Gia Carnagi Case Study
Biopsychosocial Evaluation
Gia Carnagi is a 26 year old, Caucasian female born in Philadelphia, PA. Gia was considered a bright and active child until she was molested at age 5. Although the abuse only happened once, she was afraid it would repeat and remained afraid of that man. Gia avoided contact with him. She was raised with her mother and father until her mother left when she was about 10. She left because her father was both verbally and physically abusive towards her, something which Gia had witnessed countless times. Gia was enmeshed with her mother and was devastated when she left. She had difficulty with relationships and only connected with homosexual men and women. In high school Gia experimented with alcohol, pills, and marijuana …show more content…
She moved to New York City and interviewed with Wilhelmina Cooper of Wilhelmina Models and was signed as a model. At her first photo-shoot she met hair and makeup artist Linda, with whom she developed a sexual and romantic relationship. Linda later was quoted on her personality saying, “She was like a puppy. ‘Love me, love me, love me.” (Gia, 1998).
She very quickly began booking many modeling jobs. During her rise to fame she began snorting cocaine and experimenting with other drugs. Her behavior began to become more unpredictable and impulsive. On one occasion when her mother was trying to leave her visit to Gia to go home to Philadelphia, Gia began crying and saying how much she needed her. After her mother made it clear she could not stay, Gia began screaming at her, yelling at her to get out, and threw her suitcases into the hallway. Gia started becoming increasingly unstable and depressed, and began snorting cocaine and smoking meth on a daily basis. It eventually became the first thing she did in the morning. It would not be unsual for Gia to leave a photo-shoot to get
Gia Carnagi is a 26 year old, Caucasian female born in Philadelphia, PA. Gia was considered a bright and active child until she was molested at age 5. Although the abuse only happened once, she was afraid it would repeat and remained afraid of that man. Gia avoided contact with him. She was raised with her mother and father until her mother left when she was about 10. She left because her father was both verbally and physically abusive towards her, something which Gia had witnessed countless times. Gia was enmeshed with her mother and was devastated when she left. She had difficulty with relationships and only connected with homosexual men and women. In high school Gia experimented with alcohol, pills, and marijuana …show more content…
She moved to New York City and interviewed with Wilhelmina Cooper of Wilhelmina Models and was signed as a model. At her first photo-shoot she met hair and makeup artist Linda, with whom she developed a sexual and romantic relationship. Linda later was quoted on her personality saying, “She was like a puppy. ‘Love me, love me, love me.” (Gia, 1998).
She very quickly began booking many modeling jobs. During her rise to fame she began snorting cocaine and experimenting with other drugs. Her behavior began to become more unpredictable and impulsive. On one occasion when her mother was trying to leave her visit to Gia to go home to Philadelphia, Gia began crying and saying how much she needed her. After her mother made it clear she could not stay, Gia began screaming at her, yelling at her to get out, and threw her suitcases into the hallway. Gia started becoming increasingly unstable and depressed, and began snorting cocaine and smoking meth on a daily basis. It eventually became the first thing she did in the morning. It would not be unsual for Gia to leave a photo-shoot to get