Mr. Jimmie Osborne Case Analysis

Mr. Jimmie Osborne is enrolled in the Anger Management Group Therapy class I facilitate at the Columbia Center on Mondays at 2:00pm. Up until week seven, Mr. Osborne has been an active participant engaged in group discussions appropriately. During week seven, he became disruptive and inappropriate to the point redirection was no longer effective and he had to be asked to leave the group. After session, Mr. Osborne asked permission to attend future groups and was told he could do so as long as he kept his attitude in check and followed group/center rules to which he agreed. Mr. Osborne came to class for week eight and during check in, he discussed an issue he faced over the weekend which involved him being called a racial slur at the USC
football game. He discussed how he had acted out of anger and spit on the man in view of the police. He stated he was stopped by law enforcement and interrogated about the incident. The other party in the incident did not want to press charges and the situation diffused. When discussing the incident in group, Mr. Osborne became agitated but did respond to attempts to calm him. Later during a different group discussion, he appeared to be triggered and became disruptive again. I attempted to have him track through a scenario using the conflict resolution model introduced during group but he was unable to follow through.
Mr. Osborne attempted to manipulate the exercise into an avenue to personally attack me by accusing me of being a “racist” and un-empathetic towards the participants in the group. Once it was apparent that continuing to engage Mr. Osborne in a therapeutic dialogue was fruitless, the discussion ceased and the group moved on. While engaging in dialogue with another group member, I noticed that Mr. Osborne had what appeared to be a knife in his hand picking at his nails. Due to my proximity to him, I was unable to see anything more than a black handle approximately four inches in length with a belt clip. I did not observe a blade. I chose not to question his possession of the object due to his volatility in group. After the conclusion of the session, I attempted to engage in a one on one conversation with Mr. Osborne regarding his marked change in demeanor in group but he refused to engage. When asked what I could do to help make him successful in group he told me that I could speak with his lawyer and walked out. Following this exchange, I informed the Columbia Center Manager, Ms. Carol Rice, of the incident. She attempted to view the group on the facilities cameras but was unsuccessful. Two days later, I emailed Mr. Osborne’s agent, Shree Duckett, to
inform her of the situation.