My client Pauletta Patterson is the main character in the Black Entertainment Television series Being Mary Jane. Throughout three seasons and thirty episodes many people viewed Mary Jane’s life as successful because of her financial stability. Many times when someone is financially stable everything else in his or her life is overlooked. Success to Mary Jane is not financial stability but being loved, she prefers to be married and have children as opposed to having a higher socioeconomic status. Simply put personal financial stability does not equate to a successful life. Known to the world as Mary Jane Paul, but born Pauletta Patterson, she is a 34-year-old African American successful Television News Anchor and entirely self-sufficient,
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She is mentally drained but hesitant about receiving counseling services instead she mask her wounds by self-medicating. Tired of failed attempts to be healed she stumbled upon the point of readiness. During the intake session if Mary Jane continues to be hesitant towards receiving counseling services I will utilize encouraging words to give her provide hope in moving forward to a better life. According to Nancy Murdock, encouragement helps the client to find their own strengths and recognize their power to affect the world through choices (N. Murdock, 2009). Mary Jane was born and raised in the suburban parts of Atlanta, Georgia. She is the daughter of wealthy parents Helen and Paul Patterson. Although never having any financial struggles Mary Jane described her early years as one of much pain. As a young child She endured verbal abuse on the daily bases from her mother. The verbal abuse Mary Jane endured could very well be the cause of the addictive behaviors she displays today. According to, Dr. …show more content…
Mary Jane is willing to admit she may be suffering from an alcohol use disorder (AUD) since her alcohol consumption has drastically increased within the last three years. Many nights after work are a blur for Mary Jane and she is late to work on the daily basis because of the several glasses of wine she consumed the night prior. More recently, she finds herself taking breaks from work to engage in alcohol consumption. She was involved in a car accident that nearly cost her, her life, affected her career, and cost her thousands of dollars. At the time of the accident her Blood Alcohol Content was six times the legal limit. Dr. Scalise found individuals who have a history of abuse or trauma look for ways to self medicate the internal pain, he found that those who endured traumatic events engage in addictive choices because it helps to self manage the trauma, abuse or psychological pain (Scalise,
She is mentally drained but hesitant about receiving counseling services instead she mask her wounds by self-medicating. Tired of failed attempts to be healed she stumbled upon the point of readiness. During the intake session if Mary Jane continues to be hesitant towards receiving counseling services I will utilize encouraging words to give her provide hope in moving forward to a better life. According to Nancy Murdock, encouragement helps the client to find their own strengths and recognize their power to affect the world through choices (N. Murdock, 2009). Mary Jane was born and raised in the suburban parts of Atlanta, Georgia. She is the daughter of wealthy parents Helen and Paul Patterson. Although never having any financial struggles Mary Jane described her early years as one of much pain. As a young child She endured verbal abuse on the daily bases from her mother. The verbal abuse Mary Jane endured could very well be the cause of the addictive behaviors she displays today. According to, Dr. …show more content…
Mary Jane is willing to admit she may be suffering from an alcohol use disorder (AUD) since her alcohol consumption has drastically increased within the last three years. Many nights after work are a blur for Mary Jane and she is late to work on the daily basis because of the several glasses of wine she consumed the night prior. More recently, she finds herself taking breaks from work to engage in alcohol consumption. She was involved in a car accident that nearly cost her, her life, affected her career, and cost her thousands of dollars. At the time of the accident her Blood Alcohol Content was six times the legal limit. Dr. Scalise found individuals who have a history of abuse or trauma look for ways to self medicate the internal pain, he found that those who endured traumatic events engage in addictive choices because it helps to self manage the trauma, abuse or psychological pain (Scalise,