The Road Within Analysis

The Road Within is a comedy and drama written by Gren Wells. It follows three characters with different mental disorders and their journey to the beach. One of the characters is a guy named Vincent, who has Tourette. His mother recently passed away and he was forced to be with his father, Robert, and step mother. They send him to an experimental treatment center in Nebraska. There he is paired with Alex, who suffers from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Alex does not take it well, and tries to sabotage Vincent so he does not have a roommate. Then Marie shows up to their room, and is forced to give Alex a tour of the treatment center. The audience learns that she suffers from Anorexia. After a few days of Vincent being in the treatment center, Marie steals Dr. Rose’s keys and decides to leave the center with Vincent. He decides to go to the ocean because he wants to throw his mothers ashes into the water. As they are leaving, Alex catches them and demands that Vincent give him his CD back. He then runs to tell Dr. Rose that Vincent and Marie and stealing her car. They then grab Alex and shove him into the car against his will. Once Dr. Rose realizes that they are gone, she calls Robert. Together, they go searching for the missing patients. As they drive to the beach, they come along some mishaps and
I would start by using cognitive therapy to help him realize that his fears are irrational. I would use the behavioral treatment method to expose Alex to his obsessions, which causes his compulsive behavior, and have him resist his usual reaction. I would start him with simple tasks and as he successfully achieves them, I would make his tasks harder. I would have him challenge and change these thoughts, through cognitive therapy, as he performs each task I give him to help him stop his obsessive-compulsive