapist uses that makes a therapeutic difference; rather it is the quality of that client-therapist relationship that heals (pg.148).
Grading Rubric The Discussions will be graded as follows: