Couseling Techniques Ch4

  In the following situations, what would you consider to bethe primary helping goal? How would you measure achievement of this goal?Remember, you need to be specific. Discuss your answers with others in yourgroup. 1. Mr. O’Leary was laid off six months ago along with 4,500 other technicalworkers from a major corporation. He had been pretty confident about finding anew job, but he is finding that the competition is fierce for the few availablepositions in his community. He has lost weight, is irritable, has low energy, andbickers more with his wife and kids. He is particularly concerned because hisdaughtermayhavetoleavecollegeinthemiddleoftheyearduetofinancialstrains.Primary goal: 2. Ms. Gonzalez has been referred by the battered women’s shelter. She came to thiscountry four years ago from Central America, and her husband, stressed by hisinability to get work and provide for his family, has become increasingly violent.The children do not want to go to school, and Mrs. Gonzalez feels threatened byschool personnel who are insisting they attend.Primary goal: 3. Johnny, aged 16, is a high school football star. Recently, since his dad left the familyand is not paying child support and his mother had to go on welfare, his grades havebeen sliding to the point that he may be removed from the football team. He isangry and scared, and feels trapped in doing his schoolwork, playing football,working a part-time job, and being“the man of the family.”Primary goal: 4. Ms. Robinson, a mail order clerk for a large publishing house, has been threatenedwith dismissal if she does not improve her attendance. Ms. Robinson suffers fromchronic major depression along with panic and agoraphobic disorders. Periodically,she has episodes when she cannot leave her house. She has used up her medicalleave and now she is feeling panicky about how she will meet her monthly bills.Her parents want her to apply for social service disability, and her psychopharma-cologist wants her to work as much as possible in order to achieve some indepen-dence and well-being. She is referred to you by a friend.Primary goal: