This paper will use a case vignette‚ Twisted Sister‚ in an attempt to identify patient’s substance use disorders‚ mental health diagnosis‚ and other problems that affected patient’s major life areas. In addition‚ to fulfill the assignment requirements‚ patient’s stage of change and readiness to change will be discussed. Also‚ using CBT framework‚ this paper will explore the type of CBT homework that would be assigned and hypothetical counseling dialogue will be created between the patient and the
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the misconceptions are compared to the truth. Surrounded in the confusion‚ people than develop tainted perspectives about other cultures and even their own‚ often leading to struggles in self as well as cultural identity. In Amy Tan’s short story‚ A Pair of Tickets‚ the main character Jing-Mei struggles with her cultural and self-identity but ultimately learns to rethink her misconceptions leading to her understanding of what it truly means to be Chinese. In the first section of the story Tan introduces
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A pair of tickets is a short story written by Amy Tan (1989) in which connects people who don’t feel connected with their culture becoming a loss of their identity. (Kire‚ 2014‚ p. 87). Their actual identity is based on a drastically changes between the transition of their family from an Indian culture and a typical American lifestyle. Ruma felt lost in this rare and unknown standard of living. In contrast‚ with her family which retained and respected their traditional culture. Furthermore‚ Ruma’s
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night at foot locker just to get the latest Jordan’s‚ I find this shocking to believe what people are willing to do just to get a new pair of shoes. Some of my friends have a collection of Jordan’s stacked up against their wall of a value roughly around 3 to 4‚000 dollars shocking I know. I sit back and laugh at my friends for wasting so much money on so many pairs of shoes that’s they don’t need and only wear them like once. Advertisements’ takes a big role in shoes by making athletes wear certain
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The two stories I felt were the best to compare and contrast the theme of long lasting love was th A Pair of Tickets by Amy Tan and A Haunted House by Virginia Wolf. In the story by Amy Tan‚ the family who was separated by a war is finally brought back together when the daughter and her father journey back to the China after the death of her mother. Once they arrive in China‚ her father has a flashback and tells his mother’s story of bravery who left her home with her two babies to avoid being killed
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My poem is titled “Pairs of Mandarin Ducks”. It utilizes structure‚ point of view and diction from both books to show the way the girls’ lives are interwoven. The title is a reference to Snow flower and the secret Fan. On many occasions Lily and Snow Flower referred to themselves as a pair of “mandarin ducks mated for life” () and since both their characters mirror those of Mariam and Laila‚ I changed the pair to pairs to incorporate all four of them. I used an ambiguous point of view‚ to emphasize
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Discovering New Perspectives and Heritage: “A Pair of Tickets” Amy Tan’s “A Pair of Tickets‚” is a story about a young woman who was born in California‚ named Jing-Mei‚ who travels to China three months after her mother’s death‚ in hopes of finding her long-lost twin sisters. Along her voyage‚ she finds her Chinese heritage and overcomes the sorrow she felt for her late mother. In her story “A Pair of Tickets‚” Amy Tan uses setting‚ point of view‚ and symbol to illustrate the narrator’s journey to
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Jing Mei’s Journey Amy Tan’s "A Pair Of Tickets" is about Jing Mei‚ a daughter of a Chinese immigrant who is on a journey to find her identity and to understand her mother. This journey is about her relationship with her mother‚ and also a journey of self-awareness‚ uncovering the truth of where she comes from when she visits Shanghai‚ China. Jing Mei changes as a person throughout the story. Her thoughts as a kid growing up in San Francisco and that of when she is an adult are different‚ especially
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Toxic Pair The polarizing relationship between Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai was one full of subtle conflict‚ jealousy‚ and fear. There is no doubt that the two were‚ to an extent‚ very loyal to one another. However‚ Mao’s undying jealousy of Zhou receiving spotlight led to increasing tensions between the two comrades. Zhou’s increasing wariness of Mao’s capability to make sound political decisions for the country also increased tensions‚ but not just for the two of them. Their relationship was sometimes
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“Humanness as the only aesthetic ideal.” Is one of the points that Aimee Mullins makes during her presentation of “My 12 pairs of legs.” at a TED conference in February 2009. She goes on to discuss several experiences in her life as a presenter‚ fashion model and athlete that instigated further exploration of this point which in turn shaped how she saw herself and other people that society has viewed as disabled. She wanted the viewer to take into consideration that we need to assign different values
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