Emily grew up in an abusive home. Her mother physically and verbally abused her. She constantly degrade her and this damaged her self-esteem and self-worth. She believe that she is not worth anything and that she is not good enough for anything. The Internal Working Model IWM, proposed by Bowlby per Hudson & Rapee (2005 p. 37) is of the opinion that IWM is the core component of a child’s self- concept. If Emily’s parents were not sensitive to her needs then her self-concept won’t be positive which is exactly what happen to Emily. This has caused her to believe that no one can love her and that she doesn’t deserve anything good. This has explained why she tend to sabotage anything good that has happen in her life.
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Both Emily and her sister were bulimic in high school. There are a lot of unanswered questions there because it’s not clear what brought that on, but I could only assume that it had something to do with the relationship with her family. Emily also tried to kill herself, clearly we could see the turmoil that this poor woman has had to endure during her childhood. She stated that she doesn’t have any suicidal ideation but again more unanswered questions. I think I would need to know more about her life especially during difficult or challenging times. There is a big gap that would explain a lot of things. I think a genogram of her family would explain a …show more content…
Her uncle and grandfather by her mother’s side have bipolar disorder. It may be possible that Emily’s mother might also have the disorder. It may also be possible that the disorder may be in the genes specifically the chromosome, but there still remains insufficient evidence to confirm a specific gene according to Bennett (2011 p.239). There is not enough information to tell whether Emily has had any episode of mania or hypomania.
300.3 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Emily displays symptoms of compulsive behavior such as consistently and aggressively picking her fingernails. I don’t think that this behavior is a symptom of the above disorder, it seem to me it’s just Emily way of dealing with the intense feeling of anger that she has for her mother or just talking about the unpleasant experience. In any case I would need more information from Emily about her thoughts during this behavior.
296.30 Major Depressive Disorder
• Emily displays symptoms of the disorder such as feelings of worthlessness, worry due to unemployment, frustration, and
Emily has not learned …show more content…
Both Emily and her sister were bulimic in high school. There are a lot of unanswered questions there because it’s not clear what brought that on, but I could only assume that it had something to do with the relationship with her family. Emily also tried to kill herself, clearly we could see the turmoil that this poor woman has had to endure during her childhood. She stated that she doesn’t have any suicidal ideation but again more unanswered questions. I think I would need to know more about her life especially during difficult or challenging times. There is a big gap that would explain a lot of things. I think a genogram of her family would explain a …show more content…
Her uncle and grandfather by her mother’s side have bipolar disorder. It may be possible that Emily’s mother might also have the disorder. It may also be possible that the disorder may be in the genes specifically the chromosome, but there still remains insufficient evidence to confirm a specific gene according to Bennett (2011 p.239). There is not enough information to tell whether Emily has had any episode of mania or hypomania.
300.3 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Emily displays symptoms of compulsive behavior such as consistently and aggressively picking her fingernails. I don’t think that this behavior is a symptom of the above disorder, it seem to me it’s just Emily way of dealing with the intense feeling of anger that she has for her mother or just talking about the unpleasant experience. In any case I would need more information from Emily about her thoughts during this behavior.
296.30 Major Depressive Disorder
• Emily displays symptoms of the disorder such as feelings of worthlessness, worry due to unemployment, frustration, and