Jeremy is a 16 year-old boy who is brought into your clinic by his parents due to unruly, inconsistent behavior.
Jeremy had always been a social individual since early childhood. He is a very out-going, friendly person who has never had difficulty making friends. Even as toddler, he would approach other children, generously offering to share his toys. Jeremy is the second oldest in a family of 4 children. He gets along well with his siblings and is particularly close with his sister, who is a year older.
He has always been healthy, often managing to magically escape illnesses that other family members have suffered from, such as the flu and other colds. His mother jokes that he somehow inherited the immune system of the entire family that …show more content…
During this time, Jeremy and his siblings went to stay with their grandmother out of state, so that their mother could attend to their father. This was a very difficult time for the family. In time, their father made a full recovery. Jeremy remembers this as a time of great insecurity, and still fears that he or a family member may die suddenly. He became very close to his grandmother during his stay with her. He speaks with her by phone several times a month and visits her during his summer breaks from school.
Jeremy states that he uncertain why his parents want him to seek counseling. He explains that his parents still see him as a child and that he is “tired of them trying to control him.” He states that he hates living with them and can’t wait until he graduates high school so that he can “get a place of his own and live his life.” Jeremy states that he is getting poor grades in school not because “he is stupid,” but because he hates it there and despises his teachers. He doesn’t feel that he has a behavior problem, only that adults just won’t leave him alone, that they are always “riding his ass” about
Jeremy had always been a social individual since early childhood. He is a very out-going, friendly person who has never had difficulty making friends. Even as toddler, he would approach other children, generously offering to share his toys. Jeremy is the second oldest in a family of 4 children. He gets along well with his siblings and is particularly close with his sister, who is a year older.
He has always been healthy, often managing to magically escape illnesses that other family members have suffered from, such as the flu and other colds. His mother jokes that he somehow inherited the immune system of the entire family that …show more content…
During this time, Jeremy and his siblings went to stay with their grandmother out of state, so that their mother could attend to their father. This was a very difficult time for the family. In time, their father made a full recovery. Jeremy remembers this as a time of great insecurity, and still fears that he or a family member may die suddenly. He became very close to his grandmother during his stay with her. He speaks with her by phone several times a month and visits her during his summer breaks from school.
Jeremy states that he uncertain why his parents want him to seek counseling. He explains that his parents still see him as a child and that he is “tired of them trying to control him.” He states that he hates living with them and can’t wait until he graduates high school so that he can “get a place of his own and live his life.” Jeremy states that he is getting poor grades in school not because “he is stupid,” but because he hates it there and despises his teachers. He doesn’t feel that he has a behavior problem, only that adults just won’t leave him alone, that they are always “riding his ass” about