Erikson's Psychosocial Theory

1. A brief typed explanation how “Precious” is different from you, how you would have established consent and discussed confidentiality and what type of agency setting this was in.
How Precious is different is she was sexual abused by both her mother and father from the age of 3. Her mother while knowing it was wrong, seemed more upset that the father was interested in Precious rather than her. Her mother’s jealously overlooked her responsibility to protect her child and she as well engaged in the sexual assault. Precious was never given a chance at a childhood. She was used to take care of her mother not only sexually, but in all other ways as well. She cooked, cleaned, ran errands all while providing her mother with a reason to receive
Describe the major developmental stages and developmental theories of the client’s age group. Discuss how those stages apply or not to your interviewee.
Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development has eight distinct stages involving psychological needs of the individual conflicting with the needs of society (Ashford & LeCroy, 2013). According to the Erickson, successful completion of each stage results in a healthy personality and the attainment of basic virtues (Ashford & LeCroy, 2013). Failure to successfully complete a stage can result in a reduced ability to complete further stages and therefore a more unhealthy personality and sense of self (Ashford & LeCroy,
mistrust (Ashford & LeCroy, 2013). Successful completion of this stage will lead to the virtue of hope (Ashford & LeCroy, 2013). Erikson's second psychosocial stage is Autonomy vs. Shame, Doubt (Ashford & LeCroy, 2013) Success in this stage will lead to the virtue of will (Ashford & LeCroy, 2013). Erikson's third psychosocial stage is Initiative vs Guilt (Ashford & LeCroy, 2013). Success in this stage will lead to the virtue of purpose (Ashford & LeCroy, 2013). Erickson’s fourth psychosocial stage is Industry vs Inferiority, which if successful would lead to virtue of competence (Ashford & LeCroy, 2013). Erickson’s fifth psychosocial stage is Identity vs Identity confusion, which if successful would lead to virtue of fidelity (Ashford & LeCroy, 2013). Erickson’s sixth psychosocial stage is Intimacy vs Isolation which when successful would lead to will lead to the virtue of love (Ashford & LeCroy, 2013). Erickson’s seventh psychosocial stage is Generativity vs Self-Absorption, which can lead to the virtue of care if successfully completed (Ashford & LeCroy, 2013). Erickson’s final stage of psychosocial theory is Integrity vs Despair and Disgust which will eventually lead to the virtue of wisdom (Ashford & LeCroy,