Social Work Case Study

The client is a 32-year-old woman, who met her perpetrator at her workplace. She is noted to be from a high-income family, as her father is a reputed lawyer in Colombo and both her sisters hold top-level jobs. The client also works at a well-reputed bank and held a decent position there. However, the client has always had depression and is a patient with epilepsy. The perpetrator is a married man in his early 40’s. It was due to her condition that the perpetrator noticed her at the office and eventually, they became acquaintances. The perpetrator learnt that she takes medicines for both her conditions. The both of them started communicating quite often on Viber, the messaging app. As they were conversing, the perpetrator started talking about
After she completed her schooling, she opened her own communication shop. At this place, she would get many customers, including a young boy who was her classmate in school. As he began to visit the shop frequently, they became friends.

During the course of their short-term friendship, he requested her to send him nude photos of herself from the chest and above and she obliged. Later on, a few construction labourers who worked close to her house informed her parents that there were pictures of her on the internet. It was only then that it came to her attention that her friend misused the photos and uploaded them on the internet without her consent. She immediately felt mentally depressed because of this event. She began received treatment at a hospital for her depression and was under medication.

Along with her parents, she sought the help of the Police. The Police was able to track down the boy responsible, forced him to take down the photos, and took further action against him. They were also able to get the boy to provide a written statement along with his information to the client stating that he has taken down the photos. Even though the issue was resolved, this incident caused major mental trauma for the
She has been physically, mentally, and emotionally abused. Even though the husband has extra-marital affairs, he would accuse her of the same. When she would refuse to engage sexually with him, he would batter her terribly. The client was solely responsible for the wellbeing of their children, as the husband showed no responsibility towards his family or any household activities. When the husband goes to work, he would call her on Viber and shout at her by using profanity for no reason. Over the course of their marriage, he has also threatened to murder her on the phone multiple times. When the both of them would come home from work, he would physically abuse her again because of his hot