Case Study On Ted Bundy

Theodore (Ted) Bundy is a male born November 24, 1946. Ted studied Psychology and Law in college (Ted Bundy, 2017). Ted obtained a college education and a religious education, although he opposed Christian beliefs. He was active in political roles. His primary caregiver was his mother, no known knowledge of paternal farther. His mother Eleanor was shamed for having Ted unwedded. As a child Ted was told he was his mother’s sister and was raised by is grandparents (Biography.com). Ted is diagnosed with high factor 1 psychopath (Meyer, p194). Ted has been convicted of rape, murder, assault and kidnapping. Ted was sentenced to the electric chair in 1989.
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Ted was raised by his mother, Ted had no knowledge about is biological farther, and
His attachment from his parental figures would have been suitable for family group therapy and could have been preventive before his adulthood. It would have been useful to address his fascination with digging through the garbage for porn. These may have deterred his psychopathic behavior before adulthood.
Adult Ted may benefit from integrative therapy. The two forms of therapy that would be presented is psychodynamic therapy for him to “become aware of unconscious processes...make efforts to control them deliberately rather than them controlling us” (Pomerantz, 2017). After Ted realizes what childhood events may have prompted his behavior making the unconscious conscious then, the second form of therapy will be cognitive behavioral therapy. Cognitive behavioral therapy will help Ted change his “unhelpful thinking and behavior that lead to enduring improvement in their mood and functioning” (Beck Institute,
The therapists desired results will demonstrate psychodynamic therapy will allow Ted to become aware that there were a multitude of events that led to his behavior from his childhood. The separation from his grandfather, his only positive male figure which resulted to resentment toward his mother. A possibility of finding out the was conceived from an unwed affair and not knowing who his biological father is, the violent temper of his stepfather, the unattached bond between him and his mother and step farther. His separation from another positive influence, his teacher who left after having a baby. The teacher who physically punished him and a heartache from the woman who he deeply admired were all factors that played on his emotions. The killing of women may have been due to the relationship of the women he had in his life and abrupt separation of who he perceived as positive figures to