Case Study
Case Study 1 I. Background Information
Our client is finishing his Freshman year in college at the University of Wisconsin, where his grades are mainly “C” with an occasional “D.” At intake, he reported that while in college he has especially liked all sciences and English. His college activities include being a member of a social fraternity where he was elected steward and is responsible for the supervision of the cooking and planning of all meals etc. He also serves on the school newspaper and is a member of the Debating Society. When asked about his high school experience, he indicated that he liked all sciences, especially Chemistry and English. He disliked most foreign language and mathematics courses. His most satisfying high school accomplishments included his having been twice elected Captain of the Ski Team and having founded a Mountaineering Club. His favorite activities include sports, skiing, mountain-climbing, sailing, hiking, hunting and dramatics. As a child, he most enjoyed his toys and building things out of wood. The client listed the following as the most important problems he has had to face in the last 10 years:
(1) What do about school
(2) Personal family problems
(3) Saving lives in an avalanche accident while mountain-climbing; in fact, he led an expedition in which an avalanche accident occurred and one of the members of the group, a goy, was killed. The client has not gotten over this accident; he still thinks about how he should have taken the group down the mountain by a different route so that the accident would never have occurred.
(4) Running and planning meals for 30 people in the Fraternity House. He reported that his general health condition was “excellent,” even though he has had pneumonia and sinusitis. His sinusitis problem began when he was 5 years of age. In his senior year of high school, his parents sent him to a private school in Sun Valley, where he had not sinus
Our client is finishing his Freshman year in college at the University of Wisconsin, where his grades are mainly “C” with an occasional “D.” At intake, he reported that while in college he has especially liked all sciences and English. His college activities include being a member of a social fraternity where he was elected steward and is responsible for the supervision of the cooking and planning of all meals etc. He also serves on the school newspaper and is a member of the Debating Society. When asked about his high school experience, he indicated that he liked all sciences, especially Chemistry and English. He disliked most foreign language and mathematics courses. His most satisfying high school accomplishments included his having been twice elected Captain of the Ski Team and having founded a Mountaineering Club. His favorite activities include sports, skiing, mountain-climbing, sailing, hiking, hunting and dramatics. As a child, he most enjoyed his toys and building things out of wood. The client listed the following as the most important problems he has had to face in the last 10 years:
(1) What do about school
(2) Personal family problems
(3) Saving lives in an avalanche accident while mountain-climbing; in fact, he led an expedition in which an avalanche accident occurred and one of the members of the group, a goy, was killed. The client has not gotten over this accident; he still thinks about how he should have taken the group down the mountain by a different route so that the accident would never have occurred.
(4) Running and planning meals for 30 people in the Fraternity House. He reported that his general health condition was “excellent,” even though he has had pneumonia and sinusitis. His sinusitis problem began when he was 5 years of age. In his senior year of high school, his parents sent him to a private school in Sun Valley, where he had not sinus