Narrative Therapy Case Study Denial

Since Ray is suffering from depression, the psychoanalytic process that might be effecting Ray would be “denial.” The term “denial” could be described as someone who refuses to believe in something that they truly have. This might be the result of many reasons, like for example, people or family members considering something to be shameful of having. Ray’s grandmother has been hospitalized for reasons that Ray does not know, as his family refuses to say because they believe that what the grandmother has is “shameful,” and what might the grandma have is depression as she as well have been suffering from long spells and mood swings. Since Ray’s family believes that by having depression is shameful, Ray tries to block the thoughts of having depression and refuses to take any form of medication because he is denying the fact that he has depression.